What is the ruling on placing a canopy in the cemetery?
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The questioner:
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on placing a canopy in the cemetery so that people can take shade from the sun?
The Shaykh:
This is prohibited by a decision of the Committee of Senior Scholars, which forbade it and ordered its removal. It is not permissible to set up canopies where people gather for condolences or the like. Yes. And whoever is not bothered by the sun should leave and go to his house. Yes.
The questioner:
And likewise, may Allah preserve you, he asks about placing permanent lighting inside the cemetery?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. It is not permissible to light up the cemeteries because this leads to exaggeration (ghuluw). However, there is no harm in bringing a flashlight with them at the time of burial. Yes.
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on placing a canopy in the cemetery so that people can take shade from the sun?
The Shaykh:
This is prohibited by a decision of the Committee of Senior Scholars, which forbade it and ordered its removal. It is not permissible to set up canopies where people gather for condolences or the like. Yes. And whoever is not bothered by the sun should leave and go to his house. Yes.
The questioner:
And likewise, may Allah preserve you, he asks about placing permanent lighting inside the cemetery?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. It is not permissible to light up the cemeteries because this leads to exaggeration (ghuluw). However, there is no harm in bringing a flashlight with them at the time of burial. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم وضع المظلة بالمقبرة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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