[31] Reciting a Surah for the deceased in a graveyard...

[31] Reciting a Surah for the deceased in a graveyard: – أَقُولُ وَجَدْتُ فِي بَعْضِ مُؤَلَّفَاتِ أَصْحَابِنَا نَاقِلًا عَنِ الْمُفِيدِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ مَنْ قَرَأَ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فِي مَقْبَرَةٍ مِنْ مَقَابِرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ ثَوَابَ سَبْعِينَ نَبِيّاً وَ مَنْ تَرَحَّمَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْمَقَابِرِ نَجَا مِنَ النَّارِ وَ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَ هُوَ يَضْحَكُ I say, ‘I found in one of the compilations of our companions copying from Al Mufeed who said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘One who recited a Verse from the Book of Allah -azwj in a graveyard from graveyards of the Muslims, Allah -azwj will Give him Rewards of seventy Prophets -as , and one who invokes mercy upon people of the grave will attain salvation from the Fire and enter the Paradise while he would be smiling’’.

[32] وَ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع‏ مَنْ أَتَى قَبْرَ أَخِيهِ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ وَ قَرَأَ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَمِنَ مِنَ الْفَزَعِ الْأَكْبَرِ And from Al-Reza -asws : ‘One who comes to the grave of his brother and places his hand upon the grave, and recites (Surah) Al Qadr seven times, he (deceased) would be safe from the greatest panic’’.

[33] وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا يُقَالُ فِي الْمَقَابِرِ إِذَا مَرَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ تَقِفَ وَ تَقُولَ اللَّهُمَّ وَلِّهِمْ مَا تَوَلَّوْا وَ احْشُرْهُمْ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبُّوا And it is reported that the most excellent of what can be said in the graveyard, when one passes by it, is to paused and say, ‘O Allah -azwj !

Befriend them to what they had befriended, and Gather them with the one they loved!’’ [34] عُدَّةُ الدَّاعِي، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: وَ مَنْ دَخَلَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ يس خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَ كَانَ لَهُ بِعَدَدِ مَنْ فِيهَا حَسَنَاتٌ (The book) ‘Uddat Al Daie’ – ‘From the Prophet -saww having said: ‘And the one who enters the graveyard and recites Surah Yaseen, Allah -azwj will Lighten (punishment) from them on that day, and for him would good deeds the number of the ones in it (the graveyard)’’.

[35] Sprinkling water on a grave for 40 days: قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ رَآنِي صَاحِبُ الْمَقْبَرَةِ وَ أَنَا عِنْدَ الْقَبْرِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لِي مَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ صَاحِبُ هَذَا الْقَبْرِ فَإِنَّ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُوسَى ع أَوْصَانِي بِهِ وَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَرُشَّ قَبْرَهُ أَرْبَعِينَ شَهْراً أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ He said, ‘It is narrated to me by Muhammad Bin Al-Waleed.