Placing built chairs next to graves
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In some countries, they place chairs next to the graves, and these are chairs built from stone. Is this permissible?
Answer:
No, no, it is not permissible. This is for sitting there and making it a festival. They sit on these chairs there. This is not permissible, or they recite the Qur'an on these chairs, sitting on them. Nothing should happen in the graveyards.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In some countries, they place chairs next to the graves, and these are chairs built from stone. Is this permissible?
Answer:
No, no, it is not permissible. This is for sitting there and making it a festival. They sit on these chairs there. This is not permissible, or they recite the Qur'an on these chairs, sitting on them. Nothing should happen in the graveyards.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... — islamhouse.com (55:05)
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