What is the answer to the one who holds that one should not pray in al-Masjid al-Nabawi because it contains the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If the chamber of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was incorporated into the mosque, what is the ruling on praying in al-Masjid al-Nabawi now? Because many ignorant people cite this as an argument?
Answer:
We ask Allah for well-being. This is misguidance. The one who holds that one does not pray in the Messenger’s mosque is misguided. May Allah protect us from that. The mosque was not built on the grave. It is a mosque built from the start for prayer. It has virtue. It is one of the three mosques. Indeed, it is the second mosque after al-Masjid al-Haram. This is the speech of an ignorant person who does not know. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If the chamber of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was incorporated into the mosque, what is the ruling on praying in al-Masjid al-Nabawi now? Because many ignorant people cite this as an argument?
Answer:
We ask Allah for well-being. This is misguidance. The one who holds that one does not pray in the Messenger’s mosque is misguided. May Allah protect us from that. The mosque was not built on the grave. It is a mosque built from the start for prayer. It has virtue. It is one of the three mosques. Indeed, it is the second mosque after al-Masjid al-Haram. This is the speech of an ignorant person who does not know. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [659 -858] ما الجواب على من يرى عدم الصلاة في المسجد النبوي لأن فيه قبر الرسول ﷺ؟ — youtube.com
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