Is it permissible to visit the temples of disbelievers and idols for the purpose of tourism?
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The questioner:
Yes. Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on visiting the temples of disbelievers and idols purely for the sake of tourism?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. Visiting them is not permissible except to call them to Allah, to invite them to Allah, and to explain the invalidity of their beliefs. As for one who visits them merely to look around, this is not permissible, because something of deviation, or love for them, or belief in the claims of their people may enter his heart, and he may be destroyed, may Allah protect us from that. It is not permissible for him. With you? In it? Allah? Why? Go there, yes.
Yes. Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on visiting the temples of disbelievers and idols purely for the sake of tourism?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. Visiting them is not permissible except to call them to Allah, to invite them to Allah, and to explain the invalidity of their beliefs. As for one who visits them merely to look around, this is not permissible, because something of deviation, or love for them, or belief in the claims of their people may enter his heart, and he may be destroyed, may Allah protect us from that. It is not permissible for him. With you? In it? Allah? Why? Go there, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11- هل يجوز زيارة معابد الكفار والأصنام بقصد السياحة؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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