The ruling on building a mosque over a grave without the intention of shirk (associating partners with Allah)
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to build a mosque over a grave without the intention of shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
The Shaykh:
Is it permissible, what?
The questioner:
Building a mosque over a grave without the intention of shirk (associating partners with Allah).
The Shaykh:
With the intention of shirk (associating partners with Allah), it is more severe. But building it, even if he intends it to be a mosque for Muslims, is not permissible because it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). As for if he intends it for shirk (associating partners with Allah), that is the greatest. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to build a mosque over a grave without the intention of shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
The Shaykh:
Is it permissible, what?
The questioner:
Building a mosque over a grave without the intention of shirk (associating partners with Allah).
The Shaykh:
With the intention of shirk (associating partners with Allah), it is more severe. But building it, even if he intends it to be a mosque for Muslims, is not permissible because it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). As for if he intends it for shirk (associating partners with Allah), that is the greatest. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب المواضع المنهي عنها والمأذون فيها للصلاة — islamhouse.com (54:00)
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