The ruling on praying in a mosque that has graves inside it and around it, on the grounds that the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is in his mosque

The questioner:
May Allah reward you. He says: Honorable Shaykh, there is a mosque with a grave at its rear, and graves outside the mosque. The worshipper cannot enter the mosque without walking over them. Is the prayer in this mosque valid or invalid?

The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to pray in mosques built over graves, and whoever prays in them, his prayer is invalid, because it is a prayer that has been prohibited, and prohibition implies invalidity. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not pray toward graves," and he (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed those who build mosques over graves. A grave adjacent to the mosque, attached to the mosque, is considered part of that, and this mosque is considered built over a grave, as long as the grave is attached to it. However, if the graves or the grave are separated from the mosque by a road or open land, there is no harm in praying in this mosque, because it has no connection to the grave or the distant graves separated from it. Yes.

The questioner:
If some of the people of innovation, O Shaykh, argue with the Prophet's grave.

The Shaykh:
The Prophet's grave is not in the mosque, but rather in the house of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), in the room of 'A'ishah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried in his house, outside the mosque. The room was incorporated into the mosque after the caliphate of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, during the era of the Umayyads, and this is not an argument. Yes.