The Ruling on Circumambulating Graves and Performing the Funeral Prayer in the Cemetery
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Question:
and building mosques on them, or exaggerating in the status of the righteous in other ways, even without construction, such as making supplication to them, or calling upon them for aid, or making vows to them, even from a distance. All of this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes. I say that circumambulating a grave does not necessarily imply that.
Answer:
If he intends to draw near
and building mosques on them, or exaggerating in the status of the righteous in other ways, even without construction, such as making supplication to them, or calling upon them for aid, or making vows to them, even from a distance. All of this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes. I say that circumambulating a grave does not necessarily imply that.
Answer:
If he intends to draw near
Source
التعليق على الدرر السنية في الأجوبة النجدية، عقيدتنا وما ندين الله به — islamhouse.com (3:30)
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