What is your opinion regarding preaching in the cemetery?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to remind people in the cemetery occasionally?
The Shaykh : Is it?
The questioner : Is it permissible to remind people
The Shaykh : Remind?
The questioner : Yes, in the cemetery occasionally, if he sees that people have been overcome by heedlessness and turning away from Allah, and he wants to teach them some of the rulings concerning funerals, along with mentioning the sermon of need before the sermon occasionally.
The Shaykh : I do not see this, and I see that the place for sermons is the mosques. As for the cemeteries, they are not a place for sermons. May Allah except this rarely for a reason, but on the condition that it does not become like a sermon where he stands and delivers a sermon. This is because it is not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who was the most eager of people for the means of good and advice, that he ever delivered a sermon to the people in the cemetery. The utmost of what is reported, as far as we know, is that he was on the edge of a grave, and I think one of his daughters was being buried, so he said (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 4945. Every person has a seat, either in Paradise or in the Fire. We ask Allah to make our seats and your seats in Paradise. Amen.
. This is a sermon, no doubt, but what is it? I mean, he stood and delivered the sermon of need and lengthened the speech.
Second: One day passed, and they were in the cemetery of al-Baqi' waiting for the grave to be dug for the funeral of a man from the Ansar. So he sat, and the people sat around him as was their custom, may Allah be pleased with them. And he had a stick in his hand, meaning a piece of wood with which he would scratch the ground, so he used to talk to them in an ordinary manner about what happens to a person when he dies and after his burial until the grave is dug. But he, peace and blessings be upon him, when the deceased was buried, would stand over him and say:Sunan Abi Dawud 3221Sahih (Al-Albani). Therefore, it is recommended for a person when he attends a funeral and the deceased is buried to say: O Allah, forgive him, O Allah, forgive him, O Allah, forgive him. O Allah, make him firm, O Allah, make him firm, O Allah, make him firm, because he is now being questioned.
A person is questioned in his grave from the time he is buried about three things: his Lord, his religion, and his Prophet. So we ask Allah the Exalted to make us and you firm with the firm word in this worldly life and in the Hereafter. Yes.
The summary is that it is not from the Sunnah to establish sermons and admonitions in the cemeteries, except according to what is reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The Shaykh : Is it?
The questioner : Is it permissible to remind people
The Shaykh : Remind?
The questioner : Yes, in the cemetery occasionally, if he sees that people have been overcome by heedlessness and turning away from Allah, and he wants to teach them some of the rulings concerning funerals, along with mentioning the sermon of need before the sermon occasionally.
The Shaykh : I do not see this, and I see that the place for sermons is the mosques. As for the cemeteries, they are not a place for sermons. May Allah except this rarely for a reason, but on the condition that it does not become like a sermon where he stands and delivers a sermon. This is because it is not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who was the most eager of people for the means of good and advice, that he ever delivered a sermon to the people in the cemetery. The utmost of what is reported, as far as we know, is that he was on the edge of a grave, and I think one of his daughters was being buried, so he said (peace and blessings be upon him):
There is none of you but has his place written for him in Paradise or in the Hell- Fire.
ما منكم من أحد إلا وقد كتب مقعده من الجنة ومقعده من النارThey said: O Messenger of Allah, should we leave off the work and rely [on what is written]? He said: No, work, for every person is facilitated for that for which he was created.
قالوا : يا رسول الله أفلا ندع العمل ونتكل - يعني على ما كتب - قال : لا اعملوا ، فكل ميسر لما خلق لهSecond: One day passed, and they were in the cemetery of al-Baqi' waiting for the grave to be dug for the funeral of a man from the Ansar. So he sat, and the people sat around him as was their custom, may Allah be pleased with them. And he had a stick in his hand, meaning a piece of wood with which he would scratch the ground, so he used to talk to them in an ordinary manner about what happens to a person when he dies and after his burial until the grave is dug. But he, peace and blessings be upon him, when the deceased was buried, would stand over him and say:
Seek forgiveness for your brother, and beg steadfastness for him, for he will be questioned now.
استغفروا لأخيكم واسألوا له التثبيت فإنه الآن يسألA person is questioned in his grave from the time he is buried about three things: his Lord, his religion, and his Prophet. So we ask Allah the Exalted to make us and you firm with the firm word in this worldly life and in the Hereafter. Yes.
The summary is that it is not from the Sunnah to establish sermons and admonitions in the cemeteries, except according to what is reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.