What is the matter with us taking the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as a mosque?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says: What is the matter with us taking the grave of the Messenger as a mosque?
The Shaykh : What is the matter with us taking the grave of the Messenger as a mosque? Did we take the grave of the Messenger as a mosque? This is a question of deception and likening things to one another for the people. These people who build mosques over graves or bury their dead in their mosques want to deceive the common people. The grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is in a separate room, so the mosque was not built over the grave of the Messenger. There is no doubt, you agree with this, do you not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The mosque of the Messenger was not built over his grave, because the mosque is prior to what? To the grave. The Messenger prayed in the mosque, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was not buried in the mosque, is that not so? Good. If the doubt is removed—the mosque was not built over the grave, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was not buried in the mosque, but rather he was buried in the room of 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her)—then when the mosque was expanded in the year 94 of the Hijrah, they included the room. Perhaps this is from the mercy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because its presence in the mosque protected it from what it would have faced if it were outside the mosque, and it protected the community from associating partners with Allah from what it would have faced if it were outside the mosque. For this reason, 'A'ishah said, when she mentioned the building of previous nations over the graves of their prophets:Sahih al-Bukhari 1390 And thus, there is no doubt in this at all. There is no doubt in this, and the matter is clear, praise be to Allah. For this reason, we see the Muslims, from the time the room was included in the mosque until today, we see them accepting that. Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : What is the matter with us taking the grave of the Messenger as a mosque? Did we take the grave of the Messenger as a mosque? This is a question of deception and likening things to one another for the people. These people who build mosques over graves or bury their dead in their mosques want to deceive the common people. The grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is in a separate room, so the mosque was not built over the grave of the Messenger. There is no doubt, you agree with this, do you not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The mosque of the Messenger was not built over his grave, because the mosque is prior to what? To the grave. The Messenger prayed in the mosque, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was not buried in the mosque, is that not so? Good. If the doubt is removed—the mosque was not built over the grave, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was not buried in the mosque, but rather he was buried in the room of 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her)—then when the mosque was expanded in the year 94 of the Hijrah, they included the room. Perhaps this is from the mercy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because its presence in the mosque protected it from what it would have faced if it were outside the mosque, and it protected the community from associating partners with Allah from what it would have faced if it were outside the mosque. For this reason, 'A'ishah said, when she mentioned the building of previous nations over the graves of their prophets: