Visiting the Graves at the Start of Every Year

Question

In Benares the devotees of ‘urs celebrations (death anniversaries of saints) and the clamorous gentlemen among the people of bid‘a (innovation in religion) have now, as the season demands, begun singing their tune about niyaz (votive offerings), fatiha, ‘urs and all the other paraphernalia [of these rites]. In this connection, regarding the annual attendance at shrines, the opposing party wrote only this: that the Prophet ﷺ used to go to Uhud every year, taking the noble Companions ﵃ with him.

Answer

Certain special circumstances also attached to the martyrs of Uhud: for instance, although the funeral prayer had been performed over them before burial, the funeral prayer was performed over them again during the blessed lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ, as Imam al-Tahawi ﵀ has explicitly stated; and the prayer was performed over Hazrat Hamza ﵁ repeatedly, together with all the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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