What is better: visiting the deceased in the cemetery or increasing supplication for him?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: My father passed away (may Allah have mercy on him). Is it better, in terms of dutifulness, that I visit him in the cemetery or that I increase my supplication for him?
Answer:
No, visit him, offer the salam to him, and supplicate for him. Visiting graves is a recommended practice (sunnah), especially visiting the graves of relatives. You offer the salam to him and supplicate for him. Both the visitor and the one visited benefit. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: My father passed away (may Allah have mercy on him). Is it better, in terms of dutifulness, that I visit him in the cemetery or that I increase my supplication for him?
Answer:
No, visit him, offer the salam to him, and supplicate for him. Visiting graves is a recommended practice (sunnah), especially visiting the graves of relatives. You offer the salam to him and supplicate for him. Both the visitor and the one visited benefit. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الأفضل زيارة الميت في المقبرة أو كثرة الدعاء له؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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