Does a single grave cause harm, or is a cemetery of three or more required?
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Question : Now, if someone were to ask: Does a single grave cause harm, or is a cemetery of three or more required?
Answer : The answer is that there is scholarly disagreement on this. Some said that a single grave or two do not cause harm, while others said that they do. The correct view is that it does cause harm, even a single grave. Because when this place is prepared to be a cemetery and a grave is placed in it, it becomes a cemetery in reality. People do not die all at once to fill this place; people die one after another, one by one or more. But the important point is that it is not possible to fill this land with the dead in a single moment, and the hadiths are general, so we say that even one, even one, causes harm.
Answer : The answer is that there is scholarly disagreement on this. Some said that a single grave or two do not cause harm, while others said that they do. The correct view is that it does cause harm, even a single grave. Because when this place is prepared to be a cemetery and a grave is placed in it, it becomes a cemetery in reality. People do not die all at once to fill this place; people die one after another, one by one or more. But the important point is that it is not possible to fill this land with the dead in a single moment, and the hadiths are general, so we say that even one, even one, causes harm.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 706هل تجوز الصلاة إذا كان قبر...📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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