What is the ruling on visiting shrines and graves?
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Question:
He says: In some countries, there are shrines that some people visit; some people visit them.
Answer:
No, there is no place visited for worship. There is no place visited for worship except the three mosques: al-Masjid al-Haram, the Prophet’s Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him), and al-Masjid al-Aqsa. As for the other mosques, they are all the same; none of them is intended for a specific purpose. Rather, whoever attends them for prayer should pray in any one of them. However, intending to visit them for worship and believing there is a reward in doing so is not permissible, because it is legislating a religion that Allah and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not legislate. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1718b
He says: In some countries, there are shrines that some people visit; some people visit them.
Answer:
No, there is no place visited for worship. There is no place visited for worship except the three mosques: al-Masjid al-Haram, the Prophet’s Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him), and al-Masjid al-Aqsa. As for the other mosques, they are all the same; none of them is intended for a specific purpose. Rather, whoever attends them for prayer should pray in any one of them. However, intending to visit them for worship and believing there is a reward in doing so is not permissible, because it is legislating a religion that Allah and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not legislate. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.
من عمل عملا ليس عليه امرنا فهو رد
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم زيارة المشاهد والقبور؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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