The Response to the Sufis' Argument Using the Prophet's Grave in the Mosque

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Many Sufis argue for the permissibility of a grave being in the mosque by citing the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), stating that it is located in his mosque. How do we respond to them?

Answer:
We say, may Allah make them ugly, that this is an invalid argument. The Messenger was not buried in his mosque; he was buried in his house, which was outside the mosque in the chambers (hujurat) outside the mosque. It remained outside the mosque until the mosque was expanded during the time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. The governor of Madinah at that time was 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him), who ordered that the chambers be included in the mosque. So they were included in the era of the Umayyads, not in the era of the Messenger, nor in the era of Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, or 'Ali. It was only in the era of the Umayyads that this was done. This was not a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge; it was a sovereign order, not a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge. Yes.