Muhammad Naswir ad-Din al-Albani Called for the Demolition of the Green Dome

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In at least five of his books, Muhammad Naswir ad-Din al-Albani called for the demolition of the Green Dome of the Prophet’s (s.a.w.) Mosque in al-Madina al-Munawwarah, and for the Prophet’s (s.a.w.) grave to be removed from the mosque.  This is found in Ahkam al-Jana’iz wa Bida’uha, Talkhisw Ahkam al-Jana’iz, Tahdzir as-Sajid, Hijjat an-Nabi, and Manasik al-Hajj wa al-‘Umrah. 

He also stated, “I have found no evidence for the Prophet’s (s.a.w.) hearing of the salaam of those who greet him at his grave,” and, “I do not know from where ibn Taymiyyah took his claim that he hears the salaam from someone near.”  Shaykh Taqi’ ad-Din Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyyah (r.a.) wrote such in Majmu’a al-Fatawa. 

This and the previous item are among al-Albani’s greater enormities, and bear the unmistakable signature of innovation and deviation.  This claim of al-Albani is found in his notes on Imam Khayr ad-Din Abu al-Barakat Nu’man ibn Mahmud al-Aluwsi’s (r.a.) al-Ayat al-Bayyinat fi ‘Adam Sama’ al-Amwat ‘ala Madzhab al-Hanafiyyah as-Sa’dat, and in his own Silsilah adh-Dha’ifa.  He considered it an innovation to visit relatives, neighbours, or friends on the day of ‘Iyd and prohibited it.  This is found in his Fatawa.