The Ruling on Building over Graves

Question:
In the last of this questioner's questions, he says: I am inquiring about the legal ruling, in your view, O Shaykh, regarding building over graves, in detail.

Answer:
Building over graves is forbidden; it is not permissible to build over a grave. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade plastering a grave, sitting on it, or building over it. This is because it is one of the causes of exaggeration in it, such as placing a dome or a mosque over it; this is not permissible.
As for the cemetery, or the cemetery in general, being fenced off with something so that it is not desecrated by animals and people, there is nothing wrong with that; this is a matter of preserving it. However, building over a grave to honor it and respect it, because it is the grave of so-and-so or the grave of so-and-so, by placing a dome or a mosque over it, this is not permissible. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.