A student of knowledge spread the Sunnah in our country and closed a grave that was in the back of one of the mosques. What is your guidance?

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In our country, one of our brothers from the people of the Sunnah was appointed as the imam and khatib (sermon giver) in a mosque that has a grave in its back. May Allah grant him success in closing this grave and spreading the Sunnah in the mosque. The question is: Is it permissible to pray with him in this mosque? Is closing it enough, or must it be removed? Either the mosque must be removed or the grave. If the

The Shaykh:
mosque was built first and the grave was buried in it afterwards, the grave must be dug up. But if it is the other way around, and the grave was the original site and the mosque was built on top of it, the mosque must be demolished. There is no mosque in Islam that contains a grave. Yes.

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
May Allah reward your brother, if Allah wills, and we hope for him good, but he should seek another mosque, not this one that has a grave. Yes.