Is it permissible to pray over a deceased person in their grave? And what is the duration for this?
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Question:
It is established that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over a funeral in the grave after it had been buried for a period of time. So, is it permissible for a person to pray over his relative when he comes to his grave within ten days of his death, or less, or more?
Answer:
The Sunnah is to pray over the grave. If one did not pray over the deceased, it is recommended for him to pray over the grave. It is established that it was mentioned to him (peace and blessings be upon him) that a woman who used to clean the mosque, who used to sweep the mosque, a black woman who used to sweep the mosque, died at night. The Muslims washed her, prayed over her, and buried her at night, and they did not inform the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of this, and they disliked waking him. When morning came and they informed him, he said: So they directed him to her grave, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over her and said: (peace and blessings be upon him).
This is the Sunnah; if the prayer over the deceased was missed, it is recommended for a person, if it is easy for him, to go and pray over the grave. This is a Sunnah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it multiple times (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did it for the mother of Sa'd, although a month had passed for her.
So the scholars mentioned that if it is a month, or around that, or less, there is no harm. And if the period is prolonged, there is no need for it; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do that after a long period (peace and blessings be upon him). He only did it within the limit of a month or less. As for if the period is prolonged for the deceased, it is not prescribed to pray over him for the one who was absent from him.
Question : Regarding the mosque that the woman used to clean, is it the Prophet's mosque or another one?
Answer: It is the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque.
Question : Is it a man or a woman?
Answer: It came in a narration that it was a male servant, and it came in a narration that it was a female servant, a black woman. There is no objection that it could be a male servant and a female servant. And this indicates the virtue of cleaning the mosques and maintaining the cleanliness of the mosques, and that cleaning them and maintaining their cleanliness is from the Sunnah.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that mosques be built in the houses of the tribes, and that they be cleaned, and that they be perfumed. And he said (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 461Da'if (Al-Albani) This is from the rewards, and Allah is the Greatest.
It is established that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over a funeral in the grave after it had been buried for a period of time. So, is it permissible for a person to pray over his relative when he comes to his grave within ten days of his death, or less, or more?
Answer:
The Sunnah is to pray over the grave. If one did not pray over the deceased, it is recommended for him to pray over the grave. It is established that it was mentioned to him (peace and blessings be upon him) that a woman who used to clean the mosque, who used to sweep the mosque, a black woman who used to sweep the mosque, died at night. The Muslims washed her, prayed over her, and buried her at night, and they did not inform the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of this, and they disliked waking him. When morning came and they informed him, he said:
Why did you not inform me? Direct me to her grave.
أفلا كنتم آذنتموني؟! دلوني على قبرهاLet no one from the Muslims die without you informing me, for Allah will make from my prayer over them good for them. And he said: Light for them.
لا يموتن أحد من المسلمين إلا أخبرتموني، فإن الله جاعل من صلاتي عليهم خيرًا لهم، وقال: نورًا لهمThis is the Sunnah; if the prayer over the deceased was missed, it is recommended for a person, if it is easy for him, to go and pray over the grave. This is a Sunnah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it multiple times (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did it for the mother of Sa'd, although a month had passed for her.
So the scholars mentioned that if it is a month, or around that, or less, there is no harm. And if the period is prolonged, there is no need for it; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do that after a long period (peace and blessings be upon him). He only did it within the limit of a month or less. As for if the period is prolonged for the deceased, it is not prescribed to pray over him for the one who was absent from him.
Question : Regarding the mosque that the woman used to clean, is it the Prophet's mosque or another one?
Answer: It is the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque.
Question : Is it a man or a woman?
Answer: It came in a narration that it was a male servant, and it came in a narration that it was a female servant, a black woman. There is no objection that it could be a male servant and a female servant. And this indicates the virtue of cleaning the mosques and maintaining the cleanliness of the mosques, and that cleaning them and maintaining their cleanliness is from the Sunnah.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that mosques be built in the houses of the tribes, and that they be cleaned, and that they be perfumed. And he said (peace and blessings be upon him):
The rewards of my people were presented before me, so much so that even the reward for removing a mote by a person from the mosque was presented to me.
عرضت عليّ أجور أمتي حتى القذاة يخرجها الرجل من المسجد
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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