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Question ID: 2104Country: India
Answer ID: 2104
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 540/540=L)
Chaadar poshi (covering grave with sheet) is innovation (bidaÂ’h) and thus unlawful:
تکرہ الستور علی القبور (شامی: 3/145، ط زکریا دیوبند)
There is nothing wrong in visiting to the graves of pious people, but one should go there according to sunnah and return after fatiha and isaal-e-sawab (conveying the reward). It is haram to invoke their mercy in ones needs.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India