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Is It Permissible To Recite The Quran At A Graveyard?

· 7 Jumada II 1434 AH1 min readFatwa 25188English

Question

Can we recite Quran in graveyard with seeing the quran?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is permissible to recite Qurān at the graveyard while looking into the Qurān.[1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman,
Student Darul Iftaa
U.S.A.

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] (قَوْلُهُ وَيَقْرَأُ يس) لِمَا وَرَدَ «مَنْ دَخَلَ الْمَقَابِرَ فَقَرَأَ سُورَةَ يس خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ، وَكَانَ لَهُ بِعَدَدِ مَنْ فِيهَا حَسَنَاتٌ» بَحْرٌ. وَفِي شَرْحِ اللُّبَابِ وَيَقْرَأُ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ مَا تَيَسَّرَ لَهُ مِنْ الْفَاتِحَةِ وَأَوَّلِ الْبَقَرَةِ إلَى الْمُفْلِحُونَ وَآيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّ - وَآمَنَ الرَّسُولُ - وَسُورَةِ يس وَتَبَارَكَ الْمُلْكُ وَسُورَةِ التَّكَاثُرِ وَالْإِخْلَاصِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ مَرَّةً أَوْ إحْدَى عَشَرَ أَوْ سَبْعًا أَوْ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ أَوْصِلْ ثَوَابَ مَا قَرَأْنَاهُ إلَى فُلَانٍ أَوْ إلَيْهِمْ. اهـ. (رد المحتار، ج 2، ص 242-243، سعيد)

قِرَاءَةُ الْقُرْآنِ عِنْدَ الْقُبُورِ عِنْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَا تُكْرَهُ وَمَشَايِخُنَا رَحِمَهُمْ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَخَذُوا بِقَوْلِهِ (الفتاوى الهندية، ج 1، ص 166، مكتبه رشيديه)

فتاوى محمودية، ج 9، ص 261-262، فاروقية

فتاوى رشيدية، ص 278، عالمى مجلس تحفظ اسلام كراتشى باكستان

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Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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