Is it permissible to visit the graves every 'Eid?
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Question:
A questioner says: In my country, every 'Eid al-Fitr, the people go out, men and women, young and old, to the graves to visit their dead. Is this permissible in the Shari'ah?
Answer:
Visiting the graves for the purpose of making du'a' for the dead, seeking forgiveness for them, and taking a lesson from the state of the dead is prescribed (mashru'). However, it has no specific time. Whenever it is convenient for you, you may visit the graves. This is the prescribed visit without specifying a particular day, neither Friday nor 'Eid. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not specify a time. He said, "Visit the graves, for they remind you of the Hereafter." He did not say, "Visit them on the day of 'Eid" or "Visit them on Friday," but rather he said, "Visit the graves."
A questioner says: In my country, every 'Eid al-Fitr, the people go out, men and women, young and old, to the graves to visit their dead. Is this permissible in the Shari'ah?
Answer:
Visiting the graves for the purpose of making du'a' for the dead, seeking forgiveness for them, and taking a lesson from the state of the dead is prescribed (mashru'). However, it has no specific time. Whenever it is convenient for you, you may visit the graves. This is the prescribed visit without specifying a particular day, neither Friday nor 'Eid. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not specify a time. He said, "Visit the graves, for they remind you of the Hereafter." He did not say, "Visit them on the day of 'Eid" or "Visit them on Friday," but rather he said, "Visit the graves."
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل تجوز زيارة المقابر كل عيد؟ — youtube.com
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