The congregational supplication at the graveside

The congregational supplication at the graveside

Reference: al-Bid’u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa Asla lahu p317
Fataawa at-Ta’ziyyah p40

Question: What is the ruling regarding the congregational supplication at the graveside, whereby one of them supplicates and the rest say “aameen”?

Response: This is not from the Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ, nor the Rightly Guided Khulafaa. Rather, the Messenger ﷺ used to guide them to seek forgiveness for the deceased and ask (Allaah) to make him firm [in answering the questions of the two angels] for him, and all this by himself [individually] and not in congregation.


Translation originally published on 13 May, 2000

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004.

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