Is it permissible to read the Quran next to graves?
Dear Brother / Sister,
It is sunnah to visit graves and to read the Quran and to pray next to the graves. As a matter of fact, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) did so when he went to the Cemetery of "Baqi".
It is Sunnah to read the chapter of “Yasin” in the cemetery. As a matter of fact, the following hadith is evidence for it:
"If a person goes to the cemetery and reads the chapter of Yasin there, Allah will relieve the penalties of the ones in the graves. The person who reads Yasin is given as many rewards as the number of the dead people in the cemetery." (see Ibn Abidin, Raddul Muhtar, Ist. 1983, 3/503)
A person who cannot read the chapter of Yasin can read al-Fatiha, Ayatul-Kursiyy and al-Ikhlas. He prays as follows: "O Lord! Send the thawabs of what I read to such and such people and the ones lying in this cemetery."
Questions on Islam
- Does a person who reads the chapter of Yasin every night attain the rank of martyrdom?
- Is it permissible to build graves, to make graves from marble? How should the graves of Muslims be?
- Can the dead body of a Muslim be buried in a Christian cemetery?
- What are the benefits of visiting graves? Do the dead people see those who come to their graves?
- Why did the grave squeeze Sa´d b. Muadh though 70.000 angels took part in his janazah prayer?
- Will you give information about the prayer to be said while visiting graves?
- What is the meaning of the word Yasin?
- Is it a sin for a woman who is in menstruation to visit graves?
- Can the dead body of a Muslim be buried in a Christian cemetery?
- Can the reward of a good deed and the thawab that will be gained from that good deed be donated to another living person or someone who died?
