What is the ruling on traveling to visit tourist and historical sites?
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Question:
A questioner says: Does the prohibition we have discussed regarding visiting Mount Sinai and making a journey to it extend to the prohibition of visiting historical sites and tourist places related to history?
Answer:
What is good about these historical sites that are brought to our attention and highlighted? This is a means to exaggeration regarding them. This is so-and-so's house, this is so-and-so's grave. This is not permissible. There are no historical sites to be visited and honored, absolutely not. Yes.
A questioner says: Does the prohibition we have discussed regarding visiting Mount Sinai and making a journey to it extend to the prohibition of visiting historical sites and tourist places related to history?
Answer:
What is good about these historical sites that are brought to our attention and highlighted? This is a means to exaggeration regarding them. This is so-and-so's house, this is so-and-so's grave. This is not permissible. There are no historical sites to be visited and honored, absolutely not. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم السفر لزيارة الأماكن السياحية والتاريخية؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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