Is it permissible for a woman to visit the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
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The Shaykh : The jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) made an exception regarding the issue of women visiting the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). They said that there is no harm in a woman visiting the grave of the Prophet. Our Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him), Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa’di, gave the reason for this, stating that visiting the grave of the Prophet is difficult because there are three walls between the one standing at the grave and the grave itself. The Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah also pointed to this meaning, I think in *Al-Jawab al-Bahir fi Hukm Ziyarat al-Maqabir* (The Brilliant Answer on the Ruling of Visiting Graves). He said that the visit to the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is a customary visit, not a religious one. The evidence for this is that people consider it a visit, whereas in reality, there are walls between him and the grave, so it cannot be said that one is standing at his grave, but among people it is considered a visit.
