The ruling on setting up canopies and distributing water in graveyards
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Question:
In the graveyard, Shaykh, setting up canopies and distributing water, what is the Sunnah regarding that?
Answer:
All of that is prohibited. Fatwas and decisions have been issued by the Committee of Senior Scholars prohibiting canopies and their construction in graveyards, fearing that this will develop into eulogies and forbidden matters and religious innovations. They bury the funeral and walk, and there is no place for condolences; he consoles him in the graveyard, he consoles him on the road, he consoles him in the mosque, he consoles him in his home by visiting him or speaking to him on the telephone, making condolences easy. Yes.
In the graveyard, Shaykh, setting up canopies and distributing water, what is the Sunnah regarding that?
Answer:
All of that is prohibited. Fatwas and decisions have been issued by the Committee of Senior Scholars prohibiting canopies and their construction in graveyards, fearing that this will develop into eulogies and forbidden matters and religious innovations. They bury the funeral and walk, and there is no place for condolences; he consoles him in the graveyard, he consoles him on the road, he consoles him in the mosque, he consoles him in his home by visiting him or speaking to him on the telephone, making condolences easy. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/066 — archive.org (9:04)
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