The ruling on praying in a mosque surrounded by a cemetery on three sides
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Question:
There is a cemetery in one of the villages, and within that cemetery there is a mosque surrounded by the cemetery on three sides: the north, the south, and the east. The walls of the mosque have cracked, and only its floor remains, yet prayer is held there. What is the ruling on praying there? And is it permissible to pray there if its structure is rebuilt?
Answer:
Yes, as long as the mosque is established, it does not harm it that the graves are to its right and left; it does not harm it. They pray in it, and there is no blame on them.
And if the graves are close to the west side, toward the qiblah, it should be that there is another wall between the mosque and the graves to separate the cemetery from the mosque. This is the more preferable and more complete option: that there be another wall separating the cemetery from the mosque, other than the wall of the mosque. This is the best.
There is a cemetery in one of the villages, and within that cemetery there is a mosque surrounded by the cemetery on three sides: the north, the south, and the east. The walls of the mosque have cracked, and only its floor remains, yet prayer is held there. What is the ruling on praying there? And is it permissible to pray there if its structure is rebuilt?
Answer:
Yes, as long as the mosque is established, it does not harm it that the graves are to its right and left; it does not harm it. They pray in it, and there is no blame on them.
And if the graves are close to the west side, toward the qiblah, it should be that there is another wall between the mosque and the graves to separate the cemetery from the mosque. This is the more preferable and more complete option: that there be another wall separating the cemetery from the mosque, other than the wall of the mosque. This is the best.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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