<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br> 1) It is recommended to visit the graves in the lawful manner, without specifying certain days for doing so.<br> 2) A person is advised to make the reported supplications upon visiting the graves, as blessing lies in them. However, if he does not memorize any of the reported supplications, he can supplicate as he wishes.<br> 3) The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) was keen to teach his Ummah what is beneficial for them. Knowledge precedes words and deeds.<br> 4) It is a right of the believers in general to receive supplication for them to be forgiven and shown mercy. This is one of the rights of brotherliness that last after death.<br> <br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> Visiting the graves falls under three categories: lawful, innovative, and polytheistic. These were extensively explained by the erudite scholar Hāfiz Hakami (may Allah have mercy upon him) in his work Sullam al-Wusūl Fi Tawhid Allah wa Ittibā‘ al-Rasūl.<br> <br> <b>Words in the Hadith:</b><br> Baqi‘ al-Gharqad: It is the cemetery of the people of Madinah, situated next to the Prophet’s Mosque. It was called so because it used to have Al-Gharqad trees, which were later cut off. Al-Gharqad is a kind of thorny trees.