The Book of Prayer - Funerals
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 976b
Say this
رَبِّي فِي أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهَا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي وَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ فِي أَنْ أَزُورَ قَبْرَهَا فَأُذِنَ لِي فَزُورُوا الْقُبُورَ فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّرُ الْمَوْتَ
rabbī fī an astaghfira lahā falam yuʾdhan lī wāstaʾdhantuhu fī an azūra qabrahā fa-udhina lī fazūrūā al-qubūra fa-innahā tudhakkiru al-mawta
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Huraira reported:The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) visited the grave of his mother and he wept, and moved others around him to tears, and said: I sought permission from my Lord to beg forgiveness for her but it was not granted to me, and I sought permission to visit her grave and it was granted to me so visit the graves, for that makes you mindful of death
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 976b
- Recorded in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, whose narrations are accepted as authentic