[55] Visiting a Cemetery: – دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع إِذَا نَظَرْتَ إِلَى الْقَبْرِ فَقُلِ- اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا رَوْضَةً مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ لَا تَجْعَلْهَا حُفْرَةً مِنْ حُفَرِ النِّيرَانِ (The book) ‘Dawat’ of Al Rawandy – ‘Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘When you look at the grave, then say, ‘O Allah -saww !
Make it a garden from the gardens of Paradise, and do not Make it a pit from pits of the fires!’ وَ قَالَ إِذَا تَنَاوَلْتَ الْمَيِّتَ فَقُلْ- بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ وَ عَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ لَا إِلَى عَذَابِكَ And he -asws said: ‘When you take the deceased, then say, ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj , and by Allah -azwj , and upon the religion of Rasool-Allah -saww ! O Allah -azwj !
To Your -azwj Mercy and not to Your -azwj Punishment!’ ثُمَّ تَسُلُّ الْمَيِّتَ سَلًّا فَإِذَا وَضَعْتَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ فَضَعْهُ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَ حُلَّ عُقَدَ كَفَنِهِ وَ ضَعْ خَدَّهُ عَلَى التُّرَابِ وَ قُلْ- أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ- بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَ اقْرَأِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ Then slide the deceased a gentle sliding.
When you have placed him in his grave, place him upon his right side facing the Qiblah, and loosen the knot of his shroud, and place his cheek upon the soil and say, ‘I seek Refuge with Allah -azwj from the Pelted Satan -la ! In the Name of Allah -azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful’, and recite (Surah) Al Hamd, and (Surah) Al Tawheed, and ‘Al Moauzateyn’, and ‘Ayat Al-Kursi’.
Your -azwj servant and son of Your -azwj servant, has lodged with You -azwj , and Your -azwj are the best to be lodging with. O Allah -azwj ! If he was a good doer, then Increase in his goodness, and if he was an evil doer, then Overlook from him, and Join him with his Prophet -saww Muhammad -saww , and righteous ones of his -saww Shias, and Guide us and him to the Straight Path! O Allah -azwj ! Your -azwj Pardon!