It is desirable to visit Quba Mosque and Al-Baqi' cemetery
It
is desirable for those visiting Al
Madinah to visit Quba Mosque and pray in
it. It emerges from `Abdullah bin Umar's
report that the Prophetصلى
الله
عليه
وسلم used to
visit this mosque both on foot and by
animal transport and offer two Rak'ahs
of prayer in it. (Bukhari and Muslim)
On the authority of Sahl bin Haneef it
is reported that the Prophetصلى
الله
عليه
وسلم said:
(من
تطهر
في
بيته
ثم أتى
مسجد
قباء
فصلى
فيه
صلاة
كان له
كأجر
عمرة)
One who does Wudu at home, then goes to
the Quba Mosque and offers prayers in
it, will attain the reward of `Umrah.
(Ahmad, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Hakim)
Likewise, it is in accordance with the
Sunnah to visit Al-Baqi' (graveyard) and
the graves of martyrs and of Hamzah
رضي
الله
عنه The Prophetصلى
الله
عليه
وسلم used to
visit them and pray for them. There is
his saying: زوروا
القبور
فإنها
تذكركم
الآخرة Visit
graves so that they remind you of the
Hereafter.
(Muslim)
We learn from these Ahadith that the
Shari'ah ruling to visit graves aims at
making one remember the Hereafter. It
provides one with an opportunity to do
some good to the dead and to appeal for
the Divine Mercy on them and to pray for
them. However, visiting the graves for
making a prayer or to sit there or to
invoke them in one's need or seek their
help for curing the sick or invoking
Allah with reference to them or their
status is forbidden as it is Shirk.
Allah and His Messenger did not permit
it nor did the pious predecessors
practise such a thing. Rather, it is one
of those evils which have been forbidden
by the Prophet. He said: زوروا
القبور
ولا
تقولوا
هجرا Visit
graves but do not speak ill.
Common
to all these acts is their being a
heresy. However, they vary in degrees.
Some of them are purely deviant
innovations, yet they do not amount to
polytheism. For example, praying to
Allah near graves and praying while
invoking with reference to the status of
the dead. Some of them are, however,
forms of major polytheism, for example,
invoking the dead and seeking their
help. We have discussed at length these
points earlier. One should therefore be
alert to them and seek from Allah the
ability to follow the truth and
guidance. Allah Alone grants the ability
to follow guidance. There is no true god
or lord other than Allah. This was the
final point of this treatise. Praise is
to Allah in the beginning and in the end
and Allah's blessing be upon His slave
and His Messenger and the best of His
creation - Muhammadصلى
الله
عليه
وسلم and his
household, his Companions and those who
follow them in goodness till the Day of
Reckoning.
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