Ruling on Designating Friday Specifically for Visiting Graveyards
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Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his book al-Ruh: That the deceased knows of the visitor's visit on Friday, and that this is specified to Friday, and I do not know what its evidence is? And are the narrations he cited authentic, or do they contain weakness?
As for the narrations he cited, I do not know about them, and as for specifying this to Friday, there is no basis for it.For the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Visit the graveyards, for they remind you of death), and it is established that he visited al-Baqi' at night, as in the famous long hadith of Aisha. Accordingly, there is no basis for specifying his knowledge of the visitor to Friday. Likewise, the compilers of the Sunan narrated with a chain that Ibn 'Abd al-Barr authenticated and Ibn al-Qayyim approved in his book al-Ruh, that (there is no man who greets a Muslim he knows in this world except that Allah returns his spirit to him so that he returns the greeting at any time).
As for the narrations he cited, I do not know about them, and as for specifying this to Friday, there is no basis for it.For the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Visit the graveyards, for they remind you of death), and it is established that he visited al-Baqi' at night, as in the famous long hadith of Aisha. Accordingly, there is no basis for specifying his knowledge of the visitor to Friday. Likewise, the compilers of the Sunan narrated with a chain that Ibn 'Abd al-Barr authenticated and Ibn al-Qayyim approved in his book al-Ruh, that (there is no man who greets a Muslim he knows in this world except that Allah returns his spirit to him so that he returns the greeting at any time).