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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Visiting Graves for Men and Women

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Question:
What is the ruling on visiting graves for men and women, even if there is no mixing? We ask for clarification. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Visiting graves is recommended for men, provided the intention is what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed: taking a lesson from the state of the dead, making supplication for the deceased, seeking forgiveness for them, and sending blessings upon them. This is a legislated, recommended visit for men. As for women, it is not permissible for them to visit graves, because visiting graves is specific to men, as evidenced by the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “May Allah curse the women who visit graves,” and in another narration: “May Allah curse
the women who visit the graves, and those who use them as Masajid and put torches on themزائرات القبور والمتخذين عليها المساجد والسرج
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 320Da'if (Darussalam)
.” Cursing implies that this is a major sin among the major sins. This is because a woman is an awrah (part of the body that must be covered) and because a woman is weak.
It is feared that if she sees the grave of a relative, she will be affected and may become distressed or wail, and she will not be patient. In addition, she is an awrah, and her going out exposes her to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), because there may be men in the cemetery, and usually there are men there, and mixing occurs, which leads to fitnah. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4655- حكم زيارة القبور للرجال والنساء - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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