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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on practicing the sport of walking around graveyards?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on practicing the sport of walking on graveyards, where we see many people doing this constantly?

Answer:
On the graveyards, meaning around the images of the graves from the outside, from the outside, they want to exercise. This is, in reality, imitating the tawaf (circumambulation). This should be prevented and avoided, as it involves imitation.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [177 -521] ما حكم ممارسة رياضة المشي حول المقابر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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