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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Wahhabism Construction of Mosque Near The Graves of Pious People Is construction of mosque near or in front of the grave of pious people permissible or not?
Supposing it is permitted, then what is the main purpose of the tradition (hadith) of the Holy Prophet (s) regarding the actions of Jews and Christians as it has come in a tradition that the Holy Prophet (s) has cursed these two groups for considering the graves of their Prophets as objects of worship? Moreover, is construction of mosque near the graves of the Awliya inseparable with what has come down in this tradition!?
Answer: By paying attention to the general principles of Islam, construction of mosques, in the vicinity of graves of the awliya and pious d oesn’t not have the least problem. This is because the purpose of construction of mosque is nothing more than worshipping Allah near the grave of His beloved who has become the source of receiving gifts.
In other words, the aim of establishing mosque in these instances is that the visitors to the Divine leaders either before or after their ziyarat , perform their duty of worship ( ‘ibadat ) over there in as much as neither ziyara to graves is forbidden (even from the viewpoint of Wahhabis) nor performing of salat , after or before ziyarat .
Therefore, there is no reason to believe that the construction of mosque near the graves of awliya for the purpose of worshipping Allah and performing divine duties is forbidden. By paying attention to the story of Ashab al-Kahf it is deduced that this action was a custom prevalent in the previous religions and Qur’an has narrated that without any criticism.
When the incident of of Kahf was disclosed to the people of that time after 309 years, they expressed their views about the ways of honouring the of Kahf. One group said that a structure should be made over their grave (so that apart from honouring them their names, signs and memories are kept alive).