Leaving off the visiting of graves out of fear of the prohibited in the village
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our village, they do not visit the graves at all. I am afraid that if I visit a grave or visit the graves, a door will be opened and something of the prohibited will occur at the graves. Should I leave off the visitation for the sake of this matter?
Answer:
Explain to them the ruling on visiting graves and the etiquettes of visiting graves. Explain to them this, for they have become ignorant. Explain this to them, perhaps they will understand and visit the graves in the prescribed manner, and you will have the reward. Yes, because visiting graves has a benefit for the deceased in making du'a for them, and it has a benefit for the living in obtaining reward and taking a lesson from the state of the dead. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our village, they do not visit the graves at all. I am afraid that if I visit a grave or visit the graves, a door will be opened and something of the prohibited will occur at the graves. Should I leave off the visitation for the sake of this matter?
Answer:
Explain to them the ruling on visiting graves and the etiquettes of visiting graves. Explain to them this, for they have become ignorant. Explain this to them, perhaps they will understand and visit the graves in the prescribed manner, and you will have the reward. Yes, because visiting graves has a benefit for the deceased in making du'a for them, and it has a benefit for the living in obtaining reward and taking a lesson from the state of the dead. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... — islamhouse.com (1:07:02)
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