What is the ruling on digging a grave and gathering people there for preaching and reminding them?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people dig a grave, place a coffin, and gather people there to preach and remind them of death. Is this prescribed?
Answer:
Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) do this? We follow the Messenger and the Sunnah of the Messenger. The Messenger used to preach and remind people. Did he dig a grave and place a coffin? All of this is among the exaggerations and affectations that[Yusuf 12:40]. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says [Qaf 50:45]. He did not say to dig a grave. He said to remind through the Qur'an. And whoever does not take a lesson from the Qur'an will never take a lesson. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people dig a grave, place a coffin, and gather people there to preach and remind them of death. Is this prescribed?
Answer:
Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) do this? We follow the Messenger and the Sunnah of the Messenger. The Messenger used to preach and remind people. Did he dig a grave and place a coffin? All of this is among the exaggerations and affectations that
for which Allah has sent down no authority
مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍBut remind by the Qur'an whoever fears My threat.
فَذَكِّرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [507 -1024] ما حكم حفر قبر وجمع الناس عنده للوعظ والتذكير؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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