What is the ruling on giving water as charity at graveyards?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, regarding the distribution of water as charity at graveyards when the dead are buried? Is there any religious prohibition in it?
Answer:
By Allah, I do not see distributing anything at graveyards, whether water, meat, or anything else. Nothing happens. The Salaf did not do this. It opens the door to excess and to introducing religious innovations (bid'ah). Yes, and the people are not organized to the extent that they go out, bury the dead, and then go drink from their homes or from coolers. It has never been the case that people gather at the graveyard when someone dies.
The questioner asks: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, regarding the distribution of water as charity at graveyards when the dead are buried? Is there any religious prohibition in it?
Answer:
By Allah, I do not see distributing anything at graveyards, whether water, meat, or anything else. Nothing happens. The Salaf did not do this. It opens the door to excess and to introducing religious innovations (bid'ah). Yes, and the people are not organized to the extent that they go out, bury the dead, and then go drink from their homes or from coolers. It has never been the case that people gather at the graveyard when someone dies.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم صدقة الماء عند المقابر؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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