The Ruling on Entering Churches and Temples for Sightseeing and the Response to Their People
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does the entry of Umm Salimah and Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with them both) into the church indicate the permissibility of entering churches and temples for sightseeing and tourism?
Answer:
For sightseeing and tourism, one may be affected by something, just as they were affected. However, entering in order to know what they are upon, in order to know their falsehood and to respond to them, there is no harm in that. You may enter while you are denouncing this matter, but only to learn what they are upon so that you know Allah’s blessing upon them. For this reason, they did not respond to them by way of consideration. As for the one who enters for sightseeing and the dead, and does not denounce what is in it, this is not permissible.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does the entry of Umm Salimah and Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with them both) into the church indicate the permissibility of entering churches and temples for sightseeing and tourism?
Answer:
For sightseeing and tourism, one may be affected by something, just as they were affected. However, entering in order to know what they are upon, in order to know their falsehood and to respond to them, there is no harm in that. You may enter while you are denouncing this matter, but only to learn what they are upon so that you know Allah’s blessing upon them. For this reason, they did not respond to them by way of consideration. As for the one who enters for sightseeing and the dead, and does not denounce what is in it, this is not permissible.
Source
دخول الكنائس والمعابد للسياحة — alfawzan.live
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