Quran is the best supporter against falsehood and against every attempt to misrepresent well-established Islamic beliefs and we turn towards the Quran to quash arguments of the skeptics against building mosques/structures over graves. فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَانًا ۖرَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا And they said: Construct upon them a building . The second group said – Let us build a mosque on their graves (in the cave) (and thus seek blessings through this act). Surah Kahf (18): Verse 21 Deliberating on the incident of the Companions of the Cave ( As’haab-e-Kahf ), one can only conclude that building mosques over the graves was always a recommended act in divinely revealed religions, more so since the Noble Quran has related the incident sans criticism and reliable Sunni exegeses (tafaaseer) have concluded as much. When the case of the companions of the cave became known to the p...
Sura: 59 - al-Hashr (The Exile) Ayat: 9 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وَالَّذِينَ تَبَوَّءُوا الدَّارَ وَالْإِيمَانَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ يُحِبُّونَ مَنْ هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ فِي صُدُورِهِمْ حَاجَةً مِمَّا أُوتُوا وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ ۚ وَمَنْ يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ (9 اور جن لوگوں نے دارالہجرت اور ایمان کو ان سے پہلے اختیار کیا تھا وہ ہجرت کرنے والوں کو دوست رکھتے ہیں اور جو کچھ انہیں دیا گیا ہے اپنے دلوں میں اس کی طرف سے کوئی ضرورت نہیں محسوس کرتے ہیں اور اپنے نفس پر دوسروں کو مقدم کرتے ہیں چاہے انہیں کتنی ہی ضرورت کیوں نہ ہو.... اور جسے بھی اس کیے نفس کی حرص سے بچالیا جائے وہی لوگ نجات پانے والے ہیں [YOUSAF ALI] But those who before them, had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the Faith,- show their affection to such as came to them for refuge, and entertain no desire in their hearts for things given to the (latter), but give them preference over themselves, even though poverty was their (own l...
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