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ZIYARAH

ZIYARAH. Literally, “visitation,” ziyarah technically refers to visiting gravesites (ziydrat al-qubur) for the purpose of praying for the dead and remembering death. According to well-documented practices in all Sunni compilations, at some point in the period between 61o and 622, the Prophet had apparently forbidden visitation to gravesites because of the exaggerated importance attached to

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