The Ruling on Circumambulating Graves and the Difference Between It and Circumambulating the Ka'bah

Question:
This questioner asks, Sa'id Muhammad says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on circumambulating graves? And what is the difference between it and circumambulating the Sacred Ka'bah?

Answer:
Circumambulating graves is forbidden, and there is nothing on the entire earth, there is nothing that is circumambulated except the Sacred Ka'bah. Allah the Exalted said: So circumambulation is only at the Sacred Ka'bah, and it is only for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). As for the one who circumambulates other than the Sacred Ka'bah thinking that this is worship and that there is reward in it, this is a religious innovation (bid'ah) that is rejected from its doer and not accepted from him.
And if he draws near to the deceased by circumambulating, then this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), because circumambulation is worship, and worship is not for anyone but Allah. So whoever directs worship to other than Allah, or a type of it, he becomes one who associates partners with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), major shirk. Yes.

The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.