If I do not say: I visited the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), should I say: I visited the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), or what should I say?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I do not say, "I visited the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)," should I say, "I visited the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)," or what should I say?
Answer:
You say, "I greeted the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)," or "I greeted him." Yes. And if you say, "I visited him," there is no harm, because Malik disliked this only because it is a phrase that was not transmitted and because it is ambiguous. So if by that you mean that you greeted him, that you visited him, meaning you greeted him, then there is no harm. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I do not say, "I visited the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)," should I say, "I visited the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)," or what should I say?
Answer:
You say, "I greeted the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)," or "I greeted him." Yes. And if you say, "I visited him," there is no harm, because Malik disliked this only because it is a phrase that was not transmitted and because it is ambiguous. So if by that you mean that you greeted him, that you visited him, meaning you greeted him, then there is no harm. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1208 /1350] إذا لم أقل: زرت قبر الرسول ﷺ، فهل أقول: زرت الرسول ﷺ، أم ماذا أقول؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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