Visiting Cemetery

Supplications at the cemetery

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السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ، أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الْعَافِيَةَ

As-salamu 'alaykum ahlad-diyari minal-mu'minina wal-muslimin, wa inna in sha'Allahu bikum lahiqun, as'alullaha lana wa lakumul-'afiyah.

Peace be upon you, O inhabitants of these abodes among the believers and Muslims. And we shall, if Allah wills, join you. I ask Allah for well-being for us and for you.

Virtue

The Prophet ﷺ used to pronounce this greeting when entering the cemetery.

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السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ، نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الْعَافِيَةَ، اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُمْ، وَلَا تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُمْ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُمْ

As-salamu 'alaykum ahlad-diyari minal-mu'minina wal-muslimin, wa inna in sha'Allahu bikum lahiqun, nas'alullaha lana wa lakumul-'afiyah. Allahumma la tahrimna ajrahum, wa la taftinna ba'dahum, waghfir lana wa lahum.

Peace be upon you, O inhabitants of these abodes among the believers and Muslims. And we shall, if Allah wills, join you. We ask Allah for well-being for us and for you. O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward, do not put us to trial after them, and forgive us and them.

Virtue

A more complete variant of the cemetery greeting, reported in Sahih Muslim.

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Muslim (974)

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ، وَأَتَاكُمْ مَا تُوعَدُونَ غَدًا مُؤَجَّلُونَ، وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ. اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأَهْلِ بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ

As-salamu 'alaykum dara qawmin mu'minin, wa atakum ma tu'aduna ghadan mu'ajjalun, wa inna in sha'Allahu bikum lahiqun. Allahummaghfir li-ahli Baqi'il-Gharqad.

Peace be upon you, abode of a believing people. What you were promised has come to you, with a set time for tomorrow, and we shall, if Allah wills, join you. O Allah, forgive the inhabitants of Baqi' al-Gharqad.

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'Aisha reported that the Prophet ﷺ used to go to the cemetery of al-Baqi' at the end of the night and pronounce this greeting.

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