The doubt regarding the burial of the Prophet in Aisha’s room, despite the prohibition against building over graves

Question:
There is a doubt that has been raised, or rather, that has come up, in which they say: If Islam forbids building over a place of prostration, how was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his two companions buried in the room of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her)?

Answer:
The answer lies in the question itself. The Messenger prohibited building over graves. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his two companions were buried in Aisha’s room, not in the mosque. They were buried in the house, and the house was outside the mosque. The reason he was buried in his house (peace and blessings be upon him) was the fear that it would be taken as a mosque. If his grave had been exposed and he had been buried in al-Baqi’ with the Companions, there would have been fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and a mosque would have been built over it. Therefore, Aisha said, and meaning he feared it would be taken as a place of prayer, so that people would build over it. If one prays at a grave, it has been taken as a mosque. It was not built over, because a mosque means a place of prayer, whether built or not built, just as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said meaning a place of prayer. Praise be to Allah, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was not buried in his mosque, but rather in his house. However, the house was later incorporated into the mosque, so some people became confused by this matter. And praise be to Allah, there is no doubt in this. The Messenger is buried in his house, and the entrance that is now in the mosque is not the grave of the Messenger; rather, the entrance is the house, the house of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.