Is there a specific position for standing before the grave of the Messenger of Allah?
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The questioner :
Standing before the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is to pass by it calmly and stand with humility and in a manner
Standing, I mean, in this form, it is
The Shaykh :
Standing before the grave of the Messenger (peace be upon him) is like any grave, a place where one remembers death and the greatness of death, and... no
one does not think about the people at all; there is no specific manner
The questioner :
I mean, there is no specific manner of standing and submission and humility as some people say
The Shaykh :
My brother, we cannot say "stand with humility" because we fear that this humility diverts... to the wali (close friend of Allah) or the Prophet or the like, and rather we say he stands remembering death only
The questioner :
being polite, for example, not shouting, not raising his voice
The Shaykh :
before the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), one does not raise his voice, but this standing, in reality, if we want to be on the path
of the Salaf (the earliest generations), it is not called standing, because that word applies to the one who is walking, so there is no standing, because standing is why? for supplication, it is not
there is a place for supplication; the place of supplication is any place in the mosque where you supplicate, that is the place of supplication, rather you come
and greet the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to do: "Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah, peace be upon you
O Abu Bakr, peace be upon you O 'Umar," say these words and the matter is done, please
The questioner :
Does Ibn al-Salah (may Allah have mercy on him) consider the hadith of the two ears and the head to be severely weak, and therefore he did not... its name and what was reported
The Shaykh :
he considers it weak, and its corroborating narrations...
... in the time of al-Walid, and he was a governor — in the time of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, and he was a governor appointed by the caliph over
Madinah, so al-Walid promised 'Umar to do that, and 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz carried that out, yes.
Standing before the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is to pass by it calmly and stand with humility and in a manner
Standing, I mean, in this form, it is
The Shaykh :
Standing before the grave of the Messenger (peace be upon him) is like any grave, a place where one remembers death and the greatness of death, and... no
one does not think about the people at all; there is no specific manner
The questioner :
I mean, there is no specific manner of standing and submission and humility as some people say
The Shaykh :
My brother, we cannot say "stand with humility" because we fear that this humility diverts... to the wali (close friend of Allah) or the Prophet or the like, and rather we say he stands remembering death only
The questioner :
being polite, for example, not shouting, not raising his voice
The Shaykh :
before the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), one does not raise his voice, but this standing, in reality, if we want to be on the path
of the Salaf (the earliest generations), it is not called standing, because that word applies to the one who is walking, so there is no standing, because standing is why? for supplication, it is not
there is a place for supplication; the place of supplication is any place in the mosque where you supplicate, that is the place of supplication, rather you come
and greet the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to do: "Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah, peace be upon you
O Abu Bakr, peace be upon you O 'Umar," say these words and the matter is done, please
The questioner :
Does Ibn al-Salah (may Allah have mercy on him) consider the hadith of the two ears and the head to be severely weak, and therefore he did not... its name and what was reported
The Shaykh :
he considers it weak, and its corroborating narrations...
... in the time of al-Walid, and he was a governor — in the time of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, and he was a governor appointed by the caliph over
Madinah, so al-Walid promised 'Umar to do that, and 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz carried that out, yes.
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