Types of Visiting Graves
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Question:
This questioner asks, Shaykh, about the ruling on visiting graves and seeking nearness to Allah through shrines and the dead, and he asks that we inform him of this.
Answer:
Visiting graves is of two types. The prescribed visit is that in which one intends to take a lesson and be admonished by seeing the graves and the dead, and in which one intends to make du'a' (supplication) for the deceased, sending mercy upon them and seeking forgiveness for them, for they are in need of that. This is a prescribed visit in both of its aspects. As for the forbidden visit, it is that in which one intends to seek nearness to Allah through the dead, or to ask the dead for intercession, or to ask the dead for one's needs. This is shirk (associating partners with Allah); this is a visit of shirk. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes.
This questioner asks, Shaykh, about the ruling on visiting graves and seeking nearness to Allah through shrines and the dead, and he asks that we inform him of this.
Answer:
Visiting graves is of two types. The prescribed visit is that in which one intends to take a lesson and be admonished by seeing the graves and the dead, and in which one intends to make du'a' (supplication) for the deceased, sending mercy upon them and seeking forgiveness for them, for they are in need of that. This is a prescribed visit in both of its aspects. As for the forbidden visit, it is that in which one intends to seek nearness to Allah through the dead, or to ask the dead for intercession, or to ask the dead for one's needs. This is shirk (associating partners with Allah); this is a visit of shirk. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4975] أنواع زيارة القبور - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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