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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The permissibility of greeting the people of the graves for one who passes by without intending to visit

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The honorable Shaykh! Some say: Greeting the people of the graves is not recommended unless one intends to go specifically to visit the cemetery. However, if a person passes near the cemetery, he has no right to make du'a unless he enters it with the intention of visiting, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “When one of you comes to...
) So please explain that?

In the view of our jurists (may Allah have mercy on them): That if he visits it or passes by it,Meaning: whether he intended to visit when he left his house or his market, or he passed by it for another matter, he should greet them. If he greets them, I see no harm in that, even if he did not go out for the sake of visiting.
Source shamela.ws

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