he should make supplication there, and some have said that whoever invokes blessings upon him seventy times at his grave and then supplicates will have his prayer answered.
Some jurists, when arguing for the permissibility of reciting the Qur’an at the grave, said: “It is a spot where one may offer greetings, remembrance, and supplication; therefore recitation is likewise permissible there (1) just as in any other place.”
Certain people have seen dreams encouraging supplication at the graves of particular shaykhs, and groups have tried it for themselves and found their prayers answered at well-known graves—such as that of Shaykh Abū al-Faraj al-Shīrāzī al-Maqdisī (2) and others.
In our own times, and those close to them, we have met men of merit—both in knowledge and in practice—who would deliberately go to such graves to make duʿāʾ or to remain in devotion beside them. Among them were scholars of great distinction, and among them were men endowed with extraordinary gifts. How, then, can these people be dismissed?
I mention this question—remote though it is from the paths of sound knowledge and religion—only because it is the strongest proof to which the grave-enthusiasts (3) cling.
[Refutation of the claim that the Ummah has unanimously approved supplicating at graves]
We say: Regarding the practice we have deemed reprehensible, no report—so far as we know—transmits anything to show that it is recommended.