The ruling on distributing cold water in graveyards
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, when we buried a deceased person in the graveyard, one of the people distributed cold water with ice to those present, and when a person enters, he is given this bottle of cold water. Is there anything wrong with that?
Answer:
This is something people have newly introduced today, and it has no basis. The Companions and those who came after them did not carry water with them to the graveyards when burying the dead. We fear that this will develop into giving charity at the graveyards and having food eaten at the graveyards, so this door should not be opened. This door should not be opened. Whoever needs water can go out and drink, as water is available, praise be to Allah. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, when we buried a deceased person in the graveyard, one of the people distributed cold water with ice to those present, and when a person enters, he is given this bottle of cold water. Is there anything wrong with that?
Answer:
This is something people have newly introduced today, and it has no basis. The Companions and those who came after them did not carry water with them to the graveyards when burying the dead. We fear that this will develop into giving charity at the graveyards and having food eaten at the graveyards, so this door should not be opened. This door should not be opened. Whoever needs water can go out and drink, as water is available, praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/207 — archive.org (9:17)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.