The Ruling on Intending to Visit the Places of the Punished for the Sake of Taking a Lesson
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: Is it prescribed to visit the places of the afflicted for the sake of taking a lesson, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[As-Saffat 37:137-138]? And what is the Islamic etiquette for visiting the places of the afflicted?
Answer:
As for intending to go there or making a detour to them, it is not permissible. But if he passes by them on his way, there is nothing wrong with entering them, on the condition that he is weeping, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 4420 So if he passes by them on his way while going to others, there is nothing wrong with looking at them for the sake of taking a lesson. But that he travels for them and intends to visit them, no. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: Is it prescribed to visit the places of the afflicted for the sake of taking a lesson, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(137) And indeed, you pass by them in the morning (138) And at night. Then will you not use reason?
وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ وَبِاللَّيْلِ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَAnswer:
As for intending to go there or making a detour to them, it is not permissible. But if he passes by them on his way, there is nothing wrong with entering them, on the condition that he is weeping, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not enter upon these people who are being punished, except in a weeping state, lest the same calamity as of theirs should befall you...
لا تدخلوا على هؤلاء المعذبين إلا أن تكونوا باكين أن يصيبكم ما أصابهم،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [333- 4717] حكم قصد بقاع المعذبين للاعتبار - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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