The ruling on praying in a mosque surrounded by graveyards

Question:
We inform you that there is a mosque in our village, and it is surrounded by graveyards on all sides. We also inform you that the mosque was built before the graveyards existed, and the people of the village have continued to pray in this mosque. We ask Allah, and then we ask you, to inform us of the ruling on people praying in it, and we also ask you to clarify to us what we should do regarding this matter?

Answer:
This does not harm them. If they pray in the mosque... if they place a graveyard around it, it does not harm them; their prayer in it is valid. What is harmful is building the mosque on top of graves, meaning they come to the graveyard, or to a grave, and build the mosque on it. This is an abomination. But if it is a proper mosque, and then they buried people around it, it does not harm them.