Praying in a mosque that contains a grave

Question:
This questioner, the brother Muhammad, says: Peace be upon you. Is it permissible to pray in a mosque that has a grave, and this grave is visited by the ignorant for seeking blessing from it and making supplication at it?

Answer:
Prayer is not valid in a mosque that contains a grave. The statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Do not take the graves as mosques," means as places of prayer. So I forbid you from doing that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Therefore, it is not permissible to pray in a mosque that contains a grave. A person should pray in mosques that do not contain graves, and there are many of them, praise be to Allah. If it happens that there is no mosque other than this mosque that contains the grave, then he should pray outside the mosque. He should pray on pure land far from the grave, based on the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.