Will Rasulullah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ intercede for me if I visit his grave?
Question
Is there any hadith that if one visits the roza-e-pak of Rasuallah (saw) in Medina then Rasuallah (saw) will do shifat for him on Day of Judgement.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The following is narrated in a hadith:
Ibn Umar (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Nabi (ﷺ) said: “Whoever visits my grave, my intercession is incumbent for him.[1][2]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Abdullah ibn Mohammed Aijaz
Student Darul Iftaa
Baltimore, USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ , قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ زَارَ قَبْرِي وَجَبَتْ لَهُ شَفَاعَتِي»
[1] سنن الدارقطني (3/ 334)
ثنا الْقَاضِي الْمَحَامِلِيُّ , نا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَرَّاقُ , نا مُوسَى بْنُ هِلَالٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ , عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ , عَنْ نَافِعٍ , عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ,
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ زَارَ قَبْرِي وَجَبَتْ لَهُ شَفَاعَتِي
[2] التعليق الممجد على موطا امام محمد (3/482)
Darul Qalam, Damascus
لأجوبة الفاضلة ،اللكهنوى، 155
Maktaba Matbu’aat Al Islamiyyah, Beirut
- Answered by
- Abdullah ibn Mohammed Aijaz
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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