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سنن دارمي
Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا طَاهِرَةٌ مَا خَلاَ الْمَقْبَرَةَ وَالْحَمَّامَ:Chapter: All the earth is pure except graveyards and baths
Hadith 1428
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنْبأَنَا سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "الْأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا مَسْجِدٌ إِلَّا الْمَقْبَرَةَ وَالْحَمَّامَ" . قِيلَ لِأَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ: تُجْزِئُ الصَّلَاةُ فِي الْمَقْبَرَةِ ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا لَمْ تَكُنْ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ فَنَعَمْ، وَقَالَ: الْحَدِيثُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ أَرْسَلُوهُ.
Sayyiduna Abu Sa‘id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The entire earth is a place of prostration (mosque) except for graveyards and bathhouses.” (That is, it is not permissible to pray in graveyards and bathhouses.) Imam Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: If someone prays in a graveyard, will his prayer be valid? He replied: If he prayed in a place where there was no grave, then the prayer will be valid, and he said: Most narrators have reported this hadith as mursal.
Brief Explanation
(Commentary on Hadith 1427)
From these ahadith it is understood that every part of the earth is pure (tahir) unless there is certainty of impurity (najasah); prayer (salah) can be performed on it and tayammum (dry ablution) can also be done with it. The exception to this are those places and locations which have been explicitly mentioned in the ahadith, such as the graveyard (maqbarah), bathhouse (hammam), camel pens, and the roof of the Sacred House (Bayt Allah al-Haram), etc. In a situation of necessity, if there is a mosque in the graveyard which has not been built upon graves, then according to the statement of Imam Darimi rahimahullah, it is permissible to pray in it.
And Allah knows best.
From these ahadith it is understood that every part of the earth is pure (tahir) unless there is certainty of impurity (najasah); prayer (salah) can be performed on it and tayammum (dry ablution) can also be done with it. The exception to this are those places and locations which have been explicitly mentioned in the ahadith, such as the graveyard (maqbarah), bathhouse (hammam), camel pens, and the roof of the Sacred House (Bayt Allah al-Haram), etc. In a situation of necessity, if there is a mosque in the graveyard which has not been built upon graves, then according to the statement of Imam Darimi rahimahullah, it is permissible to pray in it.
And Allah knows best.
