Visiting the graveyards, making supplication at them, and informing the deceased of events
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Question:
This is another questioner who says: What is the ruling on going to graveyards, making du'a' there, and informing the deceased of what is happening in the family?
Answer:
This is not permissible. The dead are only visited to greet them, make du'a' for them, and take a lesson from them. They are not visited to be informed of things, for they do not hear. They do not hear because they are dead,[Fatir 35:22]. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This is another questioner who says: What is the ruling on going to graveyards, making du'a' there, and informing the deceased of what is happening in the family?
Answer:
This is not permissible. The dead are only visited to greet them, make du'a' for them, and take a lesson from them. They are not visited to be informed of things, for they do not hear. They do not hear because they are dead,
but you cannot make hear those in the graves.
وَمَا أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِي الْقُبُورِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (181) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-05-18] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (30:06)
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