Is it prescribed to pray over the deceased who have been buried recently?
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Question:
If a person goes to the cemetery to pray over the deceased who have been buried recently, by moving between the newly buried graves and praying over their owners, is his action prescribed?
Answer:
By Allah, this is an over-exertion; this is an over-exertion. But if he knows a deceased person for whom he missed the prayer before burial, a deceased person he knows, then there is no harm in him going and praying over the grave, just as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did with the black woman who used to clean the mosque. As for the general public going around the new graves and praying over them, this is an over-exertion with no basis, as far as I know. Yes.
If a person goes to the cemetery to pray over the deceased who have been buried recently, by moving between the newly buried graves and praying over their owners, is his action prescribed?
Answer:
By Allah, this is an over-exertion; this is an over-exertion. But if he knows a deceased person for whom he missed the prayer before burial, a deceased person he knows, then there is no harm in him going and praying over the grave, just as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did with the black woman who used to clean the mosque. As for the general public going around the new graves and praying over them, this is an over-exertion with no basis, as far as I know. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يشرع أن يصلّى على الأموات الذين دفنوا حديثا؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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