Prayer in a mosque with graveyards outside it
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Question:
In our town, there is a mosque where people pray, but there is a room containing a grave slightly to the left in front of it, at a distance of two meters, and directly in front of it in the direction of the qiblah, at a distance of ten meters, there are graveyards. Is it valid to pray in this mosque as long as the graveyards are outside and not part of it? Or is it not valid in any case as long as they surround it?
Answer:
If the graveyards are separated from the mosque by a street or a wall, and this mosque was not built for the sake of the graveyards, then there is no harm in the mosque being near the graveyard if there is no place far from it. However, if the placement of the mosque at the graves is intentional, out of the belief that there is blessing in that or that it is better, then this is not permissible; because it is one of the means to shirk (associating partners with Allah).
In our town, there is a mosque where people pray, but there is a room containing a grave slightly to the left in front of it, at a distance of two meters, and directly in front of it in the direction of the qiblah, at a distance of ten meters, there are graveyards. Is it valid to pray in this mosque as long as the graveyards are outside and not part of it? Or is it not valid in any case as long as they surround it?
Answer:
If the graveyards are separated from the mosque by a street or a wall, and this mosque was not built for the sake of the graveyards, then there is no harm in the mosque being near the graveyard if there is no place far from it. However, if the placement of the mosque at the graves is intentional, out of the belief that there is blessing in that or that it is better, then this is not permissible; because it is one of the means to shirk (associating partners with Allah).
Source
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