The ruling on distributing water to those performing the burial in the cemetery
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Question:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, a questioner has sent you a message. He says: Is there a religious prohibition against distributing water in the cemetery to those who perform the burial?
Answer:
Yes, this is a bad practice and it may lead to religious innovations. It may lead to people bringing food, lunch, or dinner, or bringing charity to the graves and saying that this is a place of acceptance and a place of [something]. Do not open this door. Praise be to Allah, water is available in the streets and in the mosques. If someone gets thirsty, he can leave and go home and drink, or he must drink at the grave. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Your Excellency the Shaykh, a questioner has sent you a message. He says: Is there a religious prohibition against distributing water in the cemetery to those who perform the burial?
Answer:
Yes, this is a bad practice and it may lead to religious innovations. It may lead to people bringing food, lunch, or dinner, or bringing charity to the graves and saying that this is a place of acceptance and a place of [something]. Do not open this door. Praise be to Allah, water is available in the streets and in the mosques. If someone gets thirsty, he can leave and go home and drink, or he must drink at the grave. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-27-بر الوالدين والتحذير من العقوق|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (54:10)
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