What is the ruling on a woman visiting graves? Because there is evidence cited: that Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) visited her brother Abd al-Rahman in the cemetery.
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The questioner : Your Eminence, Shaykh Muhammad! Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : What is the ruling on a woman visiting graves? Because there is evidence cited: that Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) visited her brother Abd al-Rahman in the cemetery, and this is a good hadith narrated by al-Nasa'i. What is the ruling on that? And Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Yes. First: It is obligatory for us to know that the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cannot be contradicted by the words of anyone, whoever he may be, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ahzab 33:36] and His saying: [An-Nisa 4:59]. Therefore, the cursing by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of women who visit graves cannot be contradicted by what Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) did.
First: Because she is exposed to error and mistake, unlike the words of the Infallible (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
Second: Perhaps she forgot, if the hadith had reached her, or she interpreted it, or something similar. But there is a hadith in Sahih Muslim when Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) lost sight of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and found him visiting al-Baqi', she said:. But this also does not contradict the visit, because we say: If a woman passes by the cemetery and stops and supplicates for the people of the graves, there is no harm. But if she goes out of her house to visit the graves, that is forbidden. Yes.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : What is the ruling on a woman visiting graves? Because there is evidence cited: that Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) visited her brother Abd al-Rahman in the cemetery, and this is a good hadith narrated by al-Nasa'i. What is the ruling on that? And Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Yes. First: It is obligatory for us to know that the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cannot be contradicted by the words of anyone, whoever he may be, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair
وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْراً أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمْ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْAnd if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result.
فَإِنْ تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِنْ كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلاًFirst: Because she is exposed to error and mistake, unlike the words of the Infallible (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
Second: Perhaps she forgot, if the hadith had reached her, or she interpreted it, or something similar. But there is a hadith in Sahih Muslim when Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) lost sight of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and found him visiting al-Baqi', she said: