Permanent lighting inside graveyards
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In some graveyards in Riyadh, there is lighting from the inside, like the lighting in the streets. He says he has seen it with his own eyes. He asks: What is our obligation regarding this?
Answer:
What kind of lighting is this? Are they poles and fixed light bulbs? This is not permissible. It must be prevented and removed. However, if it is lighting only to the extent of need when burying the deceased, then there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In some graveyards in Riyadh, there is lighting from the inside, like the lighting in the streets. He says he has seen it with his own eyes. He asks: What is our obligation regarding this?
Answer:
What kind of lighting is this? Are they poles and fixed light bulbs? This is not permissible. It must be prevented and removed. However, if it is lighting only to the extent of need when burying the deceased, then there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... - 1 — islamhouse.com (51:46)
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