The Meaning of the Hadith: Aisha and What I Say When I Come to the Graves

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says, may Allah preserve you: It is mentioned in some hadiths that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her)

Are you the dark figure that used to follow me?

أأنت السواد الذي كان يتبعني؟

and in it she said directly

Narrated Abdullah ibn Khubayb: We went out one rainy and intensely dark night to look for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to lead us in prayer, and when we found him, he asked: Have you prayed?, but I did not say anything. So he said: Say, but I did not say anything. He again said: Say, but I did not say anything. He then said: Say. So I said: What am I to say? He said: Say: "Say, He is Allah, One," and al-Mu'awwadhatan three times in the morning and evening; they will serve you for every purpose.

يا رسول الله، ما أقول إذا جئت القبور؟

Sunan Abi Dawud 5082Hasan (Al-Albani)

so he said

Say so and so,

قولوا كذا،

Does this mean that this evidence permits them to visit the graves?

Answer:
If she passes by on the road, but she does not enter the cemetery; a woman does not enter the cemetery as a visitor, she does not enter it, and she does not accompany funeral processions; this is not a matter for women. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them:

Then go back with a burden of sin and not rewarded.

أرجعن مأزورات غير مأجورات

Sunan Ibn Majah 1578Da’if (Darussalam)

Yes.

Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 27-12-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (47:14)

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