What is the ruling on praying in a mosque where both the Sunnis and the Shi'ah pray, and which contains graves and in which acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah) occur?
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The questioner : Regarding the mosques, there is, Shaykh, we may have asked you in the car that in the city there are two mosques: one is a mosque for the Shi'ah where they pray and the people of the Sunnah do not enter, and the other is half Shi'ah and half Sunnis. So this mosque... it has acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah) in it, and there are also graves in it, and the Friday prayer is held there. So is it permissible for us to pray with them? Of course, we have a mosque in our residence.
The Shaykh : Now you have mentioned, in addition to what you mentioned there when you asked me while I was in the car.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that not so?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, now we tell you that it is not permissible to pray in the half that has graves in it. And in that case, you pray in your homes or in a prayer place that you set up for yourselves, until it becomes easy for you to build a mosque. You are, on this occasion, I mean, are you strangers there, or are you from the people of the country?
The questioner : We are students studying.
The Shaykh : I know, students studying. Students study in their own countries and also in other countries. So my question, which you did not get an answer to: are you from the people of the country or not?
The questioner : No, no, we are not from the people of the country; we are strangers.
The Shaykh : Good. So, since you are strangers, are there any people from the country there who respond to you for the sake of calling to the Book and the Sunnah and to righteous action?
The questioner : Yes, there are, but few, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Few, good. So you cooperate with them, as long as you are there, so that they build a mosque, even if it is a modest mosque in terms of construction, meaning it is not large and not tall. This is especially prohibited by the Shari'ah. Instead of them gathering in a house, they gather in the prayer place, which is the mosque, until it becomes easy for you to build such a mosque. Then gather in a place that accommodates the largest possible number of worshippers who follow the methodology of the Sunnah. This is the answer to the question.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The matter is finished. Now it is the turn of... here, yes.
The Shaykh : Now you have mentioned, in addition to what you mentioned there when you asked me while I was in the car.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that not so?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, now we tell you that it is not permissible to pray in the half that has graves in it. And in that case, you pray in your homes or in a prayer place that you set up for yourselves, until it becomes easy for you to build a mosque. You are, on this occasion, I mean, are you strangers there, or are you from the people of the country?
The questioner : We are students studying.
The Shaykh : I know, students studying. Students study in their own countries and also in other countries. So my question, which you did not get an answer to: are you from the people of the country or not?
The questioner : No, no, we are not from the people of the country; we are strangers.
The Shaykh : Good. So, since you are strangers, are there any people from the country there who respond to you for the sake of calling to the Book and the Sunnah and to righteous action?
The questioner : Yes, there are, but few, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Few, good. So you cooperate with them, as long as you are there, so that they build a mosque, even if it is a modest mosque in terms of construction, meaning it is not large and not tall. This is especially prohibited by the Shari'ah. Instead of them gathering in a house, they gather in the prayer place, which is the mosque, until it becomes easy for you to build such a mosque. Then gather in a place that accommodates the largest possible number of worshippers who follow the methodology of the Sunnah. This is the answer to the question.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The matter is finished. Now it is the turn of... here, yes.
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