The ruling on visiting mosques built over graves for the purpose of sightseeing
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! I was in an Arab country this summer where seeking nearness to Allah through the people of the graves is common. There are mosques built over the graves of some of the righteous. I went to see the mosque, but I did not enter. Do I have a sin on me or not?
Answer:
If your intention was to know the falsehood in order to refute it and respond to it, that is good. But if your intention was merely sightseeing, without refutation and without [refuting it], then it is not permissible. It is not permissible to visit these places except for one who wants to know them in order to warn against them and respond to their people. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh! I was in an Arab country this summer where seeking nearness to Allah through the people of the graves is common. There are mosques built over the graves of some of the righteous. I went to see the mosque, but I did not enter. Do I have a sin on me or not?
Answer:
If your intention was to know the falsehood in order to refute it and respond to it, that is good. But if your intention was merely sightseeing, without refutation and without [refuting it], then it is not permissible. It is not permissible to visit these places except for one who wants to know them in order to warn against them and respond to their people. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 93- حكم زيارة المساجد المبنيّة على القبور بقصد التفرُّج - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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