Do not sit on graves, and do not pray towards them

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Hadith text: Do not sit on graves, and do not pray towards them

عن أبي مَرْثَدٍ الغَنَوِيّ رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «لَا تَجْلِسُوا عَلَى الْقُبُورِ، وَلَا تُصَلُّوا إِلَيْهَا».

Explanation of the hadith: Do not sit on graves, and do not pray towards them

Lessons: Do not sit on graves, and do not pray towards them

• It is prohibited to offer prayer in the graveyards, between them, or towards them, with the exception of the funeral prayer, as established by the Sunnah.
• Praying towards the graves is prohibited to block the means to polytheism.
• Islam prohibited immoderate reverence for the graves or disrespect towards them - neither extremism nor neglect.
• The inviolability of a Muslim continues after his death, as indicated by the Prophet's statement: "Breaking the bone of a dead person is like breaking it while he was alive."

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