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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Walking in slippers in the cemetery and the etiquettes of visiting graves

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The questioner:
This questioner, O Shaykh, asks about the ruling on those who walk in their shoes in the cemetery, and what are the etiquettes of entering it, may you be rewarded?

The Shaykh:
If they need to wear slippers in the cemetery because of the heat of the sun, thorns, or harm, there is nothing wrong with it, but they must not step on the graves. They should be between the graves or on paths prepared for people. As for the graves, it is not permissible to step on them, whether with slippers or otherwise, nor to sit on them. Yes.

The presenter:
We will take the last call.

The Shaykh:
Visiting graves. Visiting graves. So when he arrives at the cemetery, he greets all the deceased. He says: "Peace be upon you, O people of the graves, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward, and do not let us go astray after them, and forgive us and them. You are our predecessors, and we are in the trail behind you." Then he goes to the grave he wants to visit, stands beside it, greets the deceased, and makes du'a for him, then he leaves. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (059) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-07-22] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (47:28)

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