✦ Ruling on Praying in Mosques Built Over Graves ✦
Source: Fatāwā al-Dīn al-Khāliṣ, Vol. 1, p. 117
❖ Question:
What is the Sharʿi ruling on performing Ṣalāh in mosques built over graves?
❖ Answer:
الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام علىٰ رسول الله، أما بعد!
✦ Clear Sharʿi Ruling:
Praying in mosques constructed over graves is, by unanimous agreement, impermissible.
This prohibition is universally acknowledged among the scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah, except for some later innovators (muta’akhkhirīn bidʿatīs) who blindly follow unverified practices and possess no sound evidence for their views.
✦ Referenced Clarification:
A detailed explanation of this issue has been provided in Issue No. 78 of the same fatwa collection.
Readers are encouraged to consult that section for in-depth understanding.
✦ Recommended Books for Further Study:
✔ Taḥdhīr al-Sājid ʿan Ittikhādh al-Qubūr Masājid – by Shaykh al-Muḥaddith Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī رحمه الله
✔ Majmūʿ Fatāwā Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله – Kitāb al-Ziyārah
ھٰذا ما عندي، واللّٰه أعلم بالصواب
