Is it permissible to build over a grave if one fears it will be dishonored?
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Question:
Is it permissible for me to build over my father's grave if I fear it will be dishonored, especially since it is in a place where the dead are not respected, and advice is of no avail with them?
Answer:
No one has the right to build over his father's grave, or over anyone else's grave. He should place it with the dead of the Muslims, and that is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. He has no right to build over his father's grave, or his grandfather's grave, or anyone else's, just as the Companions and those who came after them buried their dead in the graveyards and did not build anything over them. This is the obligatory course of action.
Is it permissible for me to build over my father's grave if I fear it will be dishonored, especially since it is in a place where the dead are not respected, and advice is of no avail with them?
Answer:
No one has the right to build over his father's grave, or over anyone else's grave. He should place it with the dead of the Muslims, and that is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. He has no right to build over his father's grave, or his grandfather's grave, or anyone else's, just as the Companions and those who came after them buried their dead in the graveyards and did not build anything over them. This is the obligatory course of action.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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