Etiquettes of Visiting the Graveyard
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is prescribed for a Muslim when he goes to the graveyard to visit the deceased? What are the prescribed matters in that?
Answer:
It is prescribed that when he reaches the grave, he faces it with his face, meaning he comes from the direction of the deceased's face, facing the deceased's face, as if he were alive. He greets him with "Peace be upon you, so-and-so, and so-and-so, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings." Then he supplicates for him: "O Allah, forgive him. O Allah, have mercy on him. O Allah, turn to him in repentance." Then he departs.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is prescribed for a Muslim when he goes to the graveyard to visit the deceased? What are the prescribed matters in that?
Answer:
It is prescribed that when he reaches the grave, he faces it with his face, meaning he comes from the direction of the deceased's face, facing the deceased's face, as if he were alive. He greets him with "Peace be upon you, so-and-so, and so-and-so, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings." Then he supplicates for him: "O Allah, forgive him. O Allah, have mercy on him. O Allah, turn to him in repentance." Then he departs.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 52 من 76/شرح فتح المجيد لشرح كتاب التوحيد/اتخاذ القبور مساجد/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (52:26)
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