Ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I prohibited you from visiting graves, but visit them now. Verily, they will weaken your attachment to the world and remind you of the Hereafter.”
Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 1571
Alhamdulillah we have a well organized Cemetery which serves our local community.
Phase 2
The Phase which is currently in usage, it was brought into use around 2000, it will probably last us some more time before we must start expansion into Phase 3
Sitting areas
Come recite some Quran as you sit amongst your brothers and sisters who have passed. We recently built 3 separate comfortable and clean sitting spaces.
Phase 1
Our old section of the cemetery, in contains graves which date back to the 80’s, this part was filled up around 2000.
Islamic Society of Gastonia 