What is the ruling on reviving historical sites?
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Question:
What is the ruling on what is called reviving historical sites?
Answer:
Only the traces of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) are to be revived: the hadiths. The *athar* are the established hadiths from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The hadith is called the science of *athar*; the science of *athar* is the Prophetic *athar*, meaning the established hadiths from him (peace and blessings be upon him). As for following places and sites, this was not the way of the Salaf, nor the practice of the Salaf, and there is no good in it either, because it leads to religious innovations and newly invented matters, and to attaching oneself to these places and seeking blessing from them. This is not permissible. Yes.
What is the ruling on what is called reviving historical sites?
Answer:
Only the traces of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) are to be revived: the hadiths. The *athar* are the established hadiths from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The hadith is called the science of *athar*; the science of *athar* is the Prophetic *athar*, meaning the established hadiths from him (peace and blessings be upon him). As for following places and sites, this was not the way of the Salaf, nor the practice of the Salaf, and there is no good in it either, because it leads to religious innovations and newly invented matters, and to attaching oneself to these places and seeking blessing from them. This is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم إحياء الآثار؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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