Refuting the Sufis' Doubt Regarding Building Graves in Mosques
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: How do we answer the doubt of the Sufis who claim it is permissible to build graves in mosques, because the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is in the mosque?
Answer:
They are lying. The grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was with him in the mosque, in his house (peace and blessings be upon him), and it was outside the mosque until the mosque was expanded during the caliphate of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, and the governor of Madinah was 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him). So they brought the chamber into the mosque. Perhaps this is better, because if the chamber had been exposed, people would have fought over it. Now it is inside the mosque and prohibited, praise be to Allah, and nothing has happened there.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: How do we answer the doubt of the Sufis who claim it is permissible to build graves in mosques, because the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is in the mosque?
Answer:
They are lying. The grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was with him in the mosque, in his house (peace and blessings be upon him), and it was outside the mosque until the mosque was expanded during the caliphate of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, and the governor of Madinah was 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him). So they brought the chamber into the mosque. Perhaps this is better, because if the chamber had been exposed, people would have fought over it. Now it is inside the mosque and prohibited, praise be to Allah, and nothing has happened there.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ثم جرى الأمر على السداد والاستقامة والأمة واحدة والدين واحد والمعبود واحد — islamhouse.com (1:05:34)
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