The ruling on building walls around graves to protect them
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The questioner:
How is one prevented from the line?
The Shaykh:
The grave is part of the room, from the original structure. There is no harm in building walls around the grave to protect it from desecration. Therefore, you see that cemeteries are protected from desecration. If a wall is built around the cemetery to prevent desecration and trespassing, there is no harm in that. What is forbidden is building on it for the sake of veneration. That is what is forbidden. Yes.
The questioner:
I mean, if we entered a house now.
The Shaykh:
If a person is buried in a room or in his house, there is no obstacle. Or a cemetery that is enclosed, a wall is made around it to protect it from desecration. This is not a matter of veneration, but rather a matter of protecting the graves.
How is one prevented from the line?
The Shaykh:
The grave is part of the room, from the original structure. There is no harm in building walls around the grave to protect it from desecration. Therefore, you see that cemeteries are protected from desecration. If a wall is built around the cemetery to prevent desecration and trespassing, there is no harm in that. What is forbidden is building on it for the sake of veneration. That is what is forbidden. Yes.
The questioner:
I mean, if we entered a house now.
The Shaykh:
If a person is buried in a room or in his house, there is no obstacle. Or a cemetery that is enclosed, a wall is made around it to protect it from desecration. This is not a matter of veneration, but rather a matter of protecting the graves.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - ٠٨ — archive.org (6:21)
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