This will deal with the Proof from Qur’an and Hadith only on the validity of Visiting Graves And Isaaluth Thawaab For The Dead

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Visiting Graves And Isaaluth Thawaab For The Dead

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The following remarks can be noted through this small work:

  1. We have seen that Allah orders us to ask forgiveness for our brothers who came to earth before us, that is our dead people. (Verse 1)
  2. We have seen that Allah orders us to ask forgiveness for our parents. (Verse 2)
  3. We have seen that Allah orders us to ask forgiveness for ourselves, parents and believers. (Verse 3)
  4. We have seen that Allah orders us not to ask forgiveness for the unbelievers and the hypocrites. (Verse 4)
  5.  We have seen that Allah orders us not to go and stand at the graves of the unbelievers and the hypocrites. (Verse 4)
  6. We have seen that when a man dies there are 3 things that benefit him and among them is a good useful pious child. (Hadith No. 1)
  7. We have seen that the prophet (s.a.w) ordered us to visit graves as a since of reminder of death. (Hadith No. 2)
  8. We have seen that the prophet (s.a.w) was allowed to visit the grave of his mother and ordered us to do likewise as that reminds us of Aakhirah. (Hadith No. 3)
  9. We have seen that the prophet (s.a.w) went to Jannat ul Baqi’ and said that he was sent to Al Baqi’ to pray for them. (Hadith No. 4)
  10. We have seen that the prophet (s.a.w) went to Al Baqi’, he stayed for a long moment, he raised his hands 3 times and said that Allah ordered him to go to the people of Al Baqi’ and ask forgiveness for them. (Hadith No. 5)
  11. We have seen that the prophet (s.a.w) used to go to the graves of Al Baqi’ each time it was the night of Hazrat Aisha (ra). (Hadith No. 6)
  12. We have seen that the prophet (s.a.w) formulated different kinds of du’a for the dead people. (Hadith No. 7)
  13. We have seen that the prophet (s.a.w) went to the grave of a dead person who was buried the previous day and perform the funeral prayer at his grave. (Hadith No. 8)
  14.  We have seen that the prophet (s.a.w) went to the grave of a dead person for a whole period of 1 month and at another occasion he went after one month. (Hadith No. 9)
  15. We have seen that the prophet (s.a.w) went to the grave of the Ashab of Uhud after 8 years. (Hadith No. 10)
  16. We have seen that the prophet (s.a.w) went to the grave of a dead person and after burial he stayed for a long time, asked forgiveness for the dead and pray for his remembrance of the questions in Qabr. (Hadith No. 11)
  17. We have seen that the prophet (s.a.w) taught his Ashab to make du’a for the dead people with sincerity. (Hadith No. 12)
  18. We have seen a hadith where the prophet (s.a.w) taught us to pray for the dead as well as for the living at a grave. (Hadith No. 13)
  19. We have seen hadith where Surah Al Faatiha and another Surah are recited loudly by a dead person and it is a sunnah. (Hadith No. 14)
  20. We have seen hadith where Surah Yaaseen is recited over the dead people. (Hadith No. 15)
  21. We have seen hadith where the prophet (s.a.w) went to a grave of a dead person after days, performed the Swalaat ul Janaza, Takbir, Tilaawat, Darood Ibrahim and Du’a for the dead person. (Hadith No. 16)
  22. We have seen hadith where through du’a Allah illuminates the Qabr of a dead person. (Hadith No. 17)
  23. We have seen hadith where if there is the presence of 40 men at a funeral, Allah will consider the 40 men as intercessors for the dead men. (Hadith No. 18)
  24. We have seen another hadith where if there is the presence of 100 men at a funeral, Allah will consider the 100 men as intercessors for the dead men. (Hadith No. 19)
  25. We have seen that Sadaqa for the dead people in form of a Garden is permissible and Sunnah (Hadith no. 20)
  26. We have seen that Sadaqa for the dead people in form of a Fasting (Sawm / Roza) is permissible and Sunnah (Hadith No. 21)
  27. We have seen that Sadaqa for the dead people in form of a Hajj  is permissible and Sunnah (Hadith No. 21)
  28. We have seen that Sadaqa for the dead people in form of Water is permissible and Sunnah (Hadith No. 22)
  29. We have seen that Sadaqa for the dead people in form of Wealth is permissible and Sunnah (Hadith No. 23)
  30. We have seen that Sadaqa for the dead people reduces the sins of the dead people and is permissible and Sunnah (Hadith No. 23)
  31. We have seen that sticking and planting leaves over the graves of the dead people reduces the sins of the dead people and is permissible and Sunnah (Hadith No. 24)
  32. We have seen that the Tilaawat of the Qur’an is considered as Sadaqa by Allah, then why can’t we give such Sadaqa (Tilaawat of the Qur’an) to the dead people. (Hadith No. 25)
  33. We have seen that when Hazrat ‘Umar (ra) died the following occurred the Ashab (ra) gathered around him before his burial, the Ashab (ra) invoked Allah for him before his burial, the Ashab (ra) asked du’a for him before his burial and Hazrat ‘Ali (ra) asked for mercy of Allah for him before his burial (Hadith No. 26, 27, 28)
  34. If the collectors of hadith have made in their books chapters like:

(i)                ‘Visiting the graves’ (باب فِي زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ)

(ii)             ‘What Has Been Related About The Permission To Visit The Graves’ (باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الرُّخْصَةِ فِي زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ)

(iii)           ‘The Order To Seek Forgiveness For The Believers’ (باب الأَمْرِ بِالاِسْتِغْفَارِ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ)

(iv)           ‘What is to be said when entering the graveyard and supplicating for its occupants’ (باب مَا يُقَالُ عِنْدَ دُخُولِ الْقُبُورِ وَالدُّعَاءِ لأَهْلِهَا ‏‏)

(v)             ‘Supplicating for the deceased during the (funeral) prayer’ (باب الدُّعَاءِ لِلْمَيِّتِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ)

(vi)           ‘What Has Been Related About (Performing) The (Funeral) Salat Over The Grave’ (باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ)

(vii)        ‘Praying For Forgiveness By The Grave Of The Dead (Deceased) At The Time Of Departing (Burial)’ (باب الاِسْتِغْفَارِ عِنْدَ الْقَبْرِ لِلْمَيِّتِ فِي وَقْتِ الاِنْصِرَافِ)

(viii)      ‘The Supplication For The Deceased’ (باب الدُّعَاءِ لِلْمَيِّتِ)

(ix)           ‘Tilaawat (Reciting the Qur’an) by the Dead’ (باب الْقِرَاءَةِ عِنْدَ الْمَيِّتِ)

(x)             ‘To offer the (funeral) Salat on the grave after the burial of the deceased’ (باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ بَعْدَ مَا يُدْفَنُ)

(xi)           ‘Praying over the grave’ (باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ)

(xii)        ‘If forty people pray for a person, they will intercede for him’ (باب مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعُونَ شُفِّعُوا فِيهِ)

(xiii)      ‘If one hundred (people) pray for a person, they will intercede for him’ (باب مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ مِائَةٌ شُفِّعُوا فِيهِ)

(xiv)      ‘If somebody gives a piece of land as an bequest (charity) and does not mark its boundaries it is permissible and as well as charity’ (باب إِذَا وَقَفَ أَرْضًا وَلَمْ يُبَيِّنِ الْحُدُودَ فَهْوَ جَائِزٌ، وَكَذَلِكَ الصَّدَقَةُ)

(xv)        ‘Placing a leaf of a date palm over the grave’ (باب الْجَرِيدِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ)