The ruling on traveling to the lands of Thamud for the purpose of viewing them
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The questioner:
Benefits from the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. There are issues regarding the stones, meaning some people, out of innocence, go and say, "I want to see the ruins?"
The Shaykh:
Traveling for the purpose of sightseeing them is not permissible, because this involves venerating them, because this involves venerating them, so traveling for the purpose of sightseeing them is not permissible. However, if a person passes by on his way and did not intend to visit them but passed by them on his way, there is no harm in looking at them for the sake of taking a lesson. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 4702
The questioner:
Just as it has become.
The Shaykh:
Just as it was afflicted. So if a person passes by them without intention while on his way, there is no objection to looking at them for the sake of taking a lesson and being admonished. But looking at them for the sake of venerating them, and saying that this is a civilization, and that, and that
The questioner:
And they built and did.
The Shaykh:
That they did, and these are our ancestors and our fathers, and taking pride in this, then this is taking pride in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and this is a matter that is not permissible. It is not permissible to say that it is a development, that it is cared for, and that it is made a place of visitation as part of tourism as they say. All of this is from venerating matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and this action is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Is there a specific characteristic that it is the land of a destroyed people who disobeyed Allah, so He punished them? Is it also
The Shaykh:
A lesson in it, a lesson. Those are their houses, empty
The questioner:
Because of their wrongdoing.
The Shaykh:
because of their wrongdoing,[Al-Qasas 28:58], so that is where the lesson lies. As for magnifying it and taking pride in it, that is not permissible, because it is boasting in matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance.
Benefits from the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. There are issues regarding the stones, meaning some people, out of innocence, go and say, "I want to see the ruins?"
The Shaykh:
Traveling for the purpose of sightseeing them is not permissible, because this involves venerating them, because this involves venerating them, so traveling for the purpose of sightseeing them is not permissible. However, if a person passes by on his way and did not intend to visit them but passed by them on his way, there is no harm in looking at them for the sake of taking a lesson. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not enter (the dwelling places) of these people unless you enter weeping, but if you weep not, then do not enter upon them, lest
لاَ تَدْخُلُوا عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ الْقَوْمِ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ فَإِنْ يصيبكمThe questioner:
Just as it has become.
The Shaykh:
Just as it was afflicted. So if a person passes by them without intention while on his way, there is no objection to looking at them for the sake of taking a lesson and being admonished. But looking at them for the sake of venerating them, and saying that this is a civilization, and that, and that
The questioner:
And they built and did.
The Shaykh:
That they did, and these are our ancestors and our fathers, and taking pride in this, then this is taking pride in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and this is a matter that is not permissible. It is not permissible to say that it is a development, that it is cared for, and that it is made a place of visitation as part of tourism as they say. All of this is from venerating matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and this action is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Is there a specific characteristic that it is the land of a destroyed people who disobeyed Allah, so He punished them? Is it also
The Shaykh:
A lesson in it, a lesson. Those are their houses, empty
The questioner:
Because of their wrongdoing.
The Shaykh:
because of their wrongdoing,
and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly
فَتِلْكَ مَسَاكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّن بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [685] حكم السفر إلى ديار ثمود من أجل مشاهدتها |فوائد شرح اقتضاء الصراط المستقيم|الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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