The answer to the argument based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: “We will surely take for them a mosque”
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Question:
This questioner says: What is the answer to the argument of those who permit building over graves and shrines? He says: building over graves, building on top of graves. He argues with the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Kahf 18:21] How do we respond to this evidence?
Answer:
And in the verse, “they overpowered them in their affair,” “they overpowered them in their affair” means they forced them.
This questioner says: What is the answer to the argument of those who permit building over graves and shrines? He says: building over graves, building on top of graves. He argues with the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Said those who prevailed in the matter, "We will surely take [for ourselves] over them a masjid."
قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًاAnswer:
And in the verse, “they overpowered them in their affair,” “they overpowered them in their affair” means they forced them.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب النهي عن الطلاق في الحيض وفي الطهر بعد أن يجامعها ما لم يبن حملها — islamhouse.com (1:12:18)
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