Is it permissible to pray inside an office that is surrounded by graves?
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The questioner : He is praying inside the office, and the office is surrounded by graves. Is it permissible?
The Shaykh : It is permissible.
The questioner : It is permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, I once asked you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And you told me that there should be a second wall.
The Shaykh : That is with regard to the mosque.
The questioner : Yes, with regard to the mosque.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you. Yes, that is it.
The questioner : There should be a second wall, other than the front wall.
The Shaykh : But my point in mentioning this is that it is the opinion of Imam Ahmad, so it is not very necessary for us to adhere to it unless we are able to implement it.
The questioner : Yes, meaning we do not invalidate the prayer in the mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : We pray, but if it is easy for us to put up the wall, that is the more preferable and better.
The Shaykh : No, if it is easy, we try to put up this wall.
The questioner : We try to put up this wall.
The Shaykh : If we cannot, then the prayer is valid.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And you. It appears that you are applying the saying of some of the previous imams, like Ibn al-Madini and others, that "If you see someone criticizing Hammad ibn Salama, then suspect him in his religion."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So he transmitted this in a place I no longer remember now, and he mocked, saying something like the following: "And who is Ibn al-Madini, a prophet?"
The questioner: Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh : Do you remember this thing?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, truly I do not remember.
The Shaykh : You do not remember.
The questioner : The truth is I do not remember. It is also likely in your opinion that it is in *Daf' al-Shubah*.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : Ah, okay, I will review it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, and I am in the process of reviewing it, but I thought you would recall it as is your custom.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh, for your good opinion of me.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : I will, if Allah wills, review it.
The Shaykh : All right, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So our appointment is after 'Isha'.
The questioner : Do you advise us on anything else, O Professor?
The Shaykh : May you be safe.
The Shaykh : It is permissible.
The questioner : It is permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, I once asked you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And you told me that there should be a second wall.
The Shaykh : That is with regard to the mosque.
The questioner : Yes, with regard to the mosque.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you. Yes, that is it.
The questioner : There should be a second wall, other than the front wall.
The Shaykh : But my point in mentioning this is that it is the opinion of Imam Ahmad, so it is not very necessary for us to adhere to it unless we are able to implement it.
The questioner : Yes, meaning we do not invalidate the prayer in the mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : We pray, but if it is easy for us to put up the wall, that is the more preferable and better.
The Shaykh : No, if it is easy, we try to put up this wall.
The questioner : We try to put up this wall.
The Shaykh : If we cannot, then the prayer is valid.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And you. It appears that you are applying the saying of some of the previous imams, like Ibn al-Madini and others, that "If you see someone criticizing Hammad ibn Salama, then suspect him in his religion."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So he transmitted this in a place I no longer remember now, and he mocked, saying something like the following: "And who is Ibn al-Madini, a prophet?"
The questioner: Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh : Do you remember this thing?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, truly I do not remember.
The Shaykh : You do not remember.
The questioner : The truth is I do not remember. It is also likely in your opinion that it is in *Daf' al-Shubah*.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : Ah, okay, I will review it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, and I am in the process of reviewing it, but I thought you would recall it as is your custom.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh, for your good opinion of me.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : I will, if Allah wills, review it.
The Shaykh : All right, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So our appointment is after 'Isha'.
The questioner : Do you advise us on anything else, O Professor?
The Shaykh : May you be safe.
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