The Most Appropriate Times for Visiting Graves and Making Supplication There
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Question:
This questioner, Mustafa, says: Honorable Shaykh, what are the most appropriate days and months for visiting graves? Are there specific days designated for this? What is your view on designating Friday, the days of the festivals, and the last Friday of Ramadan? And what is the prescribed supplication when visiting graves?
Answer:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2] And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, visiting graves for the purpose of taking a lesson and being admonished by the visitor, and making du'a' for the deceased, is a prescribed matter and a confirmed sunnah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the visiting of graves. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 1569Sahih (Darussalam) the Hereafter.
Therefore, it is recommended if the intention behind it is what we mentioned: drawing a warning and taking a lesson for the visitor, and making supplication and seeking forgiveness for the deceased, because of the great benefit it holds for the living and the dead. It has no specific time designated, neither from the months nor from the days, nor on Friday nor on any day other than Friday. One visits them whenever it is convenient for him, and the desired benefit is achieved thereby, even if he does not specify a day or designate a particular day, because there is no evidence for designating a specific day for visiting graves, neither Friday nor the day of Eid nor anything else. And when he visits the graves, he makes supplication for the deceased, for the dead in general, and for the occupants of the graves in general. He says:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1053Da'if (Darussalam), O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward, and do not misguide us after them, and forgive us and them.
And he intends in his visit any of his relatives or others whom he wishes to visit. He goes to their grave, stands over it, and greets them by name: "Peace be upon you, O so-and-so, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings." Then he makes supplication for them: "O Allah, forgive him, O Allah, have mercy on him," along with whatever other types of supplications are easy for him, and then he departs.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
This questioner, Mustafa, says: Honorable Shaykh, what are the most appropriate days and months for visiting graves? Are there specific days designated for this? What is your view on designating Friday, the days of the festivals, and the last Friday of Ramadan? And what is the prescribed supplication when visiting graves?
Answer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَVisit the graves, for they will remind
زوروا القبور فإنها تذكرTherefore, it is recommended if the intention behind it is what we mentioned: drawing a warning and taking a lesson for the visitor, and making supplication and seeking forgiveness for the deceased, because of the great benefit it holds for the living and the dead. It has no specific time designated, neither from the months nor from the days, nor on Friday nor on any day other than Friday. One visits them whenever it is convenient for him, and the desired benefit is achieved thereby, even if he does not specify a day or designate a particular day, because there is no evidence for designating a specific day for visiting graves, neither Friday nor the day of Eid nor anything else. And when he visits the graves, he makes supplication for the deceased, for the dead in general, and for the occupants of the graves in general. He says:
Peace be upon you O inhabitants of the grave! May Allah forgive us and you; you are our predecessors and we are to follow you.
السلام عليكم يا أهل القبور، يغفر الله لنا ولكم، أنتم سلفنا ونحن بالأثرAnd he intends in his visit any of his relatives or others whom he wishes to visit. He goes to their grave, stands over it, and greets them by name: "Peace be upon you, O so-and-so, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings." Then he makes supplication for them: "O Allah, forgive him, O Allah, have mercy on him," along with whatever other types of supplications are easy for him, and then he departs.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/150 — archive.org (1:05)
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