A mosque with graves in one of its rear corners: Is it permissible to pray in it?
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Question:
A message was sent from India by one of the brothers, and at the end of it he says: Your brother Hashim Mustafa says: There is a mosque with four graves in one of its rear corners. Is it permissible to pray in it? Does a person miss out on the Friday prayer and the congregation if he does not pray in this mosque? Or what should he do? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Any mosque that contains graves, whether in the front, on the right, on the left, or in the back, is not to be prayed in, and the prayer in it is not valid. This is because the presence of graves in it is one of the means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), and the authentic hadiths forbid it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 529 He also said (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan an-Nasa'i 760Sahih (Darussalam) And he said (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih Muslim 532.
Therefore, a mosque is not to be built over a grave. The grave may be in the front, on the right, on the left, or in the back. It is obligatory to dig up these graves and move them to the public cemeteries if the graves are recent. However, if the mosque was built over them to honor them and seek blessing from them, then the mosque is to be demolished, and the graves are to remain as they are. The mosque is demolished and removed, and its place becomes a cemetery. But if the graves are not new and the mosque is old, the graves must be dug up, removed, and moved to the public cemeteries, and then prayer is performed in the mosque. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
A message was sent from India by one of the brothers, and at the end of it he says: Your brother Hashim Mustafa says: There is a mosque with four graves in one of its rear corners. Is it permissible to pray in it? Does a person miss out on the Friday prayer and the congregation if he does not pray in this mosque? Or what should he do? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Any mosque that contains graves, whether in the front, on the right, on the left, or in the back, is not to be prayed in, and the prayer in it is not valid. This is because the presence of graves in it is one of the means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), and the authentic hadiths forbid it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians that they took the graves of their prophets as mosques
لعن الله اليهود والنصارى اتخذوا قبور أنبيائهم مساجدDo not pray toward graves and do not sit on them.
لا تصلوا إلى القبور، ولا تجلسوا عليهاBeware of those who preceded you and used to take the graves of their prophets and righteous men as places of worship, but you must not take graves as mosques; I forbid you to do that.
ألا وإن من كان قبلكم كانوا يتخذون قبور أنبيائهم وصالحيهم مساجد، ألا فلا تتخذوا القبور مساجد فإني أنهاكم عن ذلكTherefore, a mosque is not to be built over a grave. The grave may be in the front, on the right, on the left, or in the back. It is obligatory to dig up these graves and move them to the public cemeteries if the graves are recent. However, if the mosque was built over them to honor them and seek blessing from them, then the mosque is to be demolished, and the graves are to remain as they are. The mosque is demolished and removed, and its place becomes a cemetery. But if the graves are not new and the mosque is old, the graves must be dug up, removed, and moved to the public cemeteries, and then prayer is performed in the mosque. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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