Do not pray in a mosque that contains a grave
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Q: If the mosque that contains a grave is the only one in the town, does the Muslim pray in it?
A: The Muslim does not pray in it ever, and he has to pray in another place or in his home if he does not find a mosque free of graves. It is obligatory for the rulers to dig up the grave in the mosque if it is a recent addition and move its remains to the public cemetery, and it is placed in a special pit whose surface is leveled like the other graves. If the grave is the original one, the mosque is demolished; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the Jews and the Christians who took the graves of their prophets as mosques. And when Umm Salimah and Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with them both) informed him that they had seen a church in Abyssinia and the images in it, he said to them (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 434 It is agreed upon as authentic.
And whoever prays in the mosques that contain graves, his prayer is invalid, and he has to repeat it, based on the two hadiths mentioned and what came in their meaning.
A: The Muslim does not pray in it ever, and he has to pray in another place or in his home if he does not find a mosque free of graves. It is obligatory for the rulers to dig up the grave in the mosque if it is a recent addition and move its remains to the public cemetery, and it is placed in a special pit whose surface is leveled like the other graves. If the grave is the original one, the mosque is demolished; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the Jews and the Christians who took the graves of their prophets as mosques. And when Umm Salimah and Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with them both) informed him that they had seen a church in Abyssinia and the images in it, he said to them (peace and blessings be upon him):
If any righteous pious man dies amongst them, they would build a place of worship at his grave and make these pictures in it; they are the worst creatures in the sight of Allah.
أولئك إذا مات فيهم الرجل الصالح بنوا على قبره مسجدًا وصوروا فيه تلك الصور أولئك شرار الخلق عند اللهAnd whoever prays in the mosques that contain graves, his prayer is invalid, and he has to repeat it, based on the two hadiths mentioned and what came in their meaning.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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