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Death and Wills The Majlis Vol 24 No 09, p.4

I saw in the cemetery a man wearing jeans and Tshirt smoking.

Question

I saw in the cemetery a man wearing jeans and T-shirt smoking. At the graveside of his relative. Is it permissible to smoke inside the cemetery?

Answer

Once when Hadhrat Hasan Basri (Rahmatullah alayh) saw a man eating bread in a Qabrustaan, he commented that the man was a 'munaafiq'. The chap with the jeans smoking at the graveside cannot be a Muslim although he may have been born in a Muslim home. His appallingly evil conduct testifies to his kufr. It is haraam to smoke even outside the cemetery or anywhere else.

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Appears under THE EVIL OF DELAYING THE JANAAZAH (approximate).

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