The Ruling on Stepping Over Graves and Their Sanctity
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Question:
May Allah bless you. This questioner, Faraj, says: What is the ruling? What is the ruling on stepping over graves, and do graves have sanctity? And what is the ruling on what some people are doing now in the graveyards, such as moving from one grave to another and so on?
Answer:
Yes, graves have sanctity. It is not permissible to sit on them or to trample them. It is permissible to pass between the graves, provided one does not step on the graves, but rather passes between them or goes through them for a need or to greet a grave. There is nothing wrong with that. What is prohibited is stepping on graves and sitting on them. Graves are not to be exalted and magnified in a way that leads to shirk (associating partners with Allah), nor are they to be humiliated and despised. Rather, one should take a middle course in their regard.
May Allah bless you. This questioner, Faraj, says: What is the ruling? What is the ruling on stepping over graves, and do graves have sanctity? And what is the ruling on what some people are doing now in the graveyards, such as moving from one grave to another and so on?
Answer:
Yes, graves have sanctity. It is not permissible to sit on them or to trample them. It is permissible to pass between the graves, provided one does not step on the graves, but rather passes between them or goes through them for a need or to greet a grave. There is nothing wrong with that. What is prohibited is stepping on graves and sitting on them. Graves are not to be exalted and magnified in a way that leads to shirk (associating partners with Allah), nor are they to be humiliated and despised. Rather, one should take a middle course in their regard.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/132 — archive.org (2:30)
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