✍️Works of Ibn Taymiyyah

Visiting graves and seeking help in graves

زيارة القبور والاستنجاد بالمقبور

Author: تقي الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن عبد الحليم بن عبد السلام بن عبد الله بن أبي القاسم بن محمد ابن تيمية الحراني الحنبلي الدمشقي (المتوفى: 728هـ) (d. 728)

About this work

هذا الكتاب لابن تيمية يتناول مسألة زيارة القبور والاستنجاد بالمقبورين، ويجيب عن أسئلة تتعلق بحكم طلب الدعاء من الأموات، والاستغاثة بهم، والنذر لهم، والتمسح بقبورهم. يبين المؤلف في رده الضوابط الشرعية للزيارة، ويفرق بين ما هو مشروع فيها وما هو منكر وشرك، متناولا بالبيان مسائل التوسل، وحقيقة القطب والغوث، وقصة الخضر عليه السلام.

Translation

This book by Ibn Taymiyyah deals with the issue of visiting graves and seeking help from the graves, and answers questions related to the ruling on requesting supplication from the dead, seeking their help, making vows to them, and wiping their graves. In his response, the author explains the legal controls for visiting, and distinguishes between what is permissible in it and what is reprehensible and polytheistic, addressing in detail the issues of supplication, the reality of the Qutb and relief, and the story of Al-Khidr, peace be upon him.

Topics covered

The text of the question is about visiting graves and seeking help from graves
The beginning of the answer
How to legitimately visit graves
The ruling on someone who comes to the grave of a prophet or righteous man and asks him for help
Asking for prayers from others, whether living or dead
Begging for prestige and sanctity
The ruling on someone who, if a calamity or fear befalls him, seeks help from his sheikh
The first appearance of polytheism
Explaining the ruling on wiping the grave, kissing it, and stroking the cheek over it
The ruling on placing the head in front of elders and kissing the ground
Explaining the reality of the Pole of Relief, the individual and the whole
The final say on Al-Khidr, peace be upon him
The ruling on calling the best people of the time “Al-Qutb” and “Al-Ghawth”.

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