Placing Lighting in Graveyards
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on placing lighting in graveyards, specifically moving lights?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to light up graveyards. Instead, they should carry a flashlight with them; if they wish to bury someone at night, they carry a flashlight with them at the time of burial and then take it away, so that there is no lighting in the graveyard.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the questioner says:
The Shaykh:
, Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on placing lighting in graveyards, specifically moving lights?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to light up graveyards. Instead, they should carry a flashlight with them; if they wish to bury someone at night, they carry a flashlight with them at the time of burial and then take it away, so that there is no lighting in the graveyard.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the questioner says:
The Shaykh:
(peace and blessings be upon him) visited the graves and those who built mosques and hung lamps over them
الله عليه وسلم زورت القبور والمتخذين عليها المساجد والسرج
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب العتق — islamhouse.com (58:18)
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