The Ruling on Circumambulation, Prayer, and Slaughter at Graves

The Shaykh:
Prayer is prescribed, but circumambulation is not prescribed except at the Ka'bah. As for circumambulating anything other than the Ka'bah, this has no basis in the Shari'ah of Islam. However, regarding prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So every piece of land is suitable for prayer, except for the places where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade prayer. Among the greatest of these is praying at graves, because that is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). Likewise, slaughtering at graves: the one who slaughters does not intend anything but Allah the Exalted, and he seeks to draw near to Allah, but his slaughtering at the grave is a means to worshipping the grave. So if a servant of Allah is at a grave, that becomes a means to worshipping the grave, even if it is in the long run. Islam came to block the paths leading to shirk and the means leading to shirk. It forbade building on graves and forbade praying at graves, all of that in order to block the paths leading to shirk. Yes.