134 – Performing ghusl (a ritual bath) before entering Madinah al-Munawwarah.
135 – Reciting, when one’s eyes first fall upon the city walls: “O Allah, this is the sanctuary of Your Messenger; so make it a protection for me against the Fire and a security from punishment and an evil reckoning.”
136 – Saying upon entering the city: “In the name of Allah and upon the religion of the Messenger of Allah: ‘My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit, and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority’” [Qur’an 17:80].
137 – Keeping the Prophet’s grave inside his mosque.
138 – Visiting his grave, peace and blessings be upon him, before performing prayer in his mosque.
139 – Some visitors face the grave with utmost humility, placing the right hand over the left as in prayer—whether near it or at a distance—when entering or leaving the mosque.
140 – Deliberately facing the grave while supplicating.
141 – Intentionally going to the grave to make supplication there in the hope of a favorable answer.
142 – Using him, ﷺ, as a means in one’s supplication to Allah.
143 – Asking him for intercession and other needs.
144 – Ibn al-Hajj’s statement in al-Madkhal ⦗1/159⦘ that part of proper etiquette is “not to mention one’s needs or the forgiveness of one’s sins aloud when visiting his grave ﷺ, because he is more aware of one’s needs and interests.”
145 – His further claim ⦗1/264⦘: “There is no difference between his ﷺ death and his life in his witnessing of his community and his knowledge of their conditions, intentions, sorrows, and thoughts.”
146 – Placing one’s hand, seeking blessing, on the lattice enclosing the chamber of his grave ﷺ and taking oaths there.