The Ruling on Young People Visiting the Graves of the Negligent and Placing Markers
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Question:
The second question: Some young people go with negligent young people with the intention of frightening them into returning to Allah. What is your opinion on that?
Answer:
There is no problem. May Allah reward you with good. The call to visit graves is good. Placing a marker on the grave is permissible, a stone marker, not a bone, and nothing is known by this except writing; do not write on it. In another hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), it is mentioned that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited writing on it, plastering it, and building on it, and if one adds to it other than its soil, it is forbidden. Yes. Okay, placing a marker with a spray is fine, but it is not writing; it is a sign, a signal. And courage. Is it a question, or is it not written with my name? Writing is not permissible, and numbers are not permissible, because numbers are writing. However, if the stone is painted with something as a marker, black or yellow, it does no harm, if Allah wills. Peace be upon you. What is the ruling on one who comes to the grave, and even though the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) marked the grave of al-Murri with a marker (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes. I love you, may you sweep, even upon peace. That is, after the burial, at the time of burial with those who are burying, there is no problem. May Allah reward him with good.
The second question: Some young people go with negligent young people with the intention of frightening them into returning to Allah. What is your opinion on that?
Answer:
There is no problem. May Allah reward you with good. The call to visit graves is good. Placing a marker on the grave is permissible, a stone marker, not a bone, and nothing is known by this except writing; do not write on it. In another hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), it is mentioned that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited writing on it, plastering it, and building on it, and if one adds to it other than its soil, it is forbidden. Yes. Okay, placing a marker with a spray is fine, but it is not writing; it is a sign, a signal. And courage. Is it a question, or is it not written with my name? Writing is not permissible, and numbers are not permissible, because numbers are writing. However, if the stone is painted with something as a marker, black or yellow, it does no harm, if Allah wills. Peace be upon you. What is the ruling on one who comes to the grave, and even though the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) marked the grave of al-Murri with a marker (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes. I love you, may you sweep, even upon peace. That is, after the burial, at the time of burial with those who are burying, there is no problem. May Allah reward him with good.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، بداية من حديث : كسر عظم الميت ككسره حيًّا — islamhouse.com (11:42)
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