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Places Where It Is Disliked To Perform Prayer

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(4) The Chapters On TheMosques And TheCongregations

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الحديث: 745 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 246

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745. It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Khudri said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'All the earth is a mosque, except for graveyards and Hammâm.'" (Sahih)[2]

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745 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا مَسْجِدٌ، إِلَّا الْمَقْبَرَةَ، وَالْحَمَّامَ»

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  1. 1

    [1] Where they used to worship others besides Allāh, from the idols and other than that. (Explanation by Sindī).

  2. 2

    [2] Hammām: It is the place (it is not restricted to a room) where washing is performed with hot water, and they also say it includes any kind of water. See Tuhfatul-Ahwadhi.

Commentary

Prohibition on performing prayers in the graveyard is meant to avoid any resemblance of prostrating before the graves. Some people build their mosque close to the grave of a 'holy man' or Prophet under the assumption that praying by the side of the deceased holy man is a virtuous act. All of this is prohibited in Islam.