The Ruling on Walking Over Graves
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Question:
Abu Nasir has a question, Honorable Shaykh. He says: When we follow or when we enter the graveyards, we see those who walk on the graves and do not respect these sanctities. What is the ruling on that? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
This is a sin and an injustice to the dead, and you cannot remain silent. You must forbid it; you must tell these people not to walk on the graves or tread on the graves, because the sanctity of a Muslim when dead is like his sanctity when alive. If you were to step on a living person, stepping on his head or his neck or his chest, would that not be forbidden and harmful? Likewise, the dead person has his sanctity. The sanctity of a Muslim when dead is like his sanctity when alive. Yes.
Abu Nasir has a question, Honorable Shaykh. He says: When we follow or when we enter the graveyards, we see those who walk on the graves and do not respect these sanctities. What is the ruling on that? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
This is a sin and an injustice to the dead, and you cannot remain silent. You must forbid it; you must tell these people not to walk on the graves or tread on the graves, because the sanctity of a Muslim when dead is like his sanctity when alive. If you were to step on a living person, stepping on his head or his neck or his chest, would that not be forbidden and harmful? Likewise, the dead person has his sanctity. The sanctity of a Muslim when dead is like his sanctity when alive. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/147 — archive.org (24:31)
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