What is the ruling on lighting the wall of the cemetery?
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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on placing lights on the outer wall of the cemetery?
Answer:
With what are the lights placed? Is this appropriate? When a deceased person is buried at night, they bring an electric lamp or something similar and light the grave until they have buried him, then they take it away. Now, in the cemeteries of Riyadh, outlets have been installed in the cemetery wall, and these outlets have electrical wires that are connected during the burial. When they are finished, they disconnect this wire.
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on placing lights on the outer wall of the cemetery?
Answer:
With what are the lights placed? Is this appropriate? When a deceased person is buried at night, they bring an electric lamp or something similar and light the grave until they have buried him, then they take it away. Now, in the cemeteries of Riyadh, outlets have been installed in the cemetery wall, and these outlets have electrical wires that are connected during the burial. When they are finished, they disconnect this wire.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم إنارة سور المقبرة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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