Prayer Toward a Grave, Toward Stolen Land, and Toward Grass

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to pray toward a cemetery or toward a grave, just as it is permissible to pray toward stolen land or grass?

Answer:
It is not permissible. The land referred to is that for which there is an explicit prohibition from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding praying in it. Therefore, the scholars differed on the validity of prayer in such land. This is different from a grave; praying at a grave or toward a grave is something for which there is an explicit prohibition from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So there is a difference between this and that. Yes. Also, praying at graves is one of the means of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Praying in stolen land is not one of the means of shirk; rather, it involves using someone’s property without his permission. Yes.