Those who travel to visit the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as an act of worship argue by citing the travel for seeking knowledge. What is the answer to this?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Those who travel to visit the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as an act of worship argue by citing the travel for seeking knowledge. What is the answer to that?
Answer:
Traveling to seek knowledge is required,[At-Tawbah 9:122], and traveling to visit the grave of the Messenger is not for seeking knowledge; it is not for seeking knowledge, so it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), and therefore it is prohibited. There is a difference between traveling to visit a grave, whether the grave of the Messenger or another, and traveling to seek knowledge.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Those who travel to visit the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as an act of worship argue by citing the travel for seeking knowledge. What is the answer to that?
Answer:
Traveling to seek knowledge is required,
For there should separate from every division of them a group [remaining] to obtain understanding in the religion
فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ طَائِفَةٌ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [475 -939] يحتج من يشد الرحال لزيارة قبر رسول الله ﷺ على وجه القربة بالسفر لطلب العلم، فكيف الجواب؟ — youtube.com
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