Traveling to the site of the Battle of Badr for the purpose of sightseeing
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible to benefit from the money found at shrines and graves?
The Shaykh:
Clarifying the question, what is he saying?
The questioner:
A person wants to go to the place where the Battle of Badr took place for the sake of sightseeing and taking a lesson, is that permissible for him?
The Shaykh:
No, traveling there is not allowed. No, do not travel for the sake of sightseeing. But if you pass by the site of the Battle of Badr, visit the cemetery and visit the martyrs in it and greet them, because this is incidental. As for traveling to visit a grave, that is not permissible. Or traveling to see the site of the battle, no, that is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible to benefit from the money found at shrines and graves?
The Shaykh:
Clarifying the question, what is he saying?
The questioner:
A person wants to go to the place where the Battle of Badr took place for the sake of sightseeing and taking a lesson, is that permissible for him?
The Shaykh:
No, traveling there is not allowed. No, do not travel for the sake of sightseeing. But if you pass by the site of the Battle of Badr, visit the cemetery and visit the martyrs in it and greet them, because this is incidental. As for traveling to visit a grave, that is not permissible. Or traveling to see the site of the battle, no, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... - 1 — islamhouse.com (56:45)
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