Question
One day I visited my mother grave, and I sat down on her grave while praying for her. When someone noticed my action, he corrected me and said it is haram. Could you please give proofs from the Quran or the Sunnah of Muhammad (Pbuh) that prohibit this?
Answer
Praise be to Allaah (SWT)
Narrated by Abu Hurairah (may Allaah be pleased with him)
that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "It
is much better for one of you to sit on a live coal, which will burn his
clothes and get to his skin than to sit on a grave."
[Sahih Muslim]
Narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah (May Allaah be pleased
with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings be upon him)
forbade that the graves should be plastered (made into permanent structures),
used as sitting places (for the people) or building over them".
[Sahih
Muslim]
Narrated by Abu Marthad Kannaz bin Husain (May Allaah be
pleased with him) that: he heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
be upon him) saying: "Do not offer Solaat (prayer) facing the graves and
do not sit on them.''
[Sahih Muslim].
Commentary:
1. It is prohibited to face the graves while offering
Solaat. Its reason seems to be that it creates a resemblance to polytheists.
Moreover, it has a trace of reverence for someone other than Allaah, which
takes one towards Shirk.
2. It is forbidden for Muslims to sit on the graves because
it is disrespect of man whom Allaah has honoured.
Therefore Muslims should avoid both practices mentioned
above. Imam An-Nawawi said: Our companions (the scholars) said that it is
Makruh (undesirable) to plaster the grave; while sitting, leaning against it or
resting on it is Haram (forbidden).
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