The ruling on making du'a' (supplication) for one's father at his grave or at the cemetery wall
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: My father did not have any male children, and Allah has taken him. I want to make du'a' for him at his grave, or at the cemetery wall. Is this action permissible for me?
Answer:
No, you make du'a' for him in any place, in your house, in the mosque, in any place. Do not go to the cemetery or to his grave.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: My father did not have any male children, and Allah has taken him. I want to make du'a' for him at his grave, or at the cemetery wall. Is this action permissible for me?
Answer:
No, you make du'a' for him in any place, in your house, in the mosque, in any place. Do not go to the cemetery or to his grave.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أعظم مكايده التي كاد بها أكثر الناس — islamhouse.com (1:04:58)
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