Relieving oneself in graveyards
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Fatwa number ( 18263 )
Q: What is the ruling on relieving oneself in graveyards, and what is the ruling on transporting the funeral in a car or bus to the graveyard and reciting Surat Yasin in the graveyard at the time of burial?
A : It is not permissible to relieve oneself or urinate in the graveyard; because that is a disrespect to the dead and a harm to those accompanying the funeral, and because the graveyard is not a place for relieving oneself. It is permissible to carry the funeral in a car, but it is not prescribed to recite Surat Yasin or anything else at the graves; because that was not transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) nor from the Salaf of the Ummah, so it is a religious innovation. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This indicates that graveyards are not a place for recitation, just as they are not a place for prayer. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: What is the ruling on relieving oneself in graveyards, and what is the ruling on transporting the funeral in a car or bus to the graveyard and reciting Surat Yasin in the graveyard at the time of burial?
A : It is not permissible to relieve oneself or urinate in the graveyard; because that is a disrespect to the dead and a harm to those accompanying the funeral, and because the graveyard is not a place for relieving oneself. It is permissible to carry the funeral in a car, but it is not prescribed to recite Surat Yasin or anything else at the graves; because that was not transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) nor from the Salaf of the Ummah, so it is a religious innovation. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Make some of your prayer in your houses, and do not make them into graves, for Satan flees from the house in which Surat al-Baqarah is recited
اجعلوا من صلاتكم في بيوتكم، ولا تتخذوها قبورًا، فإن الشيطان يفر من البيت الذي تقرأ فيه سورة البقرة
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