The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-01b
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The reciter: And Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated to me, saying: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Hisham narrated to us, saying: My father informed me from A'ishah: .
The Shaykh : Yes, building mosques over graves is forbidden, and the mosque must be demolished, and prayer in it is not valid. This is because if Allah has forbidden the Mosque of Harm, which is less severe than this, then this is even more so. Therefore, the mosque built over a grave must be demolished, and prayer in it is not valid, due to the saying of the Exalted regarding the Mosque of Harm:[At-Tawbah 9:108]. There is no difference whether this grave is the grave of a righteous man or the grave of a wicked man. As for when a dead person is buried in the mosque, it is obligatory to dig him up and remove him from the mosque, because the mosque is designated for prayer, so it is not permissible to use it as a cemetery. If that is not the case, then prayer in the mosque is valid, except if the grave is in the qiblah of the praying people, in which case the prayer is not valid, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 760Sahih (Darussalam). However, it is obligatory and necessary to dig it up in such a situation, because it will prevent the mosque from being used for prayer. As for if it is to the right, left, or behind, then prayer in this mosque is valid, because the construction of the mosque preceded the occurrence of the grave.
And his saying in this hadith: that Umm Habibah and Umm Salamah mentioned a church they saw in Abyssinia, there is a grammatical issue in it. Abdullah informed us about it.
The Shaykh : There is no issue. The second Abdullah? You say: they mentioned a church they saw in Abyssinia, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
The student: The first one mentioned ... .
The Shaykh : Did he point it out to you?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : This is it, and the context required saying: they saw it in Abyssinia, but this is considering the return of the pronoun to Abyssinia, either considering the dual as a collective, or from the perspective of linguistic flexibility.
That Umm Habibah and Umm Salamah mentioned a church they had seen in Abyssinia, in which there were images of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those people, when a righteous man among them dies, they build a mosque over his grave and depict those images in it. They are the worst of creation in the sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection."
أن أم حبيبة وأم سلمة ذكرتا كنيسة رأينها بالحبشة فيها تصاوير لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن أولئك إذا كان فيهم الرجل الصالح فمات بنوا على قبره مسجدا وصوروا فيه تلك الصور أولئك شرار الخلق عند الله يوم القيامةThe Shaykh : Yes, building mosques over graves is forbidden, and the mosque must be demolished, and prayer in it is not valid. This is because if Allah has forbidden the Mosque of Harm, which is less severe than this, then this is even more so. Therefore, the mosque built over a grave must be demolished, and prayer in it is not valid, due to the saying of the Exalted regarding the Mosque of Harm:
Do not stand [for prayer] within it - ever
لا تقُم فيه أبداًDo not pray toward graves
لا تصلوا إلى القبورAnd his saying in this hadith: that Umm Habibah and Umm Salamah mentioned a church they saw in Abyssinia, there is a grammatical issue in it. Abdullah informed us about it.
The Shaykh : There is no issue. The second Abdullah? You say: they mentioned a church they saw in Abyssinia, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
The student: The first one mentioned ... .
The Shaykh : Did he point it out to you?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : This is it, and the context required saying: they saw it in Abyssinia, but this is considering the return of the pronoun to Abyssinia, either considering the dual as a collective, or from the perspective of linguistic flexibility.