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Is it permissible for the Christians to visit the cemetery given the difference between our current era and the past?

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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Some contemporary scholars have stated, from the perspective of prohibition, that it is forbidden for a woman to visit the cemetery, citing the principle of blocking the means to harm. However, the default ruling is permissibility. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prohibit it, and this is due to the difference between our current era and the past. He cited four pieces of evidence for this.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : The first piece of evidence is the hadith of Aisha. Yes. The second is the statement that what is established for women is established for men unless there is evidence to the contrary. Yes. The third is the statement that as for the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursing those who visit the cemetery,
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the women who frequently visit the gravesصلى الله عليه وسلم لعن زائرات القبور
Bulugh al-Maram 586
he said that this hadith is weak. Yes. The authentic version is the cursing of women who visit the graves. Yes. The fourth point.

The Shaykh : That is, the word "women who visit" (zawirat) is weak, while "visitors" (zawwarat) is authentic. Yes.

The questioner : The fourth point is that the intended meaning of Aisha's hadith is when the visit is intended for the purpose of visiting, which contradicts the wording, and the apparent meaning of the wording is general.

The Shaykh : Yes, all of this is a strained interpretation in reality. If he had thought about it without these pieces of evidence, he would have found that wisdom requires preventing women from visiting the graves, due to some of the harms we have mentioned.
As for Aisha's hadith, you have known that it is possible to reconcile it with the prohibition, and when it is possible to reconcile two texts, one must resort to that, so that preferring one over the other does not invalidate the second. Therefore, one must return to it. As for the fact that the wording is "women who visit" (zawirat) rather than "visitors" (zawwarat), it is said that "women who visit" (zawirat) has been authenticated by others, even though "visitors" (zawwarat) is not a text indicating that the intended meaning is the majority and the blessing. As we said, the intended meaning is the proportion. Do you know? With Zamzam.
What is established for men is established for women unless there is evidence to the contrary. He says yes, and we say there is evidence that prevents women and it is recommended for men. And the fourth.

The presenter : Oh Waleed, our dear one.

The Shaykh : Any interpretation of Aisha's hadith, and the default for them is interpretation. Has the time ended?
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1990 - هل يجوز زيارة النسار للمقبرة مع اختلاف عصرنا الآن؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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