The ruling on walking around a cemetery for the purpose of exercise
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Question:
The questioner says: I have seen many people, men and women, walking around al-Nasim cemetery under the pretext of exercise, stimulating the body, and losing weight. Is it permissible for them to do this?
Answer:
These people walk outside the cemetery, outside the wall, and say that it strengthens the body. But there are precautions to consider. First, there is a fear of men and women mixing, and there is no doubt about the danger of that. Second, it resembles those who circumambulate graves. It is a resemblance, my brother. If you want to walk, go to the desert, go out, walk in your house, on your roof. But going to walk around the cemetery has precautions. First, the mixing of men and women, and second, the resemblance to those who circumambulate graves. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: I have seen many people, men and women, walking around al-Nasim cemetery under the pretext of exercise, stimulating the body, and losing weight. Is it permissible for them to do this?
Answer:
These people walk outside the cemetery, outside the wall, and say that it strengthens the body. But there are precautions to consider. First, there is a fear of men and women mixing, and there is no doubt about the danger of that. Second, it resembles those who circumambulate graves. It is a resemblance, my brother. If you want to walk, go to the desert, go out, walk in your house, on your roof. But going to walk around the cemetery has precautions. First, the mixing of men and women, and second, the resemblance to those who circumambulate graves. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 26 من 64\شرح عمدة الأحكام (شرح كامل مع أسئلة)\الصلاة\الجنائز\صالح الفوزان\الفقه\كبار العلماء — youtube.com (50:36)
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