5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

spouse and children.” Rasûlullah (sallallâhu ’alaihi wasallam)
was standing beside two graves, when he said, “These two
people are suffering torment in their graves, one of them
because of not being careful about splashing urine, and the
other one due to the gossip he spread among Muslims.” No
matter at what age they die, both the men and the women in
Paradise will be thirty-three years old.
17 – VISITING GRAVES
and
READING QUR’ÂN AL-KERÎM
Imâm-i Birgivî (rahmatullâhi ’aleyh) says in his book Atfâl-ul
muslimîn that it is sunna to visit Muslims’ graves. It is written in
Ihyâ-ul ’ulûm, “It is mustahab to visit graves for remembering
death and for taking warning from the dead and getting baraka
from the graves of pious Muslims and Walîs.” To take a warning
you imagine how the corpse rots, how its cheeks and lips fall
down, how filthy water flows from its mouth, how its abdomen
swells and bursts, how worms and insects swarm into it. Hâtim-i
Esâm says, “If a person going by a cemetery does not think of
them (the deceased) and pray for them, he has been
treacherous to himself and to them.” Men have been
commanded to visit graves. Rasûlullah (sallallâhu ’alaihi
wasallam) accursed women who visited graves. Some
(savants) say that he gave them permission later. And some
(savants) say that it is makrûh. It has been unanimously
declared (by savants) that it is not permissible for women to
carry the janâza. Fâtima (radiyallâhu ’anhâ) visited Hadrat
Hamza’s grave, and trimmed and mended it every year. A
hadîth-i sherîf declares, “If a person visits the graves of his
parents or the grave of one of his parents every Friday, his
sins will be pardoned, and he will have paid their rights.”
Muhammad bin Wâsi’ visited graves every Friday. When it was
suggested to him to visit them on Mondays, he said, “The
deceased recognize those who visit them on Fridays, Thurdays
and Saturdays.” Dahhâk says, “The deceased recognizes the
person who visits his grave before sunrise on Saturday. This
shows the virtue of Friday.” Rasûlullah (sallallâhu ’alaihi
wasallam) visited the graves of his Muslim relatives and of his
Sahâba. A hadîth-i sherîf declares, “If a person says the
following prayer as he visits the grave of a Believer, that
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