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Is it permissible to live and pray in a house allocated to me by the Endowments (Awqaf), given the presence of three old graves in an outer room on the ground floor, knowing that these graves cannot be moved, and that this house is my only opportunity to get married?

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Scholarly opinions have varied regarding the ruling on burying the dead in homes: some, like the Hanafis, consider it absolutely disliked (makrooh) and exclusive to prophets. Others, like the Shafi'is, Malikis, and Hanbalis, deem it permissible, though preferring burial in cemeteries. However, the Malikis dislike it for a miscarriage.

The more preponderant opinion is that of dislikedness (karaha); because burying the dead in cemeteries is less harmful to the living, more akin to the abodes of the Afterlife, and more conducive to supplicating for them. As for the burial of the Prophet, peace be upon him, in his house, it was exclusive to him, based on his saying: "Allah does not take a prophet's soul except in the place where he should be buried. Bury him in the place of his bed."

There is no objection to living in the aforementioned house, but it is preferable to strive to move the graves to Muslim cemeteries. It is permissible to exhume a grave for a legitimate purpose, such as relocation, provided its sanctity is not violated and it is for a benefit.

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