The Ruling on Traveling to Visit Graves
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The questioner:
There is no doubt that what is intended is the trade of graves; because it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), or a place where people worship, this is wrong. As for traveling for other interests; trade, buying and selling, trade with some relatives, there is no harm in that, yes. May Allah reward you. A man, O Shaykh, travels to visit his mother’s grave on 'Id al-Adha and 'Id al-Fitr and makes du'a' (supplication) for her?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible, it is not permissible to travel to graves, not to his mother’s grave, nor to any other grave.
The questioner:
They traveled to the people of something.
The Shaykh:
He makes du'a' for her in the house, in his house, in the mosque, and while traveling, he makes du'a' for her in the house, in his place, in his house, and on the road, and praise be to Allah, and in the plane, and in the car, and while he is walking, he makes du'a' for her.
The questioner:
If the cemetery is outside the town.
The Shaykh:
He enters except a place, no, you do not travel to a place except to the mosques, as for traveling for trade or for visiting or for lectures, there is nothing wrong with it, and there is no disagreement among the scholars on that,
The questioner:
If it is a place, meaning installment.
The Shaykh:
Or a specific place is designated for which one travels; because there is a grave in it, or because a righteous man prayed in it, or something similar to that.
The questioner:
If the cemetery, may Allah bless you, is outside the town, far from the town, sixty kilometers or fifty kilometers?
The Shaykh:
One does not travel to it, yes.
There is no doubt that what is intended is the trade of graves; because it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), or a place where people worship, this is wrong. As for traveling for other interests; trade, buying and selling, trade with some relatives, there is no harm in that, yes. May Allah reward you. A man, O Shaykh, travels to visit his mother’s grave on 'Id al-Adha and 'Id al-Fitr and makes du'a' (supplication) for her?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible, it is not permissible to travel to graves, not to his mother’s grave, nor to any other grave.
The questioner:
They traveled to the people of something.
The Shaykh:
He makes du'a' for her in the house, in his house, in the mosque, and while traveling, he makes du'a' for her in the house, in his place, in his house, and on the road, and praise be to Allah, and in the plane, and in the car, and while he is walking, he makes du'a' for her.
The questioner:
If the cemetery is outside the town.
The Shaykh:
He enters except a place, no, you do not travel to a place except to the mosques, as for traveling for trade or for visiting or for lectures, there is nothing wrong with it, and there is no disagreement among the scholars on that,
The questioner:
If it is a place, meaning installment.
The Shaykh:
Or a specific place is designated for which one travels; because there is a grave in it, or because a righteous man prayed in it, or something similar to that.
The questioner:
If the cemetery, may Allah bless you, is outside the town, far from the town, sixty kilometers or fifty kilometers?
The Shaykh:
One does not travel to it, yes.
Source
أجزاء من كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد، بداية من باب ما جاء أن الغلو في قبور الصالحين يصيرها أوثانًا تعبد من دون الله — islamhouse.com (15:00)
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