JazakAllah!
huh? I have seen so many muslims pray in little (forgit what they're called) mounds, well decorated with green cloth and shiny ornaments ... I was told they're all graves where some mulim was buried. You mean that's not allowed? Boy, you better update the rules. Why is it wrong?
I used to be part of a family that did that, but Alhamdulillah, I convinced my parents and most of my family to give it up too...Only my Mamu's family remains to be brought to light...
It is reported on the authority of Abu Hurairah (ra ) that he said: "Allah's Messenger (saas ) said:
"Do not make your homes into graves, nor make my grave into a place of celebration. Send your prayers and blessings upon me, for they will be conveyed to me wherever you may be." (Narrated by Abu Dawood with a good sanad, and all of its narrators are trustworthy)
It is reported on the authority of Ali Ibn Al-Husain that he saw a man approaching a small niche before the grave of the Prophet (saas ) and he went into the niche and began to supplicate. So he (Ali) prevented the man from doing so, saying: "Shall I not tell you a Hadith (of the Prophet (saas ) which I heard from my father, who in turn, heard it from my grandfather *, who reported from Allah's Messenger (saas ) that he said:
"Do not take my grave as a place of celebration, nor your homes as graves; send prayers and blessings upon me, for your salutations will reach me, wherever you may be." (Narrated by Al-Maqdasi, in Al-Mukhtarah)
`Ali Ibn Al-Husain informs us in this narration, that he saw a man supplicating Allah (swt ) at the grave of the Prophet (saas ) and that he prevented him from doing so, using as evidence, a Hadith which contains a forbiddance of taking his grave as a place of celebratory visits and of abandoing worship of Allah (swt ) in the home and then he ordered us to send prayers and blessings upon him, saying that they would be conveyed to him wherever the Muslim who sent them may be.
Setting out on a journey with the express intent of visiting the grave of the Prophet (saas ) is prohibited, because of his words:
"Do not saddle up your riding beasts, except to three mosques: "The Sacred Mosque (in Makkah), this my mosque and Al-Aqsa Mosque (in Jerusalem)."2 In light of this, it is clear that whoever undertook a journey in order to pray in the Prophet's Mosque, is not guilty of any sin, while whoever did so in order to worship at the grave has disobeyed the Prophet."*
Q?
So one may not leave flowers on the grave of a loved one?
Why not?
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*Originally posted by AvgAmericanGirl: *
Q?
So one may not leave flowers on the grave of a loved one?
Why not?
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you can leave flowers.