What is the ruling on donating to build a mosque on land where graves were previously located and then moved to another place?
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The permissibility of exhuming graves and building a mosque in their place depends on a legitimate interest. If there is a need for it, such as the unavailability of a more suitable location for expanding the mosque, then it is permissible to exhume the graves and transfer the remains to the public cemetery. As for the graves of non-Muslims, they may be exhumed absolutely when there is a need. Donating and participating in building a mosque on such land is an act of righteousness if the exhumation is permissible.
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