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Placing
a wreath on a grave
Question: Is placing a wreath on the grave of the "unknown
soldier" equal to aggrandising the dead "saints"
and pious people to the point of worshipping them?
Response:
This practice is an innovation and excess in terms of revering
the dead, and it is similar to the practice of those who over-revere
pious people. It is feared that this practice may lead to
building domes above their graves, seeking their blessings,
and taking them for gods beside Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala).
This practice should be stopped lest it lead to Shirk.
And
with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and
salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.
The
Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa
Fataawa Islaamiyyah - Volume 1, Page 20
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