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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Clarification of the stronger position regarding the ruling on praying in a cemetery and in usurped land?

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The Shaykh : And this is the correct view: that the prayer is not valid in a cemetery. It is not like usurped land. The stronger view regarding usurped land is that the prayer is valid in it. However, the prayer is not valid in a cemetery. The difference is apparent, because the prohibition of praying in usurped land is due to the right of another person, not because it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). As for praying in a cemetery, it is a means to shirk. And if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not pray toward graves لا تصلوا إلى القبور
Sunan an-Nasa'i 760Sahih (Darussalam)
meaning: even if you were outside, how much more so for one who prays at the grave, makes it his qiblah (direction of prayer), and seeks blessing from its location? Yes.
Source alathar.net

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