What is your opinion regarding a woman visiting the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : He says this.The questioner : What is your esteemed opinion regarding a woman visiting the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh : The scholars of knowledge (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on this issue. Some said: It is forbidden for her to visit the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said:.
And some said: There is no harm in it, because even if she stands at the chamber, she has not visited the grave, as there are three walls between her and the grave, so she has not reached it, and the most she does is stand around the grave.
And I see that as long as the scholars have differed on this issue, and no scholar has deemed it a sin for a woman not to visit the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), I see that she should not visit the grave:
First: That this, even though there are these walls between her and the grave, is called a visit by people.
And second: As long as the scholars are differing on this issue, some saying she commits a sin, and some saying she does not commit a sin or that she earns reward, then safety is safer.
And if she sends greetings to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in any place on earth, her greetings reach the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
The Shaykh : The scholars of knowledge (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on this issue. Some said: It is forbidden for her to visit the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said:
Cursed are the women who visit graves
لعن زائرات القبورAnd some said: There is no harm in it, because even if she stands at the chamber, she has not visited the grave, as there are three walls between her and the grave, so she has not reached it, and the most she does is stand around the grave.
And I see that as long as the scholars have differed on this issue, and no scholar has deemed it a sin for a woman not to visit the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), I see that she should not visit the grave:
First: That this, even though there are these walls between her and the grave, is called a visit by people.
And second: As long as the scholars are differing on this issue, some saying she commits a sin, and some saying she does not commit a sin or that she earns reward, then safety is safer.
And if she sends greetings to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in any place on earth, her greetings reach the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).