Prayer: Is It Permissible to Use Masjid Water for Pouring Over Graves Near a Cemetery?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Is It Permissible to Use Masjid Water for Pouring Over Graves Near a Cemetery?

English:

Question #403:

There is a masjid near a graveyard. When some believers come to pay a visit to the graves of their dead, they take water from the masjid to pour over the gravestones. We do not know whether this water has been endowed for the masjid or may be subject to general use. And assuming that we know that the water is not endowed for the masjid, and we do not know whether or not it is allocated for use in wuḍū’ and toilet uses, is it permissible to use the water in the said way?

Answer #403:

There will be no problem in taking water from the masjid for pouring over the gravestones located outside if it is commonly practiced, nobody objects to doing that, and there is no evidence suggesting that the endowment was specifically for wuḍū’ and purification only.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer