Supplication for Visiting Graves: Is It Recited When Passing by the Street or When Visiting?
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The questioner : This question says: The supplication for passing by a grave
The Shaykh : What supplication?
The questioner : Passing by the graves
The Shaykh : What supplication?
The questioner : Passing by the graves: Is it recited in the cemetery, or when passing by the street?
The Shaykh : The supplication and visiting the graves occur when a person goes out to the cemetery to visit the occupants of the graves with a visit that serves as a lesson for him. For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Musnad Ahmad 1236, 1237Sahih, because of corroborating evidence; this is a da'eef isnad because of the weakness of Ali bin Zaid and Rabee'ah bin an-Nabighah and his father are unknown], Sahih because of corroborating eviden (Darussalam)
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : And this does not happen when merely passing by.
But some scholars say: If he passes by them, let him greet them. He will receive reward, because he will be making supplication for his brothers, doing them good, and this is good. Yes.
The questioner : Okay, O Shaykh.
Another questioner : O Shaykh
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The Shaykh : What supplication?
The questioner : Passing by the graves
The Shaykh : What supplication?
The questioner : Passing by the graves: Is it recited in the cemetery, or when passing by the street?
The Shaykh : The supplication and visiting the graves occur when a person goes out to the cemetery to visit the occupants of the graves with a visit that serves as a lesson for him. For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
I used to forbid you to visit the graves, but now visit them, for they remind you of the Hereafter
كنتُ نهيتكم عن زيارة القبور، فزوروها، فإنها تذكركم الموتThe questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : And this does not happen when merely passing by.
But some scholars say: If he passes by them, let him greet them. He will receive reward, because he will be making supplication for his brothers, doing them good, and this is good. Yes.
The questioner : Okay, O Shaykh.
Another questioner : O Shaykh
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.