Is it permissible to visit the Pharaonic ruins in Egypt?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to visit the Pharaonic ruins in Egypt, and to see the mummified Pharaonic bodies there?
Answer:
What is the benefit of it? If the benefit is taking a lesson, being admonished, and fearing Allah (Mighty and Majestic), then there is no harm. However, if the intention is to watch, to enjoy oneself, or to exalt these people and consider them to be people of civilization, power, and greatness, and to praise them, then this is not permissible. This is not permissible because of what happened when they passed by the ruins of Thamud while traveling to Tabuk for the expedition of Tabuk. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 4420 So, the one who looks at them for the sake of taking a lesson, say: [An-Nahl 16:36] from the perspective of taking a lesson. But from the perspective of admiring their people and praising them for their civilization, strength, and advancement, and saying that we are lagging behind and that we do not have what they have, then this is not permissible. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to visit the Pharaonic ruins in Egypt, and to see the mummified Pharaonic bodies there?
Answer:
What is the benefit of it? If the benefit is taking a lesson, being admonished, and fearing Allah (Mighty and Majestic), then there is no harm. However, if the intention is to watch, to enjoy oneself, or to exalt these people and consider them to be people of civilization, power, and greatness, and to praise them, then this is not permissible. This is not permissible because of what happened when they passed by the ruins of Thamud while traveling to Tabuk for the expedition of Tabuk. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not enter upon these people who are being punished, except in a weeping state, lest the same calamity as
لا تدخلوا على هؤلاء المعذبين الا ان تكونوا باكين ان يصيبكم ماSo proceed through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.
فَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [711- 4717] هل يجوز زيارة الآثار الفرعونية في مصر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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