What is the ruling on distributing water in graveyards and building canopies as an act of kindness?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on distributing water in graveyards and building canopies as an act of kindness?
Answer:
Building canopies is not permissible. Fatwas were issued by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ordering their demolition, and a decision was issued by the Council of Senior Scholars ordering their demolition and removal. As for the water, we fear that it will develop into something else. They used to distribute water at the graves, so we fear that this will develop, and then charities will be distributed at the graves, and food will be distributed, and so on. So this door should not be opened. If someone is thirsty, he comes out of the graveyard and drinks. He drinks; it is not required that he be carried out while thirsty and then carried back.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on distributing water in graveyards and building canopies as an act of kindness?
Answer:
Building canopies is not permissible. Fatwas were issued by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ordering their demolition, and a decision was issued by the Council of Senior Scholars ordering their demolition and removal. As for the water, we fear that it will develop into something else. They used to distribute water at the graves, so we fear that this will develop, and then charities will be distributed at the graves, and food will be distributed, and so on. So this door should not be opened. If someone is thirsty, he comes out of the graveyard and drinks. He drinks; it is not required that he be carried out while thirsty and then carried back.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [239 -939] ما حكم توزيع الماء في المقابر وبناء المظلات من باب الإحسان؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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