Praying over the deceased while he is in his grave
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding praying over the deceased while he is in his grave, he says: I want to pray over the dead in their graves. Should I pray over each grave individually, or should I stand in the middle of the cemetery and pray over them all at once?
The Shaykh:
No, my brother, one does not pray over the dead except before burial, or after burial if they have not been prayed over. You pray over the grave. As for constantly praying over the graves, you do not greet them, but you make du'a for them, and that is sufficient. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And they said that one prays over the deceased for up to a month, and after the month the body has decomposed and the deceased has decomposed, so one does not pray over him.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding praying over the deceased while he is in his grave, he says: I want to pray over the dead in their graves. Should I pray over each grave individually, or should I stand in the middle of the cemetery and pray over them all at once?
The Shaykh:
No, my brother, one does not pray over the dead except before burial, or after burial if they have not been prayed over. You pray over the grave. As for constantly praying over the graves, you do not greet them, but you make du'a for them, and that is sufficient. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And they said that one prays over the deceased for up to a month, and after the month the body has decomposed and the deceased has decomposed, so one does not pray over him.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل فمن المحبة النافعة : محبة الزوجة وما ملكت يمين الرجل — islamhouse.com (56:47)
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