Is the mosque that has a grave inside it demolished, and is prayer performed in it?
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The questioner : ... So what if the mosque is demolished? What about the grave?
The Shaykh : This distinction you have is mistaken. This distinction regarding the demolition of the mosque or the grave is not regarding the prayer. The distinction you mention is in the issue of which one is demolished: the mosque or the grave? If the mosque was built over the grave, and the grave existed before the mosque, the mosque is demolished. And if the mosque was built previously and the grave was placed inside it, the grave is removed from it. Our discussion was not about starting the demolition now, whether of the grave or the mosque; the discussion is about the prayer. Whether the grave is the later addition to the mosque, or the mosque is the later addition to the grave, this is a polytheistic phenomenon that is not permissible to exist in the lands of Islam. The ruling on the prayer is exactly as you heard, and it does not differ between the mosque being the later addition or the grave being the later addition. However, if those in charge of reform, those in charge of the matter and the ruling—and how unlikely that is—if they want to reform, they must study whether the mosque was built first and then the grave was added, or the reverse. Then they remove the one who is the aggressor and the wrongdoer. If the grave existed first and then the mosque was built, they remove the mosque. And if the mosque was built first and the grave was placed inside it, the grave is removed. And if there are bones buried in the graves of the Muslims, yes.
The questioner : Now the situation is... now that he was buried in the mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes, we, my Shaykh, were abbreviating the questions. Do we need to discuss who is the sinner: the one who gave the order, or the builder? That is another discussion. Oh Shaykh, finally, a question here; I will answer it briefly and end this meeting.
The Shaykh : This distinction you have is mistaken. This distinction regarding the demolition of the mosque or the grave is not regarding the prayer. The distinction you mention is in the issue of which one is demolished: the mosque or the grave? If the mosque was built over the grave, and the grave existed before the mosque, the mosque is demolished. And if the mosque was built previously and the grave was placed inside it, the grave is removed from it. Our discussion was not about starting the demolition now, whether of the grave or the mosque; the discussion is about the prayer. Whether the grave is the later addition to the mosque, or the mosque is the later addition to the grave, this is a polytheistic phenomenon that is not permissible to exist in the lands of Islam. The ruling on the prayer is exactly as you heard, and it does not differ between the mosque being the later addition or the grave being the later addition. However, if those in charge of reform, those in charge of the matter and the ruling—and how unlikely that is—if they want to reform, they must study whether the mosque was built first and then the grave was added, or the reverse. Then they remove the one who is the aggressor and the wrongdoer. If the grave existed first and then the mosque was built, they remove the mosque. And if the mosque was built first and the grave was placed inside it, the grave is removed. And if there are bones buried in the graves of the Muslims, yes.
The questioner : Now the situation is... now that he was buried in the mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes, we, my Shaykh, were abbreviating the questions. Do we need to discuss who is the sinner: the one who gave the order, or the builder? That is another discussion. Oh Shaykh, finally, a question here; I will answer it briefly and end this meeting.