Praying In A Mosque (Masjid) Which Is Attached To A Grave In The Direction Of The Qiblah
Praying In A Mosque (Masjid) Which Is Attached To A Grave In The Direction Of The Qiblah
In our village there is a mosque (masjid) in front of which is a grave. There is a wall between them, but there are windows in this wall that overlook the grave (Qabar). The grave (Qabr) is in the qiblah of the mosque (masjid). Is it permissible to pray in this mosque (masjid)? There are those who say that it is permissible, and others who say that it is not permissible. We need a definitive answer to this important question.
Praise be to Allah.
It is not permissible to pray in this mosque (masjid) that is adjoining the grave (qabar), especially since the grave is in the qiblah faced by the worshippers, and between them there is a wall with windows in it that overlook the grave. It is still not permissible even if it does not occur to them to venerate the grave. It was reported that it is forbidden to pray in graveyards. Umar saw a man praying at a grave and forbade him to do that, saying, ‘Don’t pray at the grave. (Narrated by al-Bayhaqi, 2/435; classified as mu’allaq by al-Bukhari in his Sahih, 1/523; classified as mawsool by Abdur-Razzaq, 1/404, no. 1581).
On this basis, you have to move the mosque (masjid) to another place, or enclose the grave with a separate fence that will form a barrier between it and the wall of the mosque. And Allah knows best.
al-Lu’lu’ al-Makeen min Fatawa Ibn Jibreen, p. 24
In our village there is a mosque (masjid) in front of which is a grave. There is a wall between them, but there are windows in this wall that overlook the grave (Qabar). The grave (Qabr) is in the qiblah of the mosque (masjid). Is it permissible to pray in this mosque (masjid)? There are those who say that it is permissible, and others who say that it is not permissible. We need a definitive answer to this important question.
Praise be to Allah.
It is not permissible to pray in this mosque (masjid) that is adjoining the grave (qabar), especially since the grave is in the qiblah faced by the worshippers, and between them there is a wall with windows in it that overlook the grave. It is still not permissible even if it does not occur to them to venerate the grave. It was reported that it is forbidden to pray in graveyards. Umar saw a man praying at a grave and forbade him to do that, saying, ‘Don’t pray at the grave. (Narrated by al-Bayhaqi, 2/435; classified as mu’allaq by al-Bukhari in his Sahih, 1/523; classified as mawsool by Abdur-Razzaq, 1/404, no. 1581).
On this basis, you have to move the mosque (masjid) to another place, or enclose the grave with a separate fence that will form a barrier between it and the wall of the mosque. And Allah knows best.
al-Lu’lu’ al-Makeen min Fatawa Ibn Jibreen, p. 24
