What is the ruling on praying in the blessed garden near the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) grave, knowing that it is not an obligatory prayer and not a greeting of the mosque?

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Question:
What is the ruling on praying in the blessed garden near the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Knowing that this prayer is not an obligatory prayer, and it is not a greeting of the mosque?

Answer:
The noble garden is the area between the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) pulpit and his house, and it has no connection to the grave. Therefore, it is not permissible for a person to believe that he is praying at the grave; rather, he is praying in the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque in its garden. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Salat is this Masjid of mine is better than a thousand Salat in another,

صلاة في مسجدي هذا خير من ألف صلاة فيما سواه،

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 325Sahih (Darussalam)

of the mosques except al-Masjid al-Haram, and a prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram is worth a hundred thousand prayers in any other

من المساجد إلا المسجد الحرام، وصلاة في المسجد الحرام عن مائة ألف صلاة فيما سواه

of the mosques. So the prayer is in the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque, not at the grave. It is not permissible for a person to hold this belief, because it is a false belief. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited praying at graves. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الصلاة في الروضة المباركة عند قبر الرسول ﷺ ، علما أنها غير الفريضة وغير تحية للمسجد؟ — youtube.com

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