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Sunan and Etiquettes of Visiting the Graveyard

Dear Islamic brothers! Let us listen to the Sunan and etiquettes of visiting the graveyard from the booklet of Amir Ahl al-Sunnah دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ, titled 163 Madani Pearls (page 36).

First, listen to a saying of the noble Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: "I had forbidden you from visiting graves; now you should visit graves, for they are a cause of detachment from the world and remind one of the Hereafter."^[1]

1. When one wishes to visit the resting place (of a saint) or the grave of any Muslim, it is mustahabb (preferable) to first perform two units of nafl prayer at home (during a non-disliked time). In every unit, after Surah al-Fātiḥah, recite Āyat al-Kursī once and Surah al-Ikhlas thrice, and convey the reward of this prayer to the deceased. Allah Almighty will create light in the grave of that deceased person and grant immense reward to the one conveying the reward.^[2]

2. While going to visit a shrine or a grave, do not engage in useless conversation on the way.^[3]

3. In a graveyard, one should walk upon the common path where the graves of Muslims never existed in the past; do not walk upon a path that has been newly created (over graves). It is stated in Radd al-Muḥtār: "It is Haram to walk upon a path that has been newly created (by levelling graves within a