5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

Thursday morning and then perform the early afternoon prayer
in Masjîd-i Nabî. Hence, it is inferred that it is mandûb to visit
graves in far-away places. It is for this reason that the Awliyâ,
such as Khalîl-ur rahmân, Sayyid Ahmad Badawî, are being
visited. Imâm-i Ghâzâlî quotes a hadîth-i-sherîf that states,
‘Except for three masjids, you do not go to masjids to visit
them.’ For, in virtue other masjids are similar to one another.
But in closeness to Allâhu ta’âlâ the Awliyâ are unlike one
another. Those who visit them get different benefits from each
of them. It is written in the fatwâs of Ibn Hajer that you should
not cease from doing the qurbats even if there are sinners (at
such meetings) and that if you see people committing bid’a you
should stop them. So is the case with attending funerals.” Hâfiz
Ahmad ibn Teymiyya says that only things permitted by the
Sharî’a, such as salawât and the prayer of adhân, can be said
for the soul of our Prophet (sallallâhu ’alaihi wasallam), and that
Qur’ân al-kerîm cannot be read; but it is written in the book
Fatâwâ-i fiqhiyya that permission is not necessary for
presenting thawâb. In fact, after the death of our Prophet
(sallallâhu ’alaihi wasallam) Abdullah ibn ’Umar ‘radîy-Allâhu
anhumâ’ performed ’umra for him, though he had not requested
it in his last will. Likewise, Ibnul-Muwaffiq performed hajj
seventy times for Junayd-i Baghdâdî. Ibni Serrâj performed a
khatm more than ten thousand times and performed Qurbân for
our Prophet (sallallâhu ’alaihi wasallam). It is written in Fatâwâ-i
hadîsiyya that presents sent by his Umma (Muslims) will cause
Rasûlullah (sallallâhu ’alaihi wasallam) to become upgraded. In
fact, he (the Prophet) used to pray, “O my Allah, increase my
knowledge!”
When visiting a grave, it is makrûh to sit or sleep on graves.
If you guess that the path going through a cemetery has been
made on graves afterwards, you do not walk on that path. When
you are going to read the Qur’ân to a grave, it is not makrûh to
tread or sit on the old graves around it. But you should still not
sit on new graves.
Also, it is makrûh to pluck the green weeds or to break the
green twigs in a cemetery. It is permissible to pluck the dry
grass. It is useful to the deceased and very good to plant
flowers and trees on graves. But a better deed to be performed
with this money is to give it as alms to a poor person who
performs namâz.
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