Is the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the mosque, and how is the answer to the hadith: "May Allah curse the Children of Israel who took the graves of their prophets as mosques"?

The questioner : The first question says: Your Eminence, it is reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: We ask you to clarify that the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is currently inside the mosque, and after the expansion, it is in the middle of the mosque. May Allah reward you with good?

The Shaykh : Yes, it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: He said this, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him, at the end of his life, warning his Ummah not to take graves as mosques, because if they take graves as mosques, the curse becomes binding upon them, just as it became binding upon the Children of Israel. For people are equal in the sight of Allah, and the most noble of creation in the sight of Allah is whom? Those who fear Him. So if the Children of Israel were cursed for that, then whoever does what they did deserves a punishment like theirs. Therefore, if a mosque is built over a grave, it is obligatory to demolish the mosque, and prayer in it is not permissible; prayer in it is invalid. However, if a dead person is buried in a mosque, it is obligatory to dig him up and bury him in the cemeteries. Here there is a difference between building a mosque over a grave and burying a dead person in a mosque. If he is buried in the mosque, it is obligatory to take him out to the cemeteries. If the mosque is built over him, it is obligatory to demolish the mosque, demolishing the mosque so that graves are not taken as mosques. As for the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), it is well known that the mosque was not built over his grave. There is no doubt that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried in the house of 'A'ishah, and his two companions (may Allah be pleased with them), Abu Bakr and 'Umar, were buried with him. It was outside the mosque, and the mosque was not built over it. But when the expansion took place in the time of al-Walid, around the year 90 of the Hijrah, the mosque was increased and the houses of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were included in it. All the houses of the Messenger entered it, and this house remained separate, distinct, not part of the mosque, and it was not possible to demolish it at that time as the other houses were demolished, because it is the place of the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So it remained as it was. And it is well known that it is not possible to dig up the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the graves of his two companions; rather, it is obligatory that they remain as they are. It is true that the better and more preferable thing is, but Allah has wisdom in what He wills, and the best and most preferable thing is that nothing of the mosque, meaning that the grave or the house of 'A'ishah, should enter the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). But the matter happened and what happened happened. It is not in the mosque, the mosque was not built over it, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his two companions were not buried in the mosque.
As for the expansion, the expansion, as we all see, does not place the grave in the middle of the mosque. Why? Because the eastern side adjacent to the grave has no building, and nothing was built in the eastern side from the direction of the grave; it is empty space, parking lots. The increase is from the adjacent side, the first increase was to the north, and it is not adjacent to it, and it is not possible for the grave to be in the middle. Yes.