What is the ruling on praying in mosques built over graves?
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The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : The Shaykh : Nasser is present.
The Shaykh : He is with you.
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : He is with you.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : I want to ask a question regarding praying in mosques that contain graves. We know from some people that it may be invalid, but in the book I have with me, "Warning the Worshipper from Taking Graves as Mosques," I see that you hold the view that it is disliked. I do not know what the correct opinion is.
The Shaykh : Read to me the phrase where you see the dislike.
The questioner : You divided it into two categories, meaning that the one who prays out of reverence, his prayer is invalid.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you, you frightened me, may Allah guide you. Since it is divided into two, the matter is settled. So, what is your question? Your question has fallen, your question has fallen.
The questioner : Is the prayer disliked or invalid?
The Shaykh : It is invalid for the one who intends to pray in it.
The questioner : He intends, but he prays for Allah the Mighty and Majestic?
The questioner : You divided it into two categories, meaning that the one who prays out of reverence, his prayer is invalid.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you, you frightened me, may Allah guide you. Since it is divided into two, the matter is settled. So, what is left of your question? Your question has fallen, your question is gone.
The questioner : The question is whether it is disliked or invalid?
The Shaykh : It is invalid for the one who intends to pray in it.
The questioner : He intends, but he prays for Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh : It is disliked with a prohibition-level dislike, and the dislike is removed if there is no other mosque for the congregational prayer.
The questioner : If there is none, the dislike ends. As for the prohibition-level dislike?
The Shaykh : It is a prohibition-level dislike for the one who is able to pray in a mosque other than this one, yet he prays in it. And if he intends it, the prayer is invalid.
The questioner : We have a mosque, but the grave is outside the wall, yet it is in the mosque, meaning there is a wall.
The Shaykh : There is no difference whether it is in the wall, in the courtyard, or in the sacred precinct as they call it. It is either outside the mosque or inside the mosque. This is the essential distinction. So, is it outside the mosque or inside the mosque?
The questioner : It is inside the mosque, but...
The Shaykh : There is no "but," O Shaykh. May Allah guide you. There is no "but." I am telling you: either inside the mosque or outside it.
The questioner : It is in a garden outside the mosque.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. A garden outside the mosque.
The questioner : It is a mosque, and it has a garden in front of it.
The Shaykh : What does "garden" mean?
The questioner : ... the qiblah.
The Shaykh : What does "garden" mean?
The questioner : I mean a garden, like that.
The Shaykh : Okay, does this garden have a door leading to the mosque?
The questioner : There is a window.
The Shaykh : I am asking you if it has a door. You are telling me there is a window.
The questioner : The door is from another side of the mosque, but not from another side; it is from a side other than the qiblah.
The Shaykh : And where is it?
The questioner : I mean, it is not from the side of the qiblah.
The Shaykh : ... May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Outside the mosque, not from the same side as the qiblah.
The Shaykh : I am unable to rule on your description because your description is not precise. The important thing is that the prayer in the mosque that contains a grave, where the grave is inside the mosque and not outside it, you have already known the detailed ruling. As for whether the grave in the mosque you are talking about is inside the mosque or outside it, I am neither with you nor against you, and peace be upon you.
Abu Layla : O our Shaykh, it happened that we came to pray over one of our relatives in Abu Druwish Mosque. Naturally, I moved away for the obligatory prayer and went to the mosque in al-Bashir and sat there until we prayed Zuhr there, so that I could pray over the funeral. Glory be to Allah, the common people naturally placed the coffins opposite the graves of the mosque's owners, as you know. There are people who say, "Do not pray in front of the room because there is a grave here." Glory be to Allah, and they are common people. Naturally, O our Shaykh, excuse me so I can finish this. When the people started and the rows began to break, O our Shaykh, when the people came, I said: "O my brothers, there is no harm, line up, because this is a grave and this is a funeral." So, I relied, naturally O our Shaykh, on the hadith of the Black Woman. Was I correct or wrong? I said, "There is no harm, complete the row. This is a prayer with no bowing or prostration in it."
The Shaykh : There is a big difference between praying over the Black Woman.
The questioner : Yes, my Shaykh, there is a difference.
The Shaykh : Because this grave belongs to the Druwish, and those who stand behind it do not want to pray over it. There is a difference between this prayer and that prayer.
The questioner : Yes, you have done well, O our Shaykh. I mean, when they placed the coffins, for example, the grave is on the right, and on the left is a grave... in the middle. So, do they innovate regarding it, even if it is over a funeral?
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : The Shaykh : Nasser is present.
The Shaykh : He is with you.
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : He is with you.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : I want to ask a question regarding praying in mosques that contain graves. We know from some people that it may be invalid, but in the book I have with me, "Warning the Worshipper from Taking Graves as Mosques," I see that you hold the view that it is disliked. I do not know what the correct opinion is.
The Shaykh : Read to me the phrase where you see the dislike.
The questioner : You divided it into two categories, meaning that the one who prays out of reverence, his prayer is invalid.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you, you frightened me, may Allah guide you. Since it is divided into two, the matter is settled. So, what is your question? Your question has fallen, your question has fallen.
The questioner : Is the prayer disliked or invalid?
The Shaykh : It is invalid for the one who intends to pray in it.
The questioner : He intends, but he prays for Allah the Mighty and Majestic?
The questioner : You divided it into two categories, meaning that the one who prays out of reverence, his prayer is invalid.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you, you frightened me, may Allah guide you. Since it is divided into two, the matter is settled. So, what is left of your question? Your question has fallen, your question is gone.
The questioner : The question is whether it is disliked or invalid?
The Shaykh : It is invalid for the one who intends to pray in it.
The questioner : He intends, but he prays for Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh : It is disliked with a prohibition-level dislike, and the dislike is removed if there is no other mosque for the congregational prayer.
The questioner : If there is none, the dislike ends. As for the prohibition-level dislike?
The Shaykh : It is a prohibition-level dislike for the one who is able to pray in a mosque other than this one, yet he prays in it. And if he intends it, the prayer is invalid.
The questioner : We have a mosque, but the grave is outside the wall, yet it is in the mosque, meaning there is a wall.
The Shaykh : There is no difference whether it is in the wall, in the courtyard, or in the sacred precinct as they call it. It is either outside the mosque or inside the mosque. This is the essential distinction. So, is it outside the mosque or inside the mosque?
The questioner : It is inside the mosque, but...
The Shaykh : There is no "but," O Shaykh. May Allah guide you. There is no "but." I am telling you: either inside the mosque or outside it.
The questioner : It is in a garden outside the mosque.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. A garden outside the mosque.
The questioner : It is a mosque, and it has a garden in front of it.
The Shaykh : What does "garden" mean?
The questioner : ... the qiblah.
The Shaykh : What does "garden" mean?
The questioner : I mean a garden, like that.
The Shaykh : Okay, does this garden have a door leading to the mosque?
The questioner : There is a window.
The Shaykh : I am asking you if it has a door. You are telling me there is a window.
The questioner : The door is from another side of the mosque, but not from another side; it is from a side other than the qiblah.
The Shaykh : And where is it?
The questioner : I mean, it is not from the side of the qiblah.
The Shaykh : ... May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Outside the mosque, not from the same side as the qiblah.
The Shaykh : I am unable to rule on your description because your description is not precise. The important thing is that the prayer in the mosque that contains a grave, where the grave is inside the mosque and not outside it, you have already known the detailed ruling. As for whether the grave in the mosque you are talking about is inside the mosque or outside it, I am neither with you nor against you, and peace be upon you.
Abu Layla : O our Shaykh, it happened that we came to pray over one of our relatives in Abu Druwish Mosque. Naturally, I moved away for the obligatory prayer and went to the mosque in al-Bashir and sat there until we prayed Zuhr there, so that I could pray over the funeral. Glory be to Allah, the common people naturally placed the coffins opposite the graves of the mosque's owners, as you know. There are people who say, "Do not pray in front of the room because there is a grave here." Glory be to Allah, and they are common people. Naturally, O our Shaykh, excuse me so I can finish this. When the people started and the rows began to break, O our Shaykh, when the people came, I said: "O my brothers, there is no harm, line up, because this is a grave and this is a funeral." So, I relied, naturally O our Shaykh, on the hadith of the Black Woman. Was I correct or wrong? I said, "There is no harm, complete the row. This is a prayer with no bowing or prostration in it."
The Shaykh : There is a big difference between praying over the Black Woman.
The questioner : Yes, my Shaykh, there is a difference.
The Shaykh : Because this grave belongs to the Druwish, and those who stand behind it do not want to pray over it. There is a difference between this prayer and that prayer.
The questioner : Yes, you have done well, O our Shaykh. I mean, when they placed the coffins, for example, the grave is on the right, and on the left is a grave... in the middle. So, do they innovate regarding it, even if it is over a funeral?
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O our Shaykh.
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