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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Prohibition of raising one's voice at the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

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Does the prohibition of raising one's voice in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) include not raising it in his presence after his death,Meaning: at his grave?

Raising one's voice at the grave of the Messenger (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him) falls under the saying of Allah the Exalted:
or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to othersوَلا تَجْهَرُوا لَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ
[Al-Hujurat: 2] Even though we are not addressing him, it is not befitting for voices to be raised at his grave. For this reason, when 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) heard two men from Ta'if raising their voices at the grave of the Prophet (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him),He asked them and said: [Did you not know where you are?Then he said: Which country are you from?They said: From Ta'if,He said: If you were from this country, I would have done such and such] This indicates that part of proper conduct is that a person does not raise his voice at the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). As for what some extremists do, you will find them standing in front of the grave with the qiblah behind them, on their left arm, and more humble than they are in prayer. This is reprehensible. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) does not like this and is not pleased with it. Because we see people standing at the grave in this manner, and yet they cannot be moved, even if you wanted to move them to pass by, they refuse to move. This is undoubtedly a great evil. Allah knows best what is in their hearts. Perhaps this standing is an act of worship directed to the Messenger (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him), in which case they would be committing shirk (associating partners with Allah) without realizing it.
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