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graves, but now you should visit them, for surely they are<br />
reminders of the next life.” 269<br />
(b) The visitor may benefit the deceased by making Du’aa for<br />
him. The wordings of this Du’aa is, “Peace be upon the Believers<br />
and Muslims among the inhabitants of these dwellings. May<br />
Allah have mercy on those who have gone ahead of us, and<br />
those following us. And we shall, Allah-willing, be joining<br />
you.” 270<br />
The Prohibition of Taking Graves as Places of<br />
Worship<br />
Apart from invoking Allah’s forgiveness for the engraved, all act<br />
of worship are prohibited at the graves like, formal prayers 271 ,<br />
reciting the Qur’aan 272 , sacrifice 273 , etc. because this would<br />
contribute to making the graves as places of worship. The<br />
Messenger of Allah has warned his nation from taking graves<br />
as places of worship: “...Beware that those before you took the<br />
graves of their Prophets as places of worship. Do not take<br />
269 Saheeh Muslim (Eng. Trans.) vol.2, p.463-464, no.2131, Sunan Abu<br />
Dawood (Eng. Trans.) vol.2, p.919, no.3229, Sunan an-Nasa’ee ,<br />
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hambal and al-Baihaqee.<br />
270 Saheeh Muslim (Eng. Trans.) vol.2, p.461-2, no.2127.<br />
271 The Messenger of Allah said: “All the earth is a Masjid (place<br />
of worship) except graveyards and toilets.” [Sunan Abu Dawood<br />
(Eng. Trans.) vol.1, p.125, no.492. Authenticated by Shaikh al-<br />
Albanee in Saheeh Sunan Abu Dawood vol.1, p.463] and: “Pray in<br />
your houses, and do not make them graveyards.” [Saheeh al-<br />
Bukharee (Eng. trans.) vol.2, p.156, no.280, Saheeh Muslim (Eng.<br />
trans.) vol.1, p.376, no.1704]<br />
272 Allah’s Messenger said: “Do not make your houses graveyards,<br />
for verily Shaytaan flees from the house, in which Soorah al-<br />
Baqarah is read.” [Saheeh Muslim (Eng. Trans.) vol.1, p.377, no.1707]<br />
Thus implying that the Qur’aan is to be recited in homes, for not<br />
doing so would make them like gravesyards (i.e. places where the<br />
Qur’aan is not recited).<br />
273 The Messenger of Allah said: “There is no slaughtering (at<br />
the graves) in Islam” [Sunan Abu Dawood (Eng. Trans.) Hadeeth<br />
no.3216.]<br />
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