Is it permissible to visit graves for the sake of supplication?
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Question:
Is it permissible to visit graves solely for supplication?
Answer:
The Shaykh: What is the supplication? Answer: Supplication for the deceased, yes. You visit him to greet him and supplicate for him with forgiveness and mercy; that is good. But if you visit him to supplicate for yourself there, thinking that this is a cause for the acceptance of the supplication, that is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and a means to associating partners with Allah (shirk).
Is it permissible to visit graves solely for supplication?
Answer:
The Shaykh: What is the supplication? Answer: Supplication for the deceased, yes. You visit him to greet him and supplicate for him with forgiveness and mercy; that is good. But if you visit him to supplicate for yourself there, thinking that this is a cause for the acceptance of the supplication, that is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and a means to associating partners with Allah (shirk).
Source
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