Praying over Recent Graves
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on going to the cemetery and praying over recent graves that were buried recently?
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is not permissible. You pray over the funeral prayer that you attend. Whether you prayed over it in the mosque or in the cemetery or elsewhere, that is obligatory. Do not pray over graves when you do not know about them; perhaps they have already been prayed over. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on going to the cemetery and praying over recent graves that were buried recently?
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is not permissible. You pray over the funeral prayer that you attend. Whether you prayed over it in the mosque or in the cemetery or elsewhere, that is obligatory. Do not pray over graves when you do not know about them; perhaps they have already been prayed over. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في العزل — islamhouse.com (1:07:32)
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