The Correct Method for Visiting the Grave of a Relative
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This is Muhammad al-Khath'ami, who sent a question saying: Honorable Shaykh Salih, may Allah keep you safe, what is the Sharia-compliant method when I visit the grave of one of my relatives? And what are the most prominent narrated supplications for visiting graves? Because some people exert effort in this and are mistaken.
Answer:
Visiting a specific grave of one of your relatives or one of your Muslim brothers is that you reach it and greet it, just as you greet a living person: "Peace be upon you, so-and-so, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings." Then you face the qiblah, placing the grave between you and the qiblah, facing the qiblah, and you supplicate for the deceased for forgiveness, mercy, Paradise, and salvation from the Fire. The scope is open; no specific supplication has been designated. The designated supplication is for the general visit to graveyards: if you pass by them, you say what was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 974a.
May Allah have mercy on those of us who have gone before and those who come after. We ask Allah for well-being for us and for you. O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward, and do not let us be tested after them, or do not let us go astray after them. And if he says, "Peace be upon you, O people of the graves, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. You are our predecessors, and we are in the trail behind you," that is good. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This is Muhammad al-Khath'ami, who sent a question saying: Honorable Shaykh Salih, may Allah keep you safe, what is the Sharia-compliant method when I visit the grave of one of my relatives? And what are the most prominent narrated supplications for visiting graves? Because some people exert effort in this and are mistaken.
Answer:
Visiting a specific grave of one of your relatives or one of your Muslim brothers is that you reach it and greet it, just as you greet a living person: "Peace be upon you, so-and-so, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings." Then you face the qiblah, placing the grave between you and the qiblah, facing the qiblah, and you supplicate for the deceased for forgiveness, mercy, Paradise, and salvation from the Fire. The scope is open; no specific supplication has been designated. The designated supplication is for the general visit to graveyards: if you pass by them, you say what was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Peace be upon you, abode of a people who are believers. What you were promised would come to you tomorrow, you receiving it after some delay; and God willing we shall join you.
السلام عليكم دار قوم مؤمنين وأتاكم ما توعدون غدا مؤجلون وإنا إن شاء الله بكم لاحقونMay Allah have mercy on those of us who have gone before and those who come after. We ask Allah for well-being for us and for you. O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward, and do not let us be tested after them, or do not let us go astray after them. And if he says, "Peace be upon you, O people of the graves, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. You are our predecessors, and we are in the trail behind you," that is good. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7683- الكيفية الصحيحة لزيارة قبر أحد الأقارب - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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