What is the difference between the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) being buried in his house and Abu Bakr and 'Umar being buried with him?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : How are you, my Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: O Shaykh, I am reading in your book, "Warning the Prostrator from Taking Graves as Mosques."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: On page ten, in a hadith from 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said during the illness from which he did not recover:Sahih Muslim 529 She said: "If not for that, his grave would have been brought out, but it was feared that it would be taken as a mosque." I was reading your commentary on it, your Eminence's commentary: "If it is said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried in his house and his two companions were buried with him? We say: 'A'ishah said: That was done only so that his grave would not be taken as a mosque."
So your commentary... all your commentary, O Shaykh, was... the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but your Eminence did not explain why his two companions were buried? So I do not know what your comment is?
The Shaykh: And what is the difference whether they were buried with him or not buried with him, what does it mean?
The questioner : How, my Shaykh?
The Shaykh: What is the difference between them being buried with him or not being buried with him?
The questioner: Because the difference is that your Eminence taught in the commentary that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)... he and Abu Bakr:.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Therefore he was buried in the house, but I did not understand... that they buried Abu Bakr and 'Umar?
The Shaykh: You are repeating the question. I am asking you: What is the difference for you between them being buried or not being buried? Does it change the issue for you?
The questioner: The difference, for example, is why was he singled out?
The Shaykh: No, no, no, my brother, why do you repeat the question? I understood the question the first time. How did you repeat it a second time and now a third time? My brother, I am telling you: Suppose they were not buried, what happens? Say: Nothing.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Say: Nothing.
The questioner: Nothing, of course.
The Shaykh: I think that if they were not buried with the Messenger, nothing would have happened?
The questioner: Meaning they would have been like the Companions in al-Baqi', just buried.
The Shaykh: Something would have happened if they were not buried, may Allah guide you.
The questioner: Glory be to Allah! No, I do not know what is meant, honestly.
The Shaykh: I know what is meant by your question?
The questioner: The point is that we are asking why, for example, Abu Bakr and 'Umar were singled out, and you now directed a question in your commentary here: "If it is said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried in his house and his two companions were buried with him?" It is, of course, the whole book is about not burying any person in the mosque. You explained, your Eminence, explained why the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried?
The Shaykh: May Allah answer you, O long patience! You are still repeating my words!!
The questioner: ... My question to you is: Why, for example, did you not comment in the commentary?
The Shaykh: But what did you comment? For what? If you have a doubt, raise it.
The questioner: ... The doubt is that his grave was singled out in the mosque; whereas the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), despite that... despite the fact that he went against what the Companions used to do with him, the other Companions, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), because he passed away in the house, he was buried there, but the Companions Abu Bakr and 'Umar, the doubt is that they buried them in the house of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and this was contrary to what the Companions used to do in burying their dead in al-Baqi'.
The Shaykh: What does this question have to do with the subject of the treatise, which is that it is not permissible to bury a Muslim or a wali or a prophet in the mosque, or to build a grave on a mosque? What does your question have to do with this issue?
The questioner: I... that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was singled out for burial because he means the prophets are buried where they die.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner: Because of the hadith that came from Abu Bakr.
The Shaykh: Why are they buried in their houses? Did you not know this from what you read just now?
The questioner: Yes, I knew.
The Shaykh: So that his grave would not be taken as a mosque, okay; can it not be said the same thing about the second man after the Messenger and the third, which is Abu Bakr and 'Umar? Can this be said or not?
The questioner: It is possible, why not.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: ... the graves of Muslims.
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner: Okay; and the same thing can be said about 'Uthman and 'Ali too?
The Shaykh: Yes, the same thing is said, but is this obligatory?
The questioner: No, of course, it is not obligatory.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, you are occupying yourselves with something from which you do not benefit anything, except that one of you gets a question in his mind: Why? Like someone says why is Fajr two rak'ahs, and Maghrib three, and the rest four, four? And he does not suffice... why is there secret and loud recitation? What brings together the secret and the loud? What is the benefit of these questions?! Ask about something that relates to a legal ruling. If I wanted to answer you, I would say to you: Does his community agree on misguidance? You would say: No. Then the Companions of the Messenger are the best community brought forth for people, they buried Abu Bakr and they buried 'Umar next to their Prophet; what is wrong with that?
The questioner: There is nothing... surely they do not agree on misguidance.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : How are you, my Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: O Shaykh, I am reading in your book, "Warning the Prostrator from Taking Graves as Mosques."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: On page ten, in a hadith from 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said during the illness from which he did not recover:
Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians that they took the graves of their prophets as mosques
لعن الله اليهود والنصارى اتَّخذوا قبور أنبيائهم مساجدSo your commentary... all your commentary, O Shaykh, was... the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but your Eminence did not explain why his two companions were buried? So I do not know what your comment is?
The Shaykh: And what is the difference whether they were buried with him or not buried with him, what does it mean?
The questioner : How, my Shaykh?
The Shaykh: What is the difference between them being buried with him or not being buried with him?
The questioner: Because the difference is that your Eminence taught in the commentary that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)... he and Abu Bakr:
That the prophets are buried where they die
أن يدفن الأنبياء حيث يموتونThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Therefore he was buried in the house, but I did not understand... that they buried Abu Bakr and 'Umar?
The Shaykh: You are repeating the question. I am asking you: What is the difference for you between them being buried or not being buried? Does it change the issue for you?
The questioner: The difference, for example, is why was he singled out?
The Shaykh: No, no, no, my brother, why do you repeat the question? I understood the question the first time. How did you repeat it a second time and now a third time? My brother, I am telling you: Suppose they were not buried, what happens? Say: Nothing.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Say: Nothing.
The questioner: Nothing, of course.
The Shaykh: I think that if they were not buried with the Messenger, nothing would have happened?
The questioner: Meaning they would have been like the Companions in al-Baqi', just buried.
The Shaykh: Something would have happened if they were not buried, may Allah guide you.
The questioner: Glory be to Allah! No, I do not know what is meant, honestly.
The Shaykh: I know what is meant by your question?
The questioner: The point is that we are asking why, for example, Abu Bakr and 'Umar were singled out, and you now directed a question in your commentary here: "If it is said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried in his house and his two companions were buried with him?" It is, of course, the whole book is about not burying any person in the mosque. You explained, your Eminence, explained why the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried?
The Shaykh: May Allah answer you, O long patience! You are still repeating my words!!
The questioner: ... My question to you is: Why, for example, did you not comment in the commentary?
The Shaykh: But what did you comment? For what? If you have a doubt, raise it.
The questioner: ... The doubt is that his grave was singled out in the mosque; whereas the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), despite that... despite the fact that he went against what the Companions used to do with him, the other Companions, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), because he passed away in the house, he was buried there, but the Companions Abu Bakr and 'Umar, the doubt is that they buried them in the house of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and this was contrary to what the Companions used to do in burying their dead in al-Baqi'.
The Shaykh: What does this question have to do with the subject of the treatise, which is that it is not permissible to bury a Muslim or a wali or a prophet in the mosque, or to build a grave on a mosque? What does your question have to do with this issue?
The questioner: I... that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was singled out for burial because he means the prophets are buried where they die.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner: Because of the hadith that came from Abu Bakr.
The Shaykh: Why are they buried in their houses? Did you not know this from what you read just now?
The questioner: Yes, I knew.
The Shaykh: So that his grave would not be taken as a mosque, okay; can it not be said the same thing about the second man after the Messenger and the third, which is Abu Bakr and 'Umar? Can this be said or not?
The questioner: It is possible, why not.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: ... the graves of Muslims.
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner: Okay; and the same thing can be said about 'Uthman and 'Ali too?
The Shaykh: Yes, the same thing is said, but is this obligatory?
The questioner: No, of course, it is not obligatory.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, you are occupying yourselves with something from which you do not benefit anything, except that one of you gets a question in his mind: Why? Like someone says why is Fajr two rak'ahs, and Maghrib three, and the rest four, four? And he does not suffice... why is there secret and loud recitation? What brings together the secret and the loud? What is the benefit of these questions?! Ask about something that relates to a legal ruling. If I wanted to answer you, I would say to you: Does his community agree on misguidance? You would say: No. Then the Companions of the Messenger are the best community brought forth for people, they buried Abu Bakr and they buried 'Umar next to their Prophet; what is wrong with that?
The questioner: There is nothing... surely they do not agree on misguidance.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
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