12. VISITING THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET (PBUH)
VISITING THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET (ALLAH BLESS HIM AND GIVE HIM PEACE)
It is recommended when one has finished the hajj to visit the tomb of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) (in Medina). (One should enter his mosque with the right foot first, as in any mosque, and say the well-known supplication: “In the name of Allah, praise be to Allah. O Allah, bless our liege lord Muhammad, his folk and his Companions, and give them peace. O Allah, open unto me the gates of Your mercy.”)
HOW TO VISIT THE PROPHET’S TOMB
It is recommended to pray two rak’as to greet his mosque, and then approach the noble and honored tomb and stand at the head of it with one’s back to the direction of prayer (qibla). One bows one’s head and summons to mind reverent awe and humility, then greets the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) and blesses him in a normal voice (saying: “Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah. Peace be upon you. O Prophet of Allah. Peace be upon you, O Chosen One of Allah. Peace be upon you, O Best of Allah’s Creation. Peace be upon you, O Beloved of Allah”), after which one supplicates Allah for whatever one wishes. Then one steps half a meter to the right to greet Abu Bakr, and again to the right to greet ‘Umar (Allah be well pleased with them). Then it is recommended to return to one’s original place and do much of supplicating Allah, turning to Allah through the Prophet (tawassul) (concerning one’s aims and goals, since he is the greatest intermediary, in intercession and other things), and invoking blessings upon him (Allah bless him and give him peace), after which one supplicates beside the pulpit (minbar) and in the Rawda (which is the space designated by the white pillars between the chamber containing. the noble tomb and the pulpit).
It is unlawful to circumambulate the tomb.
It is offensive to nudge the wall around the tomb with one’s back or front, to kiss it, or touch it (with one’s hand. Proper conduct here is to stand back from it as one would if present during his life (Allah bless him and give him peace). This is what is right, and what scholars have said and are agreed upon. One should not be deceived by what some common people do in their ignorance of proper manners, for it is reprehensible innovation (bid’a).
One of the most disgraceful innovations is the eating of dates in the Rawda.
It is recommended to visit al-Baqi’ (the cemetery of Medina. It is desirable to go to it every day, for buried there are the wives of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). some of his children, his father’s brother ‘Abbas, our liegelord ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan the successor of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), a number of his Companions (Sahaba), and Imam Malik, founder of the Maliki school of jurisprudence, the bliss and benefaction of Allah be upon them all).
When one desires to travel. one bids farewell to the mosque by praying two rak’as, and to the noble tomb with a visit and supplication. And Allah knows best.
(Source: The reliance of the traveller, revised edition, Edited and Translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller)
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