Placing a specific marker on a grave to identify it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to place a specific marker on a grave so that he can keep track of it for visiting?
Answer:
If only he knows this marker, there is nothing wrong with it. But if it is writing or something that people can recognize, then it is not permissible.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to place a specific marker on a grave so that he can keep track of it for visiting?
Answer:
If only he knows this marker, there is nothing wrong with it. But if it is writing or something that people can recognize, then it is not permissible.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في الفرق بين زيارة الموحدين للقبور وزيارة المشركين — islamhouse.com (1:08:53)
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