The ruling on praying in a mosque in which a dead person was buried after its construction
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the claim of some that it is permissible to pray in mosques that contain graves, if the deceased was buried after the mosque was built?
Answer:
This is a distinction between what Allah the Exalted has united. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying at graves, whether the dead person was buried before the mosque was built or after. The Messenger forbade this because it is a means to something, and the meaning is the same: the means to something, whether the grave preceded the mosque or the mosque preceded the grave, the meaning is the same. This distinction is either something that has come about, or it is to mislead people. And people do not build except by the sowing of these people?
By Allah, the community does not build except by the sowing of these self-proclaimed scholars or misguided scholars who distort the word from its place. We ask Allah for well-being.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the claim of some that it is permissible to pray in mosques that contain graves, if the deceased was buried after the mosque was built?
Answer:
This is a distinction between what Allah the Exalted has united. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying at graves, whether the dead person was buried before the mosque was built or after. The Messenger forbade this because it is a means to something, and the meaning is the same: the means to something, whether the grave preceded the mosque or the mosque preceded the grave, the meaning is the same. This distinction is either something that has come about, or it is to mislead people. And people do not build except by the sowing of these people?
By Allah, the community does not build except by the sowing of these self-proclaimed scholars or misguided scholars who distort the word from its place. We ask Allah for well-being.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء من التغليظ فيمن عبد الله عند قبر رجل صالح، فكيف إذا عبده ؟! — islamhouse.com (1:08:06)
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