Visiting graveyards that contain domes and shrines of shirk (associating partners with Allah)
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside this country says: In our country, there are several graveyards that contain domes and shrines of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and bid'ah (religious innovations) such as tabarruk (seeking blessing from a thing or person), tawaf (circumambulation), and slaughtering animals. His question is: Is it prescribed to visit them as one visits other graveyards for the lawful purpose of visiting the dead and making du'a' (supplication) for the deceased there?
Answer:
One should visit them only if he denounces the evil and clarifies the truth; otherwise, if he does not denounce it and does not clarify it, he should not visit them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside this country says: In our country, there are several graveyards that contain domes and shrines of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and bid'ah (religious innovations) such as tabarruk (seeking blessing from a thing or person), tawaf (circumambulation), and slaughtering animals. His question is: Is it prescribed to visit them as one visits other graveyards for the lawful purpose of visiting the dead and making du'a' (supplication) for the deceased there?
Answer:
One should visit them only if he denounces the evil and clarifies the truth; otherwise, if he does not denounce it and does not clarify it, he should not visit them. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب العضل — islamhouse.com (1:04:48)
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