A dome over the graves of mashayikh and sayyids

Question

The respected Mawlawi Amjad ‘Ali Rizwi Barelvi has written the following rulings in his book “Bahar-e Shari‘at” (“The Spring of the Shari‘a”). Thousands of people act upon this book, but it seems wrong to me. Kindly correct it: if [these rulings] are wrong, write a refutation. First ruling. In the fourth part, p.

Answer

The full state of this book’s rulings would become known by looking at the book itself, but the answer to the rulings mentioned is as follows. (First ruling.) This is not stated in “al-Durr al-Mukhtar”. The text of “al-Durr al-Mukhtar” is: [ar]ولا يطين، ولا يرفع عليه بناء، وقيل: لا بأس به، وهو المختار، كما في كراهة السراجية[/ar] “[The grave] is not plastered with mud and no…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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