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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Some of the brothers have decided to visit al-Madinah, and their travel program includes visiting the shrines and the seven mosques

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Some of the brothers have decided to make a visit to al-Madinah, and part of the program is visiting the shrines in al-Madinah, such as Mount Uhud, the seven mosques, and al-Baqi'. Is this action permissible?

Answer:
Visiting the seven mosques is a bid'ah (religious innovation) with no basis. These seven mosques are a superstition with no basis, and they are not to be visited. In al-Madinah, only two mosques are to be visited: the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Mosque of Quba, only these two. The rest of the mosques are not to be visited. However, if a person is overtaken by the time for prayer, he prays in any mosque without intending to do so. But if he intends to visit them specifically to pray in them and believes there is a reward in doing so, that is a bid'ah (religious innovation), except for the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Mosque of Quba.
As for visiting graves, visiting al-Baqi' and the martyrs of Uhud, this is a sunnah (recommended practice). It is prescribed to visit graves and make du'a' (supplication) for them. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [431 -954] بعض الإخوان قرروا زيارة المدينة، ومن ضمن برنامج السفر زيارة المشاهد والمساجد السبعة.. — youtube.com

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