Visiting the Taj Mahal and churches for the purpose of tourism
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Some Muslims, when they travel to India or the Western countries, visit the famous grave in India known as the Taj Mahal, and they visit the churches in the lands of the disbelievers. They say they do this for the purpose of tourism and sightseeing. Is this permissible?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible unless they denounce these things and clarify their corruption. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Some Muslims, when they travel to India or the Western countries, visit the famous grave in India known as the Taj Mahal, and they visit the churches in the lands of the disbelievers. They say they do this for the purpose of tourism and sightseeing. Is this permissible?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible unless they denounce these things and clarify their corruption. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وتلاعب الشيطان بالمشركين في عبادة الأصنام له أسباب عديدة — islamhouse.com (54:19)
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