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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Ruling on Using Graveyard Stones to Build a Well

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The questioner: He also says: I dug a well, and we and our neighbors drink from it. I built it using stones from the graveyard. I was fifteen years old at the time. Is there a sin on me for this, or what should I do? May Allah reward you...?
The Shaykh: Repeat, repeat.
The questioner: He says: I dug a well, and we and our neighbors drink from it. I built it using stones from the graveyard. I was fifteen years old at the time. Is there a sin on me in this situation, or what should I do? May Allah reward you with the best reward. The well still exists in Syria?
Answer: If the stone was designated for the graveyard, designated for the graves, because they use it to fill in the grave, then there is no harm. If it was designated for the graveyard, he should bring a replacement for it, meaning he should buy a replacement for the one that went into the well and place it in the graveyard. This applies if the stone was owned by the graveyard, meaning it was allocated for the graveyard, and he took it for the well, and the well is not for the benefit of the graveyard. However, if it is for the benefit of the graveyard, meaning they wash the dead from it and benefit from it in washing the dead, this is part of the graveyard's operations, so there is no harm. But if the well has no connection to the dead or the graveyard, yes, for example, for travelers, then the stone he took from the graveyard stones requires him to replace it, meaning: he should buy a replacement for the one he placed in the well, and place it with the graveyard stones for the graveyard's need.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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