Eid prayer in a mihrab with some graves in front of it

Question

There is a graveyard on whose eastern side there runs a narrow path along which an ox can barely come and go. Can the five daily prayers or the prayers of the two Eids be performed right next to this road or not? Let it be clear that the path is so narrow that the graves are visible while standing (qiyam) and in the state of humble concentration (khushu‘). Moreover, part of the graveyard also falls within the path, and there are old graves in it.

Answer

If part of the graveyard containing old graves, whose traces are now not even visible, has also come within the road, and that path, despite being narrow, is such that an ox-cart can come and go along it, then performing the five daily prayers and the prayers of the two Eids right next to this road — in such a way that the road remains as a barrier between the worshippers and…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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