Do the dead know of the visits of the living?

Question:
Do the dead know of the visits of the living, and where is the abode of the souls?

Answer:
There is no evidence in the Shari'ah indicating that they know. However, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) to visit them and visit the graves, to make supplication for them, and to greet them. But it is reported in some hadiths: Ibn 'Abd al-Barr narrated it and graded it as sound, but there is a concern regarding its chain of narration. The important thing is to greet them and make supplication for them, whether they know you or not. Praise be to Allah. As far as we know, there are no authentic, established hadiths indicating that they know the visitor. But it is a recommended practice (sunnah) to visit the graves and greet the people therein, if they are Muslims, and to make supplication for them. Whether they know you or not, the important thing is the visit, the virtue, the supplication for them, and the reward you receive. Yes.
As for the disbeliever, his grave is not visited for the purpose of making supplication, but it is visited for the sake of admonition. If one visits the grave of a relative who is a disbeliever, he does not greet him; he visits them and passes by them for the sake of admonition. Just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited the grave of his mother and sought permission from his Lord to make supplication for her, but He did not grant him permission. So, if one visits the grave of someone who died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) or in a state of disbelief, he does not make supplication for him. There is nothing wrong with visiting for the sake of remembrance, but he does not make supplication for him and does not greet him. Yes.

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