The ruling on praying in a mosque separated from a grave by a wall
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible to pray in a mosque that is separated from a grave by a wall?
Answer:
If the grave is separated from the mosque by a road or an open space that divides them, that is fine. But if it is connected to the mosque and there is nothing between them except a wall, that is not permissible, because it becomes built upon a grave. The best is that there be nothing between it and the mosque except a wall.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible to pray in a mosque that is separated from a grave by a wall?
Answer:
If the grave is separated from the mosque by a road or an open space that divides them, that is fine. But if it is connected to the mosque and there is nothing between them except a wall, that is not permissible, because it becomes built upon a grave. The best is that there be nothing between it and the mosque except a wall.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في الفرق بين زيارة الموحدين للقبور وزيارة المشركين — islamhouse.com (1:02:33)
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