Passing by a cemetery while in a car: Is it prescribed to make du'a for the deceased, such that it counts as a visit for them?
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The questioner:
Now, regarding the cemetery, may Allah preserve you, if I pass by a cemetery like Al-'Ud cemetery, which is currently walled in, and I am passing by it on the street, passing alongside the cemetery, is it prescribed for me to make du'a for the deceased?
The Shaykh:
The Sunnah is to visit. If you stop at the wall and greet them, yes.
The questioner:
No, I am driving in the car.
The Shaykh:
From a distance, for us, from a distance, for us.
The questioner:
Even if, even if, even if.
The Shaykh:
You stop at them, you enter upon them, you stop at the wall, there is no harm.
Now, regarding the cemetery, may Allah preserve you, if I pass by a cemetery like Al-'Ud cemetery, which is currently walled in, and I am passing by it on the street, passing alongside the cemetery, is it prescribed for me to make du'a for the deceased?
The Shaykh:
The Sunnah is to visit. If you stop at the wall and greet them, yes.
The questioner:
No, I am driving in the car.
The Shaykh:
From a distance, for us, from a distance, for us.
The questioner:
Even if, even if, even if.
The Shaykh:
You stop at them, you enter upon them, you stop at the wall, there is no harm.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، [131 /400] حاذيت المقبرة وأنا في السيارة فهل يشرع الدعاء للأموات بحيث تكتب زيارة لهم؟Iالإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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