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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on reciting the Qur'an in the cemetery under the pretext of making use of the time

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some of the brothers go to the cemetery every day at Dhuhr and 'Asr to attend funeral processions, and they take a mushaf with them. Away from the people, they begin reciting the Qur'an in the cemetery to make use of their time, knowing that they do not intend to recite it for the deceased, but rather to preserve their time. Is this action permissible?

Answer:
No, no, this is not appropriate. They should recite the Qur'an somewhere other than the cemetery, because whoever sees them will assume that they are reciting it for the deceased, and thus they will establish a bad precedent. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1709] حكم قراءة القرآن في المقبرة بحجة استغلال الوقت - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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