Offering Salah in a Masjid located near a non-Muslim cemetery

Q 1: What is the ruling on offering Salah (Prayer) in a Masjid (mosque) located near a non-Muslim cemetery? It may be worth mentioning that there is a fence that separates the Masjid and the cemetery which is to the east of the Masjid. Also, people who are in charge of the cemetery refuse to exhume their dead.


A: If these graves are entirely detached from the Masjid, i.e. a street or an open space separates between them, offering Salah in this Masjid is permissible. This applies whether the graveyard is for Muslims or non-Muslims.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.


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