If there is a grave in the mosque, is it sufficient to separate it with a wall, as is the case with al-Masjid al-Nabawi?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. If there is a grave in the mosque, is it sufficient to build a wall or enclosure around it, and they cite what was in al-Masjid al-Nabawi as evidence?
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. I will tell you a useful rule regarding this and other matters: Allah has provided those who follow falsehood with doubts so that their hearts may deviate, may Allah protect us from that. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:[Ali 'Imran 3:7]. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 2665 Was the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) newly constructed in the mosque?
Ask them: Was it newly constructed in the mosque?
If they say yes, say to them: You are lying, for the Companions did not bury him in the mosque. If they say no, we say: Then you have no proof, because the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was in his house where he died, and at that time it was separate from the mosque. It was not included in the mosque until nearly the completion of ninety-five or ninety-six years of the Hijrah. It was included in the mosque because they were compelled to expand it, and it seemed that at that time the only feasible direction for expansion was from that side. They left the chamber standing with its walls, and it did not enter the mosque. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried in the mosque, but the mosque was not built over his grave. However, the people of falsehood cling to doubts because their hearts are deviant, may Allah protect us from that. And it is astonishing that they cling to the ambiguous verses while leaving the clear ones! Do you understand?
Say to them now: Was the Messenger buried in the mosque?
If they say yes, we say to them: You are lying. If they say no, then you have no proof. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah forgive you, regarding the divorce of a drunkard, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The divorce of a drunkard, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does it take effect, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : This will be in the lesson, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Okay, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : In the lesson, in the lesson.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. If there is a grave in the mosque, is it sufficient to build a wall or enclosure around it, and they cite what was in al-Masjid al-Nabawi as evidence?
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. I will tell you a useful rule regarding this and other matters: Allah has provided those who follow falsehood with doubts so that their hearts may deviate, may Allah protect us from that. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:
It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muhammad], the Book; in it are verses [that are] precise - they are the foundation of the Book - and others unspecific. As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific
هو الَّذي أَنزَل عَليْك الْكِتاب منه آيَات مُّحكمات هنّ أمّ الكتاب وأخر متشابهات * فأمّا الذين في قلوبهم زيغ يتّبعون ما تشابه منهWhen you see such verses, avoid them, for it is they whom Allah has pointed out (in the mentioned verses).
إذا رأيتم الذين يتبعون ما تشابه منه فأولئك الذين سمّى الله فاحذروهمAsk them: Was it newly constructed in the mosque?
If they say yes, say to them: You are lying, for the Companions did not bury him in the mosque. If they say no, we say: Then you have no proof, because the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was in his house where he died, and at that time it was separate from the mosque. It was not included in the mosque until nearly the completion of ninety-five or ninety-six years of the Hijrah. It was included in the mosque because they were compelled to expand it, and it seemed that at that time the only feasible direction for expansion was from that side. They left the chamber standing with its walls, and it did not enter the mosque. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried in the mosque, but the mosque was not built over his grave. However, the people of falsehood cling to doubts because their hearts are deviant, may Allah protect us from that. And it is astonishing that they cling to the ambiguous verses while leaving the clear ones! Do you understand?
Say to them now: Was the Messenger buried in the mosque?
If they say yes, we say to them: You are lying. If they say no, then you have no proof. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah forgive you, regarding the divorce of a drunkard, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The divorce of a drunkard, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does it take effect, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : This will be in the lesson, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Okay, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : In the lesson, in the lesson.