I prayed in a mosque that contains a tomb, knowing that the tomb is in a room inside the mosque. What is the ruling on praying in this mosque?
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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks and says: I prayed in a mosque that contains a tomb, knowing that the tomb is in a room inside the mosque. What is the ruling on praying in this mosque?
The Shaykh : Mosques that contain graves: if the mosques were built over the graves, then prayer in them is not valid, because these mosques must be demolished. If the mosques existed before the graves, but a deceased person was buried in them, then it is obligatory to exhume the deceased and bury him in the cemetery with the people, and prayer in these mosques is valid, except if the grave is in the qiblah direction and people pray toward it, in which case the prayer is not valid, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 760Sahih (Darussalam) So the issue in this requires detail, and the detail is as follows. The student, give us the detailed answer.
The student: ... I do not know.
The Shaykh : Not knowing is no problem. Muhsin, give us the detail.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Then a grave in it, yes.
The student: The grave is removed... .
The Shaykh : Perfect, and the prayer in the mosque.
The student: Is valid.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The student: If the grave came before the mosque...
The Shaykh : Then prayer in this mosque is not valid and it must be demolished. Well done, may Allah reward you. Now, if the mosque existed before the grave, we also mentioned, as a precaution, that the grave should not be in the qiblah direction. If the grave is in the qiblah direction, then it is not permissible to pray toward it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying toward graves. Yes. Who is watching the time for us? Good.
The Shaykh : Mosques that contain graves: if the mosques were built over the graves, then prayer in them is not valid, because these mosques must be demolished. If the mosques existed before the graves, but a deceased person was buried in them, then it is obligatory to exhume the deceased and bury him in the cemetery with the people, and prayer in these mosques is valid, except if the grave is in the qiblah direction and people pray toward it, in which case the prayer is not valid, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not pray toward graves
لا تصلوا إلى القبورThe student: ... I do not know.
The Shaykh : Not knowing is no problem. Muhsin, give us the detail.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Then a grave in it, yes.
The student: The grave is removed... .
The Shaykh : Perfect, and the prayer in the mosque.
The student: Is valid.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The student: If the grave came before the mosque...
The Shaykh : Then prayer in this mosque is not valid and it must be demolished. Well done, may Allah reward you. Now, if the mosque existed before the grave, we also mentioned, as a precaution, that the grave should not be in the qiblah direction. If the grave is in the qiblah direction, then it is not permissible to pray toward it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying toward graves. Yes. Who is watching the time for us? Good.