The ruling on giving people water at graves during the funeral procession
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The questioner:
Benefits from the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. Shaykh, before we conclude with what he mentioned regarding supplication and prayer at graves and their slaughtering, there are now people who follow the funeral procession with what they give in charity, providing water to those who attend and follow the funeral. Does this fall under the prohibition because it is an act of worship at the grave, or not?
The Shaykh:
This is a bad beginning. That is, they carry what they have found, whereas the Salaf used to provision themselves with water when they went with the funeral procession and carried water with them. If this door is opened, food will come, and lunch and dinner at the graves will come, and charity will come, and the cemeteries will be taken as a place for worship. This is not permissible. And the one who is thirsty goes out, leaves, and drinks. Yes.
The questioner:
But giving water at the grave is a form of giving charity at the cemeteries.
The Shaykh:
It is a type of giving charity and also opens a door, and it is something the Salaf did not do, so we do not do it, and we do not say there is good in it. So we say, the believers...
The questioner:
...what Allah has prescribed, and nothing else.
The Shaykh:
The good is in following what Allah and His Messenger have prescribed. Also, there is no necessity for this thing; the one who is thirsty goes out, drinks, and leaves.
Benefits from the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. Shaykh, before we conclude with what he mentioned regarding supplication and prayer at graves and their slaughtering, there are now people who follow the funeral procession with what they give in charity, providing water to those who attend and follow the funeral. Does this fall under the prohibition because it is an act of worship at the grave, or not?
The Shaykh:
This is a bad beginning. That is, they carry what they have found, whereas the Salaf used to provision themselves with water when they went with the funeral procession and carried water with them. If this door is opened, food will come, and lunch and dinner at the graves will come, and charity will come, and the cemeteries will be taken as a place for worship. This is not permissible. And the one who is thirsty goes out, leaves, and drinks. Yes.
The questioner:
But giving water at the grave is a form of giving charity at the cemeteries.
The Shaykh:
It is a type of giving charity and also opens a door, and it is something the Salaf did not do, so we do not do it, and we do not say there is good in it. So we say, the believers...
The questioner:
...what Allah has prescribed, and nothing else.
The Shaykh:
The good is in following what Allah and His Messenger have prescribed. Also, there is no necessity for this thing; the one who is thirsty goes out, drinks, and leaves.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1644] حكم سقيا الناس عند القبور أثناء تشييع الجنازة I الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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