The Ruling on Visiting Graves, Designating a Specific Day for It, and Reciting Sermons
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: What is the ruling on visiting graves in a group, where they come with sermons and hadiths to be recited in the cemetery for the sake of remembrance? And what is the ruling on designating a specific day for visiting graves?
Answer:
Visiting graves is prescribed for the sake of taking a lesson, remembering, and making du'a for the Muslim dead, seeking forgiveness for them. This is prescribed, but it is not fixed to a specific day. There is no specific day for it. Designating a specific day for visiting graves is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Designating this is a bid'ah.
As for bringing sermons with them and reciting them, this is also a bid'ah. This was not reported. He takes a lesson and is admonished, and the other person also takes a lesson and is admonished by himself, and there is no need to recite sermons in the cemeteries or deliver a khutbah (sermon) in the cemeteries. This is something the Salaf did not do. And perhaps this leads to bid'ah. And reciting the Qur'an in the cemeteries, he says this is in the category of admonition. It is not permissible to recite the Qur'an in the cemeteries or at the graves. Yes, so he greets the deceased, makes du'a for him, and stands. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh, he says: What is the ruling on visiting graves in a group, where they come with sermons and hadiths to be recited in the cemetery for the sake of remembrance? And what is the ruling on designating a specific day for visiting graves?
Answer:
Visiting graves is prescribed for the sake of taking a lesson, remembering, and making du'a for the Muslim dead, seeking forgiveness for them. This is prescribed, but it is not fixed to a specific day. There is no specific day for it. Designating a specific day for visiting graves is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Designating this is a bid'ah.
As for bringing sermons with them and reciting them, this is also a bid'ah. This was not reported. He takes a lesson and is admonished, and the other person also takes a lesson and is admonished by himself, and there is no need to recite sermons in the cemeteries or deliver a khutbah (sermon) in the cemeteries. This is something the Salaf did not do. And perhaps this leads to bid'ah. And reciting the Qur'an in the cemeteries, he says this is in the category of admonition. It is not permissible to recite the Qur'an in the cemeteries or at the graves. Yes, so he greets the deceased, makes du'a for him, and stands. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 07 — archive.org (1:10:56)
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