How to Deal with Mosques That Contain Graves

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: As for the mosques that have graves in them, is it obligatory to dig up the graves that are in the mosque, and how is the digging up and moving of them to be done?

Answer:
There are many answers from the Permanent Committee and from the muftis that if the grave is the first and the mosque was built on it, the mosque is demolished and the grave is left. But if the opposite is the case, meaning the mosque is the first and the grave is brought into it, the grave is dug up and the mosque is purified from it. Yes.