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The Stern Warning Against Putting Lamps On Graves

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Darussalam · Volume 3

21. The Book OfFunerals

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الحديث: 2043 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 94

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2045. It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbâs said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ cursed women who visit graves, and those who take them as Masjids[1] and put lamps on them." (Da'if)

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2043 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: «لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَائِرَاتِ الْقُبُورِ، وَالْمُتَّخِذِينَ عَلَيْهَا الْمَسَاجِدَ وَالسُّرُجَ»

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    [1] The chain of the narration is weak. As for taking graves as Masjids, see chapter No. 106; as for women visiting graves - and that the curse is mentioned, it is narrated by other Companions, see Ibn Mâjah Nos. 1574 and 1576, and No. 1056 of At-Tirmidhî, see No. 225 of Ad-Da'ifah for details.

Commentary

1. Women are not absolutely prohibited from visiting the graveyards; rather frequent visitation by women is not permitted, as is explicitly borne out by another Hadīth. 2. Lighting a lamp over the grave could be for veneration, so such display of veneration is forbidden. It amounts to rather placing offerings upon the grave; besides it (lighting) would be futile and profitless. Graves do not need light upon them. They need light within them and that light is related to the righteous actions. If the objective of the lighting is the convenience of the visitors, then instead of graves, some other objects could be chosen to place lamps upon them. In this way, the suspicion of veneration for the graves would not remain, and the violation of the Hadīth too would not occur.