How do we reconcile the prohibition of praying in mosques that contain graves with praying in the Prophet's Mosque?
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Question:
The people of the graves in our lands justify praying in the mosques that contain graves by citing the prayer in the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him).
Answer:
The Prophet's Mosque does not contain a grave, praise be to Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) built the mosque, and there was no grave in it, nor was it built on a grave. However, when he passed away (peace and blessings be upon him), they buried him in his house, outside the mosque. Why did they bury him in his house?
Out of fear of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Aisha said: "If it were not for that, his grave would have been made visible, but it was feared that it would be taken as a mosque." She said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said on his deathbed: 'May the curse of Allah be upon the Jews and the Christians who took the graves of their prophets as mosques. So do not take the graves as mosques, for I forbid you from doing so.'"
And the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) remained in his house, outside the mosque, during the caliphates of the Rightly Guided Caliphs: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali. The grave was outside the mosque. This was the case during the caliphate of Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him).
Until the time of al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik came. Even during the time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, the grave had not been brought into the mosque. When al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik took office, he wanted to build and expand the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him), so he incorporated the chambers into the mosque. He brought the chamber into the mosque as an exercise of his own ijtihad (independent legal reasoning), but the scholars did not agree with him. This was something al-Walid did based on his own opinion, without consulting the people of knowledge and without their approval. Therefore, the grave is in the house of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), not in the mosque.
So the one who says that the Prophet's Mosque contains a grave is misleading and does not know the history. Either he does not know the history, or he is misleading and wants to deceive the people. Yes.
The people of the graves in our lands justify praying in the mosques that contain graves by citing the prayer in the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him).
Answer:
The Prophet's Mosque does not contain a grave, praise be to Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) built the mosque, and there was no grave in it, nor was it built on a grave. However, when he passed away (peace and blessings be upon him), they buried him in his house, outside the mosque. Why did they bury him in his house?
Out of fear of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Aisha said: "If it were not for that, his grave would have been made visible, but it was feared that it would be taken as a mosque." She said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said on his deathbed: 'May the curse of Allah be upon the Jews and the Christians who took the graves of their prophets as mosques. So do not take the graves as mosques, for I forbid you from doing so.'"
And the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) remained in his house, outside the mosque, during the caliphates of the Rightly Guided Caliphs: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali. The grave was outside the mosque. This was the case during the caliphate of Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him).
Until the time of al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik came. Even during the time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, the grave had not been brought into the mosque. When al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik took office, he wanted to build and expand the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him), so he incorporated the chambers into the mosque. He brought the chamber into the mosque as an exercise of his own ijtihad (independent legal reasoning), but the scholars did not agree with him. This was something al-Walid did based on his own opinion, without consulting the people of knowledge and without their approval. Therefore, the grave is in the house of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), not in the mosque.
So the one who says that the Prophet's Mosque contains a grave is misleading and does not know the history. Either he does not know the history, or he is misleading and wants to deceive the people. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف نجمع بين تحريم الصلاة في مساجد بها قبور وبين الصلاة في المسجد النبوي؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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