What is the ruling on visiting the Cave of Hira?
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The questioner : Some people, when they enter Makkah, ask about the Cave of Hira.
The Shaykh : Inquire about what?
The questioner : The Cave of Hira.
The Shaykh : Where is it?
The questioner : The Cave of Hira.
The Shaykh : The Cave of Hira. Yes.
The questioner : And Mount Thawr. They want to see the historical sites so that when they go there, they can tell people that they went to Makkah and visited these places. And when they come here, they do not know the places, so they insist a lot that we go with them to show them the historical sites. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : That is, they go to this place so that when they return to their countries, they can say, "We visited the Cave of Hira and the Cave of Thawr." This is ignorance, because their visit to the Ka'bah is far better than this. And it is not permissible for a person to visit the Cave of Hira and the Cave of Thawr as an act of worship to Allah; this is forbidden.
Yes, Yahya.
The Shaykh : Inquire about what?
The questioner : The Cave of Hira.
The Shaykh : Where is it?
The questioner : The Cave of Hira.
The Shaykh : The Cave of Hira. Yes.
The questioner : And Mount Thawr. They want to see the historical sites so that when they go there, they can tell people that they went to Makkah and visited these places. And when they come here, they do not know the places, so they insist a lot that we go with them to show them the historical sites. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : That is, they go to this place so that when they return to their countries, they can say, "We visited the Cave of Hira and the Cave of Thawr." This is ignorance, because their visit to the Ka'bah is far better than this. And it is not permissible for a person to visit the Cave of Hira and the Cave of Thawr as an act of worship to Allah; this is forbidden.
Yes, Yahya.