When is it permissible to visit ancient sites?
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The questioner:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on visiting the pyramids and other ancient sites?
The Shaykh:
What is the ruling on?
The questioner:
Visiting the pyramids.
The Shaykh:
The pyramids.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
They are forbidden. We said that visiting ancient sites for the sake of taking a lesson and being admonished is a required matter, but visiting them for the sake of admiration and praising them is not permissible. Yes.
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on visiting the pyramids and other ancient sites?
The Shaykh:
What is the ruling on?
The questioner:
Visiting the pyramids.
The Shaykh:
The pyramids.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
They are forbidden. We said that visiting ancient sites for the sake of taking a lesson and being admonished is a required matter, but visiting them for the sake of admiration and praising them is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [116] متى يجوز زيارة الآثار القديمة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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