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What is the ruling of rubbing one’s hand against a grave?

Answered by
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

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What is the ruling of rubbing one’s hand against a grave?

Answer

The later Shafi‘i scholars disagree about rubbing the graves and kissing them:

According to Ibn Hajar in al-Tuhfa, the relied-upon position is that it is offensive out of respect for the dead.

Imam as-Shams ar-Ramli [f: the other leading authority for fatwa in the Shafii school], however, follows the opinion of his father, Imam as-Shihab Ahmad ar-Ramli, who states that it is not offensive to kiss or rub graves if the intention is to obtain blessings (barakah) through the righteous and the saints. He states in an-Nihayah, “[S]cholars explicitly stated that if one fails to kiss or touch the black stone, it is recommended to kiss a stick and then point it towards the black stone. They also said, “It is well for one to kiss any part of the House [of God]” ”.

The Imam and Hadith master, al-Jalal As-Suyuti, mentioned in his al-Tawsheeh ‘ala al-Jami‘ as-Sagheer that some learned gnostics concluded from kissing the black stone that it is permissible to kiss the graves of the righteous.”

- Amjad Rasheed

(Translated by Sidi Abu Muhammad Rahil)

السؤال: ما حكم مسح القبر عند الزيارة ؟ الجواب : اختلف المتأخرون في حكم التمسح بالقبور وتقبيلها ، فالذي اعتمده الشيخ ابن حجر في "التحفة" (3/175) هو كراهةُ ذلك احتراماً للميت . واعتمد الشمس الرملي تبعاً لوالده الإمام الشهاب أحمد الرملي عدمَ الكراهة إن قصد بذلك التبرك بالصالحين والأولياء . قال في "النهاية" :" فقد صرحوا بأنه إذا عجز عن استلام الحجر يسن أن يشير بعصا وأن يقبلها وقالوا أي أجزاء البيت قبل فحسن ". اهـ وقد ذكر الإمامُ الحافظ الجلال السيوطي في "التوشيح على الجامع الصغير" :" أنه استنبط بعضُ العلماء العارفين من تقبيل الحجر الأسود تقبيلَ قبور الصالحين انتهى ". اهـ

 

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