Jadwal for the Halqahs [learning sessions] of the weekly Ijtima’ (overseas), 06 December 2018

1. Short Bayan on different topics: 5 minutes

2. Memorising Du’a: 5 minutes

3. Fikr-e-Madinah: 5 minutes

4. Total duration: 15 minutes

Madani pearls regarding visiting the graveyard

 ٭Don’t engage in useless conversations when going to visit a Mazaar (mausoleum) or a grave. (Ibid)

 ٭Do not kiss the grave or put your hands on it, but rather stand some distance away from the grave.

 ٭To prostrate to a grave out of respect is Haraam, and if done with the intention of worship, it is Kufr (unbelief). (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 22, pp. 423)

 ٭Enter the graveyard from the usual pathway where there had never been graves of Muslims before.

٭ Never use the new pathways, because new path ways are usually paved on the graves. It is quoted in Rad-dul-Muhtar: Walking on new pathways (that has been built by levelling the graves) is Haraam. (Rad-dul-Muhtar,         vol. 1, pp. 612)

 ٭Even if one suspects that the new pathway may have been built over graves, it is not permissible and sinful to walk on that. (Durr-e-Mukhtar, vol. 3, pp. 183)

 ٭It has been observed at some Mazaars of the beloveds of Allah that expansion takes place by demolishing the graves of Muslims just to facilitate visitors. Walking, standing, lying down, seating arrangements for the recitation (of the Holy Quran) and invocations etc. upon such areas are Haraam. Rather, recite Fatihah from a distance.