Is the invocation of peace upon the dead to be uttered only upon entering the graveyard, or can it also be uttered when passing by [the graveyard]?
Tag: graveyard
Defended the Sahaabah, then died and was buried alongside the Sahaabah
Shaykh Ihsaan Ilaahee Zaheer spent his life defending the Sahaabah; when he was injured by the bomb explosion, he was brought to Saudi Arabia for treatment and died here.
A man whose heart fills with emotion at the remembrance of the dead
Safwaan ibn Sulaym would visit [the graveyard of] al-Baqee’ over a number of days – and [in doing so] he would pass by me.
Washing the bodies of the dead in preparation for burial
[In preparation for their burial], al-Muzanee رحمه الله would wash the dead as an act of worship, and he would say
Unable to regularly visit my father’s grave
My father died a long while ago, and he is [buried in a graveyard] far away from [where I live], and [as such] I am unable to visit him except after two or three years.
Regularly visiting the graveyard
Abu ‘Abdir-Rahmaan ‘Abdullaah al-’Umaree رحمه الله would visit the graveyard a lot, and with him he would have a book to read. [About this], he would say
Ask for me at the graveyard
Why don’t you take it a little easy?
Digging open a grave out of necessity
If there is a [genuine] need to do so, is it permissible to dig open the grave of someone who was only buried some days ago?
Women visiting the graveyard
My mother died when I was in my infancy, and now I visit her in the graveyard; Is that permissible for me [to do]?
Conducting trade in graveyards
The Shaykh was asked about buying and selling in graveyards?