Regarding a man buried in the masjid

Reference: Fataawa wa Rasaa.il Shaykh ‘Abdur-Razzaaq ‘Afeefee – Volume 1, Page 165, Fatwa No.46

Question: What is the ruling regarding a man who has been buried in the masjid?

Response: So long as he has been buried in the masjid after it was built, it is obligatory to remove the buried [person] from the masjid, even if he be [reduced to] bones.


Translation originally published on 10 December, 2014.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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