The ruling on building mosques over graves
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Question:
He says: Shaykh, this is regarding building a mosque on a grave.
Answer:
It is not permissible to build mosques on graves. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed those who take mosques on graves, meaning they build them or pray at them, even if no mosque is built. So whoever prays at a grave with that intention has taken it as a mosque, whether it is built upon it or not. Therefore, it is not permissible to pray at graves or toward them, in order to block the means to shirk (associating partners with Allah) and to prevent exaggeration regarding graves and the dead. Yes.
He says: Shaykh, this is regarding building a mosque on a grave.
Answer:
It is not permissible to build mosques on graves. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed those who take mosques on graves, meaning they build them or pray at them, even if no mosque is built. So whoever prays at a grave with that intention has taken it as a mosque, whether it is built upon it or not. Therefore, it is not permissible to pray at graves or toward them, in order to block the means to shirk (associating partners with Allah) and to prevent exaggeration regarding graves and the dead. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4596] حكم بناء المساجد على القبور - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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