Is the presence of people on the walls of al-Baqi' considered visiting graves?
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The questioner:
He says, may Allah preserve you and reward you: On the walls of al-Baqi' near the Prophet’s Mosque, there are many people. Is this considered visiting graves?
The Shaykh:
What is he saying?
The questioner:
On the walls of al-Baqi'—the al-Baqi' cemetery in Madinah—there are some people. Is their doing this considered visiting graves?
The Shaykh:
It is a type of visiting graves, yes. He supplicates for the deceased if he passes by them or looks at them in the cemetery; he supplicates for them. This is visiting. He is also not permitted to enter, but he does what he can of that, supplicating for the deceased. Yes.
He says, may Allah preserve you and reward you: On the walls of al-Baqi' near the Prophet’s Mosque, there are many people. Is this considered visiting graves?
The Shaykh:
What is he saying?
The questioner:
On the walls of al-Baqi'—the al-Baqi' cemetery in Madinah—there are some people. Is their doing this considered visiting graves?
The Shaykh:
It is a type of visiting graves, yes. He supplicates for the deceased if he passes by them or looks at them in the cemetery; he supplicates for them. This is visiting. He is also not permitted to enter, but he does what he can of that, supplicating for the deceased. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [360 -521] هل وجود الناس على أسوار البقيع يُعتبر من زيارة القبور؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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