Ruling on specifically designating the visitation of graves for Friday.
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : What is the ruling on specifically designating the visitation of graves for Friday, and is there any virtue in it over other times?
The Shaykh : There is no evidence for specifically designating the visitation of graves for Friday, and visiting graveyards is permissible at any time. It is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited the graveyard at night and made du'a for the people of the graves.
If someone were to say: It is recommended for every person who has become heedless of the remembrance of death to go and visit the graveyard, and let this be the reason for the visit, if this were said, it would have a valid aspect. The evidence is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family):Sahih Muslim 976b And the reality is that when a person goes to the graves and visits them, he must remember death and remember the Hereafter, because he sees that this grave was yesterday, what was it with him on the surface of the earth? He used to eat and drink, enjoy himself, and go and come. Now he is bound by his deeds. So the person remembers, and then does he consider it unlikely that he will be like this man? Absolutely not. There is no doubt in this. A person may go out to the mosque and not return to his house except being carried, and he may sleep and not rise except for a funeral, and this is something observed.
Some of our brothers related to us last week that a man had invited his companions to a wedding feast, so they attended the feast after the 'Isha' prayer. In the same place, and while the people were waiting for the 'Isha' prayer, he felt dizzy, so they took him to the hospital and he died immediately. Does anyone consider it unlikely that he will be afflicted with what afflicted this man? Absolutely not. So, my brother, you visited the graveyard and remembered those who were with you, eating and drinking, enjoying themselves, talking, laughing, sleeping, and going and coming, and now they are bound by their deeds, unable to add a single good deed to their good deeds or to remove a single bad deed from their bad deeds.
So if someone were to say: It is recommended for a person, whenever he sees hardness and heedlessness in himself, to go to the graveyards and visit them, this would not be far-fetched. But when he visits them, what does he say? He says:.
The Shaykh : There is no evidence for specifically designating the visitation of graves for Friday, and visiting graveyards is permissible at any time. It is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited the graveyard at night and made du'a for the people of the graves.
If someone were to say: It is recommended for every person who has become heedless of the remembrance of death to go and visit the graveyard, and let this be the reason for the visit, if this were said, it would have a valid aspect. The evidence is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family):
so visit the graves, for that makes you mindful of death.
زوروا القبور فإنها تذكر الموتSome of our brothers related to us last week that a man had invited his companions to a wedding feast, so they attended the feast after the 'Isha' prayer. In the same place, and while the people were waiting for the 'Isha' prayer, he felt dizzy, so they took him to the hospital and he died immediately. Does anyone consider it unlikely that he will be afflicted with what afflicted this man? Absolutely not. So, my brother, you visited the graveyard and remembered those who were with you, eating and drinking, enjoying themselves, talking, laughing, sleeping, and going and coming, and now they are bound by their deeds, unable to add a single good deed to their good deeds or to remove a single bad deed from their bad deeds.
So if someone were to say: It is recommended for a person, whenever he sees hardness and heedlessness in himself, to go to the graveyards and visit them, this would not be far-fetched. But when he visits them, what does he say? He says: