Visiting Graves
213 questions
Is ablution required for a visitor to graves? And what is the supplication for the deceased in the graveyard?
Is it permissible to dig up a grave to see the deceased, and is that considered desecration?
What is the ruling on praying in mosques that contain shrines, such as those of Sayyiduna al-Husayn and Sayyidat Nafisah, and what are the etiquettes of visiting the Household of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt), along with their proofs?
Is it permissible for women to visit graves?
How do we respond to those who associate partners with Allah in worship, who justify their visits and sacrifices to saints by claiming these saints are "intercessors," even though they know that Allah is the Doer of all things?
What should one do who has been afflicted by the unlawful and repented many times, then returned to the sin, and finds no one to help him complete his repentance, nor feels devotion in prayer, nor the sweetness of the Qur’an, nor is his heart affected by verses of punishment or the remembrance of hellfire?
Is visiting one's deceased father in the graveyard considered a form of dutifulness that benefits the visiting son, and is it comparable to visiting him during his lifetime, and what is the maximum period for the interruption of such visits?
What is the ruling on a woman entering a cemetery while she is aware of the ruling, but then enters it coerced for the burial of a relative of hers? And does she bear sin for that?
What are the reasons why young people steal and tamper with cars, and what are the ways to address this phenomenon?
Do the dead hear our supplications during Witr, prostration, or when visiting graves? What are the Qur’anic and Sunnah references that indicate their hearing of supplications? Do the souls of the dead visit the living in dreams? And what are the deeds beloved to the dead in their graves?
Does visiting graves necessitate ablution?
Is it permissible to visit the husband's grave after the 'iddah period ends, and does the marital bond continue between the spouses after the 'iddah?
Is a mother's crying over her deceased child before birth considered forbidden and an objection to Allah's decree? Is she allowed to visit his grave and see him in the hereafter? And should he have been washed, shrouded, and prayed over like adults?
Is it permissible to visit a neighbor and accept her invitation after the deceased mother swore that her daughter would not go to the neighbor's house during her lifetime or after her death?
Is it permissible to seek intercession (tawassul) or pray for rain (istisqa') through a deceased person, as the people of Samarkand did when they sought intercession through Imam Al-Bukhari at his grave for rain?
How do I remove the worldly life from my heart and place it in my hand?
Is it true that invoking blessings upon the Prophet eases the torment of the dead in the grave?
Is standing by the grave of the deceased and supplicating for them better than supplicating for them anywhere else, and what is the best supplication for the deceased?
What is your guidance regarding Ibn Taymiyyah's statement that whoever comes to the grave of a righteous man, stands by it, and asks him to supplicate to Allah for him, is not committing shirk (polytheism) but rather an innovation (bid'ah) and a forbidden form of seeking intercession (tawassul), and his distinction between being near to and far from the grave, where he considered the latter shirk by consensus, unlike the former?
Is it permissible to greet the dead from behind a veil or a wall, and does it reach them?
Is reciting some Quranic verses for the deceased beneficial during a visit to them, or is supplicating for them better?
How can we reconcile the prohibition of performing prayer at graves with the Prophet (PBUH) visiting his mother's grave?
What is the form of greeting to Prophet Yunus, peace be upon him, when passing by his path, and what is the form of greeting when passing by graves?
Is it permissible for a woman to visit graves, and is her visit obligatory, and do the deceased await visitors to graves on Thursdays, and is a woman considered remiss in her duty towards her father if she does not visit his grave despite her consistent supplication for him, and what is the ruling of Islamic law on this, especially with the existence of fatwas prohibiting women from visiting graves?