An Important Point on the Stronger View Regarding the Ruling on Praying in Graveyards
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The Shaykh : For this reason, the stronger opinion among the scholars is that praying in a graveyard is forbidden and that it is not valid, out of fear that graves will be taken as idols to be worshipped instead of Allah. It is not as some have said, that it is because the soil of the graves is contaminated by the pus of the dead. I do not say that this is a valid cause, but I say that it is a dead cause, because the pus of the dead is pure, since a believer does not become ritually impure while alive.
The student: Nor while dead.
The Shaykh : Nor while dead. Moreover, pus does not come out on the surface of graves except in graveyards that are dug up and people are buried in them, then dug up and buried in again, and dug up and buried in again, perhaps. But the valid cause is the fear that the graves will be taken as idols to be worshipped.
The reader: The valid cause?
The Shaykh : No, the correct cause.
The reader: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, but the correct cause is that it is prohibited so that the graves are not taken as idols to be worshipped instead of Allah, as evidenced by the hadith of Abu Murthad al-GhanawiSunan an-Nasa'i 760Sahih (Darussalam). Accordingly, the meaning of is: do not leave the prayer in them as you leave it in the graveyards. Yes.
The student: Nor while dead.
The Shaykh : Nor while dead. Moreover, pus does not come out on the surface of graves except in graveyards that are dug up and people are buried in them, then dug up and buried in again, and dug up and buried in again, perhaps. But the valid cause is the fear that the graves will be taken as idols to be worshipped.
The reader: The valid cause?
The Shaykh : No, the correct cause.
The reader: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, but the correct cause is that it is prohibited so that the graves are not taken as idols to be worshipped instead of Allah, as evidenced by the hadith of Abu Murthad al-Ghanawi