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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on lighting graveyards and placing lamps around graves

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Question:
Yes, lighting graveyards with lights and lamp posts around the graves, is that similar to something?

Answer:
If it is for a benefit, such as for the wall, for the benefit of people when burying in the darkness, there is no harm in placing it on the grave. No, the hadith of Ibn Abbas, yes, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade taking graves as mosques and hanging lamps on them. If one takes it as a mosque or a lamp to venerate it, it is not permissible. But if it is for the benefit of those burying in a dark night, lighting it in a dark night, or for the road that passes by them, there is no harm. No permanent lighting. If it is for the road, there is no harm, and they are for the graves, or for the benefit of those who bury, when they stay up in prayer at the time of need, they light it, or they bring a lamp with them. The road is in the middle of this, and by Allah, there is no harm in the road, there is no harm, because the danger of darkness is a danger. Yes.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، بداية من حديث : كسر عظم الميت ككسره حيًّا — islamhouse.com (9:08)

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