Is it permissible to pray in a mosque whose qiblah faces the graves?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How are things, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : I would like to ask you a question, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : We have a mosque in our town whose qiblah faces the graves; is it permissible to pray in it?
The Shaykh : Its qiblah faces the graves.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There are two opinions among the scholars. The first opinion is that the prayer is not valid unless there is a wall behind the mosque’s qiblah wall, and this is the opinion of Imam Ahmad. The others do not require this second wall. We do not find any evidence for Imam Ahmad’s opinion other than caution in religion, and caution is good. However, we cannot declare the prayer of those who pray in that mosque invalid, as long as the mosque’s qiblah wall separates them from the graves. This is my view.
The questioner: Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How are things, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : I would like to ask you a question, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : We have a mosque in our town whose qiblah faces the graves; is it permissible to pray in it?
The Shaykh : Its qiblah faces the graves.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There are two opinions among the scholars. The first opinion is that the prayer is not valid unless there is a wall behind the mosque’s qiblah wall, and this is the opinion of Imam Ahmad. The others do not require this second wall. We do not find any evidence for Imam Ahmad’s opinion other than caution in religion, and caution is good. However, we cannot declare the prayer of those who pray in that mosque invalid, as long as the mosque’s qiblah wall separates them from the graves. This is my view.
The questioner: Yes.
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