Traveling to Visit the Grave of One's Mother
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: My mother (may Allah have mercy on her) is buried outside this city, and I am residing here. Is it permissible for me to travel and go to visit her?
The Shaykh:
No, one does not travel for the purpose of visiting graves. It is not permissible to travel for the purpose of visiting a grave, not even the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). You only greet him if you travel to Madinah, meaning if you intend Madinah, intending to pray in al-Masjid al-Nabawi, then visiting the grave of the Messenger is incidental, it is incidental to visiting the mosque. As for traveling to visit graves, it is not permissible because this is an exaggeration regarding graves.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not tie up your mounts," meaning do not travelBulugh al-Maram 5:58 this and al-Masjid al-Aqsa.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: My mother (may Allah have mercy on her) is buried outside this city, and I am residing here. Is it permissible for me to travel and go to visit her?
The Shaykh:
No, one does not travel for the purpose of visiting graves. It is not permissible to travel for the purpose of visiting a grave, not even the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). You only greet him if you travel to Madinah, meaning if you intend Madinah, intending to pray in al-Masjid al-Nabawi, then visiting the grave of the Messenger is incidental, it is incidental to visiting the mosque. As for traveling to visit graves, it is not permissible because this is an exaggeration regarding graves.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not tie up your mounts," meaning do not travel
except to three mosques: al-Masque al-Haram (in Makkah ), the Aqsa mosque, or this
إلا إلى ثلاثة مساجد المسجد الحرام ومسجدي
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما تسميته بالصوت الأحمق والصوت الفاجر — islamhouse.com (1:00:56)
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