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Abu Dawood: Hadith 3236

21. 'Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana''iz)'

سنن أبي داود

21/1210 Chapter:

Visiting Graves

باب فِي زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ

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Abu Dawood
Sahih (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَرِّفُ بْنُ وَاصِلٍ، عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏‏ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَزُورُوهَا فَإِنَّ فِي زِيَارَتِهَا تَذْكِرَةً ‏"‏ ‏‏
Narrated Buraidah:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: I forbade you to visit graves, but you may now visit them, for in visiting them there is a reminder (of death).
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3235
In-book : Book 21, Hadith 147
English translation : Book 20, Hadith 3229