Building toilets in the graveyard
Question
Are you allowed to build a toilet in the qabrastan or must it be built in a separate area?
Answer
If the one who had given the land as waqf allowed the building of toilets on the land, it will be permissible. However if it is not known then since there is a general practice that in the qabrastaans there are facilities for the janaazah salaah, wudhu and toilets, it will be permissible to construct a toilet on the land to facilitate the needs of Muslims.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
شرط الواقف كنص الشارع أي في المفهوم والدلالة ووجوب العمل به (الدر المختار 4/433)
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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