Do not turn your houses like graves, and do not take my grave a place for celebration, and invoke (Allah's) blessings upon me, for your invoking of Allah's blessings upon me will reach me wherever you may be
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"Do not turn your houses like graves, and do not take my grave a place for celebration, and invoke (Allah's) blessings upon me, for your invoking of Allah's blessings upon me will reach me wherever you may be."
«لَا تَجْعَلُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ قُبُورًا، وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا قَبْرِي عِيدًا، وَصَلُّوا عَلَيَّ؛ فَإِنَّ صَلَاتَكُمْ تَبْلُغُنِي حَيْثُ كُنْتُمْ».
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that houses be free from prayers and thus become like graves, where prayer is not offered. He forbade frequently visiting his grave and gathering there in an usual manner, for this is a means leading to polytheism. He commanded that we invoke Allah's blessings upon him from any place on earth, for this will reach him from the near and the distant places alike; so, there is no need to frequent his grave.
ولا تجعلوا قبري عيدًا: العيد: ما يعتاد مجيئه وقصده من زمان ومكان، أي: لا تتخذوا قبري محل اجتماعٍ تترددون إليه وتعتادونه للصلاة والدعاء وغير ذلك.
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that houses be free from the worship of Allah Almighty.
It is forbidden to travel to pay a visit to the Prophet's grave, as he commanded that when we invoke Allah's blessings upon him, they reach him. We may only travel to go to the mosque and pray there.
It is prohibited to make visiting the Prophet's grave a form of celebration by repeating it in a specific way and at a specific time. This also applies to visiting any other grave.
This points out the Prophet's high status in the sight of his Lord, as Allah Almighty made the invocation of His blessings upon him permissible from any place and at any time.
As it was well established among the Companions that prayer must not be offered at graves, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade to make houses like graves where prayer is not performed.
Sunan Abi Dawood (3/ 385) (2042).
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الجديد في شرح كتاب التوحيد.
لمحمد القرعاوي (ص202).
الملخص في شرح كتاب التوحيد.
لصالح الفوزان (ص185).
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7 Books- A Concise Summary of the Etiquettes of Travel, Description of Hajj and ‘Umrah, Etiquettes of Visiting, and Comprehensive Supplications, with an Appendix on Fatwas and Violations.3- المختصر في آداب زيارة المسجد النبوي وأحكامها (للحرمين)“Do not make your houses into graves, and do not make my grave a place of constant return, and invoke blessings (of Allah) upon me, for they will reach me wherever you may be.” [2]
- Hisn Al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim) Supplications from the Qur’an and Sunnahحصن المسلم"Do not make my grave a place for celebration, and invoke blessings of Allah upon me, for they will reach me wherever you are." [266]
- رسالة في الأذكار1«لَا تَجْعَلُوا قَبْرِي عِيدًا، وَصَلُّوا عَلَيَّ؛ فَإِنَّ صَلَاتَكُمْ تَبْلُغُنِي حَيْثُ كُنْتُمْ».
- The Book of Monotheismكتاب التوحيد للشيخ محمد بن عبد الوهاب“Do not make your houses like graves, and do not make my grave a place for celebration, and invoke blessings (of Allah) on me for they will reach me wherever you may be.”
- The Imān (faith) that Allah has ordained on His servants, based on the noble Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah."And invoke Allah's blessings upon me, for your invocations of Allah's blessings upon me reach me wherever you are."
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- المختصر في آداب زيارة المسجد النبوي وأحكامهاالمختصر في آداب زيارة المسجد النبوي وأحكامها (للحرمين)«لَا تَجْعَلُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ قُبُورًا، وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا قَبْرِي عِيدًا، وَصَلُّوا عَلَيَّ، فَإِنَّ صَلَاتَكُمْ تَبْلُغُنِي حَيْثُ كُنْتُمْ» [2].
- مجموعة زاد العقيده (4)العقيدة 4«لا تَجْعَلُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ قُبُورًا، وَلا تَجْعَلُوا قَبْرِي عِيدًا، وَصَلُّوا عَلَيَّ؛ فَإِنَّ صَلاتَكُمْ تَبْلُغُنِي حَيْثُ كُنْتُمْ».