Combining the prohibition of praying toward graves with praying over a grave
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do we reconcile the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan an-Nasa'i 760Sahih (Darussalam), with the fact that he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over the grave of the black woman?
Answer:
He (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for the deceased; he did not pray toward the grave for the sake of the deceased. He was making du'a for him. As for praying toward graves, or praying to them a prayer other than the funeral prayer—whether obligatory or voluntary—it is not permissible at graves, because this is from taking graves as mosques. However, the funeral prayer specifically is permissible over a grave. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do we reconcile the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Do not pray toward graves and do not sit on them.
لا تصلوا إلى القبور ولا تجلسوا عليهاAnswer:
He (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for the deceased; he did not pray toward the grave for the sake of the deceased. He was making du'a for him. As for praying toward graves, or praying to them a prayer other than the funeral prayer—whether obligatory or voluntary—it is not permissible at graves, because this is from taking graves as mosques. However, the funeral prayer specifically is permissible over a grave. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 29-01-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (1:01:04)
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