The Ruling on Reciting the Qur'an, Making Supplication, and Giving Charity at Graves
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to recite the Qur'an, or engage in dhikr (remembrance of Allah), or make du'a' (supplication), or give sadaqah (voluntary charity), and similar acts of worship at graves, or is this prohibition specific to prayer?
Answer:
What is permissible to do at graves? No, there is no du'a', no sadaqah, no istighfar (seeking forgiveness), and nothing else. This is what is permissible at graves. You do not make du'a' at the graves. If you want to make du'a' or give charity for the deceased, or make du'a' for him, do not do this in the cemetery or at his grave. Unless you visit him to greet him; then you greet him and make du'a' for him. But if you want to make du'a' for him, you go to the grave, or you give charity at the grave, this is not permissible.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to recite the Qur'an, or engage in dhikr (remembrance of Allah), or make du'a' (supplication), or give sadaqah (voluntary charity), and similar acts of worship at graves, or is this prohibition specific to prayer?
Answer:
What is permissible to do at graves? No, there is no du'a', no sadaqah, no istighfar (seeking forgiveness), and nothing else. This is what is permissible at graves. You do not make du'a' at the graves. If you want to make du'a' or give charity for the deceased, or make du'a' for him, do not do this in the cemetery or at his grave. Unless you visit him to greet him; then you greet him and make du'a' for him. But if you want to make du'a' for him, you go to the grave, or you give charity at the grave, this is not permissible.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [25] — alfawzan.live (1:10:42)
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