What is the ruling on writing the supplication for visiting graves on the gates of cemeteries?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on writing the supplication for visiting graves on the gates of cemeteries?
Answer:
This is not permissible. If it is written on the gates, it is written on the graves. This is not allowed. The one who visits the cemeteries should memorize the supplication, greet them, and pray for them for forgiveness and mercy. If he memorizes what has been transmitted, he prays with it; if he does not memorize it, he prays for them for mercy and forgiveness. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on writing the supplication for visiting graves on the gates of cemeteries?
Answer:
This is not permissible. If it is written on the gates, it is written on the graves. This is not allowed. The one who visits the cemeteries should memorize the supplication, greet them, and pray for them for forgiveness and mercy. If he memorizes what has been transmitted, he prays with it; if he does not memorize it, he prays for them for mercy and forgiveness. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [248 -939] ما حكم كتابة دعاء زيارة القبور على أبواب المقابر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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