What is prescribed when visiting graves?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What is prescribed when we visit the graves? And what is the supplication reported in that regard?
Answer:
When you visit the graves, you greet the deceased: "Peace be upon you, abode of a people of faith. You have come to what you were promised, tomorrow it will be fulfilled. And we, by the will of Allah, will follow you. We ask Allah for well-being for us and for you. O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward, and do not test us after them. And forgive us and them." You say this when you pass by a cemetery or visit graves. As for when you visit a specific person at his grave, you greet him specifically. You stand at his grave and greet him by name, then you seek forgiveness for him and make supplication for him, and then you leave. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What is prescribed when we visit the graves? And what is the supplication reported in that regard?
Answer:
When you visit the graves, you greet the deceased: "Peace be upon you, abode of a people of faith. You have come to what you were promised, tomorrow it will be fulfilled. And we, by the will of Allah, will follow you. We ask Allah for well-being for us and for you. O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward, and do not test us after them. And forgive us and them." You say this when you pass by a cemetery or visit graves. As for when you visit a specific person at his grave, you greet him specifically. You stand at his grave and greet him by name, then you seek forgiveness for him and make supplication for him, and then you leave. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1446 - ما المشروع عند زيارة القبور؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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