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so, his (i.e. the Prophet’s) grave would have been in an open
place, but it could not be due to the fear that it could be taken as
a mosque.” 279
Deobandis approve visiting graves of the Righteous
to seek Blessings and Benefits
Moulana Zakariyah approves of the practice of visiting the graves
of the saints in the Fazaail-e-Aamaal, as he says, “And the blessings
of the tombs are another issue. I ask if visiting the graves of the
Prophets will be prohibited? Then when visiting them is not
prohibited, then the graves of the righteous are like them.” 280
To prove his point Moulana Zakariyah mentions a story of two
brothers whose father died leaving an inheritance, which
included three strands of hair of Prophet Muhammad . The
brothers divided the property in half, so that they had one strand
of hair each. They, however, disputed about the third strand of
hair. The elder brother agreed to give the younger brother all the
three strands of hair, if the younger parted off with his share of
the property, to which the younger brother happily agreed. When
the younger brother died, “...many pious people dreamt of the
Holy Prophet, who told them, ‘If a person has any need he should
ask it from Allah sitting at the side of his grave’.” 281
Muslim (Eng. Trans.) vol.1, p.269, no.1082, Sunan Abu Dawood (Eng.
Trans.) vol.2, p.917, no.3221, Sunan an-Nass’ai vol.1, no.115 and
others.
279 Saheeh al-Bukharee (Eng. Trans.) vol.2, p.232, no.414, Saheeh
Muslim (Eng. Trans.) vol.1, p.268, no.1076 and Musnad Ahmad vol.6,
no.156-198, vol.8, no.114.
280 Fazaail-e-Aamaal (Hindi Trans.) Virtues of Hajj, Chapter. Ziyarat
of Medina, p.150, Explanation of Hadeeth no.12, (Idara Ishaat
Diniyat, First Edition (1984).
281 Fazaail-e-Aamal, (Eng. Trans.), Virtues of Darood, Chapter.5: Fifty
Parables Concerning the Darood), story no. 35, p.128. (Edt. 1985,
Published by Dini Book Depot - Delhi).
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