Purity: Is Sprinkling Water on Graves Mustaḥabb Only on Burial Day or Always?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Purity: Is Sprinkling Water on Graves Mustaḥabb Only on Burial Day or Always?
English:
Question #234:
According to some traditions, such as the one in the book “La‘ālī al-Akhbār, it is mustaḥabb to sprinkle water on graves. Is this recommendation limited to the day of burial or is it general, as maintained by the author of this book? What is your eminence’s opinion?
Answer #234:
Sprinkling water on the grave on the day of burial is mustaḥabb and there is no problem in doing so later on in the hope that this maybe desired in shar‘.