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Praying at graves<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

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source: fat\u0101w\u0101 jeddah ~ rulings from jeddah ~ tape no. 13<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Question #4: “How do we bring together (the Prophet’s) (\u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645) prohibition of praying in the graveyard and his praying over the woman who used to sweep in the masjid?”<\/span>
Shaykh al-Alb\u0101n\u012b answers:<\/span>
shaykh al-albaani (rahimahullaah) clarifies the difference between praying towards the graves of the dead and praying over them:<\/span>
“There is no contradiction between the two narrations, all praises and thanks are to All\u0101h. The first had\u012bth (mentioning) the prohibition of praying in the graveyard is as (the Prophet’s) (\u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645) saying in Sah\u012bh Muslim: ‘Don’t sit on graves and don’t pray towards them.’ [1] So the prohibition of praying in the graveyard, i.e. praying towards graves, is because it is obligatory for the prayer to be sincerely for the Face of All\u0101h, the Blessed and Most High, without any glorification for other than All\u0101h in it at all corrupting or mixing with it, for (that) is one of the types of shirk[2]. So if a Muslim begins to pray for All\u0101h while facing the grave, there is an obvious suspicion that this person at least intends – as many of the ignorant people do in this era – to seek a blessing from this dead person with his prayer and with his seeking nearness to All\u0101h, the Mighty and Majestic, by his prayer. Thus, he has fallen into some shirk, he has exceeded the proper bounds in (this affair), and his situation got to the point where it excluded him from the circle of Isl\u0101m, and All\u0101h’s protection is sought. This meaning is what should be considered with regard to the prohibition of the Messenger (of All\u0101h) (\u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645) from praying in the graveyard or from praying towards the grave.<\/span>
As for praying over the dead person while he is in his grave, then this is something else. It has nothing to do with (the previously mentioned contradiction between) praying for All\u0101h alone, who has no partner, and (praying) towards the grave of a dead person; it is not intended by this (latter) prayer (to ask) for All\u0101h to forgive him, (to ask) for Him to have mercy on him, as is the implied meaning with regard to supplicating for the dead person.<\/span>
Therefore, praying over the dead person while he is in his grave is one thing, and praying for All\u0101h, the Mighty and Majestic, while facing the grave is another thing. (The second situation) is prohibited and (the first situation) is allowed, so there is no confusion between (the two situations).”<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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[1] Sah\u012bh Muslim #972<\/span>
[2] associating partners with All\u0101h<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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