What is the Shar'ee law of planting flowers or planting trees on graves?
Published as Planting flowers on graves
Question
What is the Shar'ee law of planting flowers or planting trees on graves?
Answer
There is no basis for this. It was not the general practice of the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu anhum).
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
فترى العامة يلقون الزهور على القبور، لا أصل لها في الدين ولا مستند لها من الكتاب والسنة (معارف السنن 1/265)
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- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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