Ziyaarat-e-Quboor
Law: Ziyaarat-e-Quboor (i.e. to visit the
graves) is Mustahab (desirable) visit the graves one day in a week. The
preferred days are Jummah (Friday), Thursday, Saturday or Monday. The best time
is on a Friday at the time of dusk (i.e. in the morning). To travel and journey
towards the graves of the Awliyah-e-Kiraam is permissible. They benefit those
who visit them. If something is happening there against Shariah, such as
females being in the vicinity (etc.), then do not abstain from Ziyaarat due to
this, because good practices cannot be avoided because of such things. Rather,
one should think of those things as being improper, and if possible then we
should try to stop something which is improper. [Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.843]
Law: Some Ulama have said Ziyaarat-e-Quboor
is permissible for females. This is the statement (view) which has been
preferred by Durr-e-Mukhtar; but if she goes to the graves of her elders, she
will weep and mourn there. Thus, it is disallowed (i.e. disapproved); and if
she goes to the graves of the Pious Servants, then there is no harm in an old
woman doing so, but for the young women it is disallowed (i.e. disapproved). [Raddul
Muhtar vol.1 pg.843]
It is recommended that women should be completely
disallowed, because in visiting the graves of her own, she will do the same weeping
and lamenting and at the Graves of the Blessed Personalities, either she will
overstep the bounds of respect or end up being disrespectful, as this is found
a lot amongst females. [Fatawa Razvia]
Manner of performing Ziyaarat-e-Quboor
Law: This is the manner of performing
Ziyaarat-e-Quboor (Visiting the Graves):
1. Approach from the foot side and stand in front of the
face of the deceased. Do not approach from the head side, as this is cause for discomfort
to the deceased, as the deceased will have to turn the neck to see who is
approaching.
2. Then say:
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْکُمْ اَھْلَ دَارِ قَوْمٍ مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ اَنْتُمْ
لَنَا سَلَفٌ وَّ اِنَّا اِنْشَاءَ اللہُ بِکُمْ لَاحِقُوْنَ نَسْأَلُ اللہَ لَنَا
وَلَکُمُ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِیَۃَ یَرْحَمُ اللہُ الْمُسْتَـقْدِمِیْنَ مِنَّا
وَالْمُسْتَاْخِرِیْنَ اَللّٰھُمَّ رَبَّ الْاَرْوَاحِ الْفَانِیَۃِ وَالْاَجْسَادِ
الْبَالِیَۃِ وَالْعِظَامِ النَّخِرَۃِ اَدْخِلْ ھٰذِہِ الْقُبُوْرِ مِنْکَ
رَوْحًا وَّرَیْحَانًا وَّمِنَّا تَحِیَّۃً وَّسَلَامًا
Salaams upon you O dwellers of the homes of the
believers, You are our formers and In Sha Allah We are to meet with you. We ask
for pardon and well-being for us and you. Allah have Mercy on our formers and
latters. O Allah, Rub of the ending souls, and decomposed bodies and
disintegrated bones, From You, fill these graves with freshness and fragrance,
and send from us Salutations and Salaam upon them.
3. Then recite the Faateha, and if you wish to sit there,
then sit as close or distant as you used to sit to him (or her) in their
lifetime. [Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.843/844]
Law: When going to the Cemetery (for
Ziyaarat-e-Quboor), recite Alhamdu Shareef (Surah Faateha), and المۤ
till مُفْلِحُوْنَ (Alif Laam Meem till
Muflihoon), and Ayat ul Kursi, and from اٰمَنَ
الرَّسُوْلُ (Aamanar Rasoolu)
till the end of the Surah, and Surah Yaseen and تَبَارَکَ
الَّذِیْ (Tabaarakal Ladhee) and اَلْھٰکُمُ
التَّکَاثُرْ (Alhaakumut Takaathur) one time each, and قُلْ ھُوَ اللہُ (Qul huwallah) 12,
11, 7 or times and send the Thawaab (reward of the recitation) to the deceased.
It has been mentioned in the Hadith Shareef that the one who reads قُلْ ھُوَ اللہُ (Qul Huwallah)
Shareef 11 times and then sends the reward of it to the deceased, then he is
rewarded equivalent to that which the deceased is awarded. [Durr-e-Mukhtar,
Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.844]
Law: The reward of every virtuous action be
it Fard or Nafil, be it Namaaz, Fasting, Hajj and Zakaat or every other type of
Ibaadat, can be awarded to the deceased. It will reach all the deceased (to
whom you send it) and there will be no shortage in Thawaab to anyone, but we
are hopeful on the Mercy of Allah, that each one will receive the full reward.
It is not so that the Thawaab is taken and distributed in parts to each of
them. [Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.844]
Actually, we have this hope and trust that the one who sent
the Thawaab will be blessed with the Thawaab of all of them combined. For
example, if he did some good deed, the minimum Thawaab of which is ten
(rewards) and he sent this (Thawaab) to ten deceased, so each one of them will
receive ten (Thawaab) and he will receive one hundred and ten, and if he sent
it to one thousand, he will receive ten thousand and ten ٰ وعلیٰ
ہذا القیاس. [Fatawa Razvia]
Law: If a Na-Baaligh recites something or
if he does some good deed and sends the Thawaab to the deceased In Sha Allah
(Allah Willing) it will reach (the deceased). [Fatawa Razvia]
Law: Some Ulama have mentioned that it is
permissible to kiss the grave but what is correct is that it is disallowed
(i.e. disapproved) [Ash’atul
Lam’aat]
and to walk around the grave out of respect is also not allowed (i.e.
disapproved) and if one walks around the Mazaar to attain blessings, then there
is no objection, but the laymen should not be allowed, and this should not be
done in front of the laymen as well, as they can misunderstand.
Law: According to the Ahle Sunnat, to make
Talqeen to the deceased (i.e. remind him) is Mashru’ (legitimate). [Jauhira] This which is
written in many books that Talqeen should not be done, then this is the way of
the Mu’tazila
(a deviant sect), as these people have (fraudulently) added this to some of our
Kitaabs. [Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.797]
It has been mentioned in the Hadith that Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said,
‘When
any of your Muslim brother passes away and you have put sand over his grave
(i.e. buried him), then one person from amongst you should stand at his grave
and say, O such and such person son of such and such. He will hear you but will
no answer. Then say, O Such and such person son of such and such, he will
become upright an sit up; then again say, Such and such person son of such and
such and he will say, Say, Allah will have Mercy on you, (but) you will not know
that he has said it. Then say:
اُذْکُرْ مَا خَرَجْتَ مِنَ الدُّنْیَا شَھَادَۃَ اَنْ لَّا اِلٰـہَ
اِلَّا اللہُ وَاَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُہٗ وَرَسُوْلُـہٗ صَلَّی اللہ تَعَالٰی
عَلَیْہِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاَنَّکَ رَضِیْتَ بِاللہِ رَبًّا
وَّبِالْاِسْلَاِم دِیْنًا وَّ بِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ
وَسَلَّمَ نَبِیًّا وَّ بِالْقُرْاٰنِ اِمَامًا
Remember that, upon which you left the world, (in other
words) this testimony that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and
(verily) Muhammad صلی
اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم is His (chosen) servant and Rasool,
(and this) that you are pleased with Allah as your Rub, Islam as your Deen
(Religion), Muhammad صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم as
your Nabi and the Qur’an as your Imam.
The Nakeerain will hold the hands of one another and say,
Let us leave, what need is there now to sit by him who has been already instructed
his confirmation’.
In this regard, someone asked Rasoolullah
صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم what should be done if his mother’s name is not known, so Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said
that mention Hawa. [Reported by Tabrani in Kabeer and Zia in Al Ahkaam etc]
Some Distinguished A’ima Taabi’een say that when the sand has been tidied on the grave,
and the people walk away, then it is regarded as Mustahab to stand by the grave
of the Mayyit and say this:
يا فلان بن فلان قُلْ لَا اِلٰـہَ اِلَّا اللہُ
O such and Such, son of such and
such, Say There is none worthy of worship besides Allah
Foot note: wherever in this book such and such comes, the
name of the person should first come and thereafter in some cases the name of
the mother and some cases the name of the father. And thrice it should be said:
قُلْ رَّبِّیَ اللہُ وَدِیْنِیَ الْاِسْلَامُ وَنَبِیِّ مُحَمَّدٌ
صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَسَلَّمَ
You say, Allah is my Rub and My
Deen is Islam and Muhammad
صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم is my Nabi
Aala Hazrat Qibla رضی اﷲ
تعالیٰ عنہ has added this much (in this section as well):
وَاعْلَمْ اَنَّ ھٰذَیْنِ الَّذیْنِ اَتَیَاکَ اَوْیَأْ تِیَانِکَ
اِنَّمَا ھُمَا عَبْدَانِ لِلّٰہِ لَا یَضُرَّانِ وَلَا یَنْفَعَانِ اِلَّا
بِاِذْنِ اللہِ فَـلَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ وَاَشْھَدْ اَنَّ رَبَّکَ اللہُ
وَدِیْنَکَ الْاِسْلَامُ وَنَبِیَّکَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ
وَسَلَّمَ ثَـبَّتَنَا اللہُ وَاِیَّاکَ بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِی الْحَیٰـوۃِ
الدُّنْیَا وَفِی الْاٰخِرَۃِ اِنَّـہٗ ھُوَ الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِیْمُ
And know that these two persons who have come to you or
are to come to you, they are the servants of Allah, Without Allah’s Command
they can neither cause any affliction nor give any benefit, so do not fear and
do not grieve, and you testify that your Rub is Allah and your Deen is Islam
and your Nabi is Muhammad
صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم.
Allah keep us and you on the True Word in life on this earth and in the
hereafter. Verily, He is the One who forgives, The Compassionate.
Law: To place flowers on the grave is
better, because as long as they remain fresh they will make Tasbeeh, and this
will comfort the heart of the deceased. [Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.846] Similarly,
there is no objection and harm in putting a Chaadar (sheet) made from flowers
on the Janaazah.
Law: Fresh grass should not be removed from
the grave, because Rahmat (Mercy) descends due to its Tasbeeh, and the deceased
gets comfort through this. Pulling it out is to squander the right of the deceased.
[Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.846]
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