The Etiquette of Visiting the Blessed Grave of the Prophet ﷺ (Rawda)

Question

In “Bahar-e Shari‘at” (“The Spring of the Shari‘a”), part 6, p. 167, it is stated that Imam Muhammad ibn al-Hajj Makki in “al-Madkhal”, Imam Muhammad Qastallani in “al-Mawahib al-Laduniyya”, and the imams of the religion ﵏ say: [ar]لا فرق بين موته وحياته ﷺ، أعني في مشاهدته لأمته ومعرفته بأحوالهم ونياتهم وعزائمهم وخواطرهم، وذلك عندهم جلي لا خفاء فيه[/ar] “There is no difference between his ﷺ death and his life — that is, in his seeing his Umma and his knowing their states, intentions, resolves and thoughts; and…

Answer

“Bahar-e Shari‘at” is not available here, so it is not known what inference it draws from this passage. This passage is found in “al-Madkhal”, vol. 1, p. 259, and likewise in “al-Mawahib al-Laduniyya”, vol. 2, p. 508.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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