Is it permissible to pray in mosques that contain shrines, based on the fact that Adam and Noah (peace be upon them) are buried in the Kaaba, and the whole world prays towards the Kaaba?
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The presence of the graves of Adam and Noah, peace be upon them, in the Kaaba or elsewhere, is not established. Furthermore, praying in a mosque that contains a grave is not permissible according to scholars, due to the warnings in the hadiths against turning graves into mosques.
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