Is there a special merit to dying in Makkah and being buried there compared to other lands?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is there a special merit to dying in Makkah and being buried there compared to other lands?
The Shaykh:
Why?
The questioner:
Is there a special merit to dying in Makkah and being buried there compared to other lands?
The Shaykh:
The default is that nothing benefits a person except his deeds, wherever he is buried; that is the default. However, if a person is buried in the Haram (sacred precinct) along with faith, religion, and righteous deeds, this certainly has a special merit. This has a special merit. When death approached Musa (peace be upon him), he ordered that he be brought close to the Holy Land by the distance of a stone’s throw. This indicates that burial in the two Harams or in the Holy Lands has a special merit, provided it is accompanied by faith, faith, and righteous deeds. Yes.
As for the one whose deeds are bad, even if he is buried in the middle of the mosque, nothing will benefit him.
As for the one whose deeds are righteous, even if he is buried in any place on earth, he will have his deeds. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is there a special merit to dying in Makkah and being buried there compared to other lands?
The Shaykh:
Why?
The questioner:
Is there a special merit to dying in Makkah and being buried there compared to other lands?
The Shaykh:
The default is that nothing benefits a person except his deeds, wherever he is buried; that is the default. However, if a person is buried in the Haram (sacred precinct) along with faith, religion, and righteous deeds, this certainly has a special merit. This has a special merit. When death approached Musa (peace be upon him), he ordered that he be brought close to the Holy Land by the distance of a stone’s throw. This indicates that burial in the two Harams or in the Holy Lands has a special merit, provided it is accompanied by faith, faith, and righteous deeds. Yes.
As for the one whose deeds are bad, even if he is buried in the middle of the mosque, nothing will benefit him.
As for the one whose deeds are righteous, even if he is buried in any place on earth, he will have his deeds. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [323 -954] هل الموت في مكة والدفن فيها له ميزة عن غيره من البلدان؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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