Discussion of the prohibition of women visiting graves.

The Shaykh : This hadith indicates the prohibition of women visiting graves and that it is one of the major sins. The scholars differed on this matter, with three opinions:
The first opinion is that visiting graves is forbidden, indeed that it is one of the major sins, based on this hadith.
The second opinion is that visiting graves is disliked, meaning it is disliked in a way that does not reach the level of prohibition. This is the well-known view of the school of Imam Ahmad among his followers, that it is disliked for women to visit graves.
The third opinion is that it is permissible for women. It is permissible for women to visit graves.
I have seen a fourth opinion, but Shaykh al-Islam says that none of the Imams held it, that it is recommended for women to visit graves just as it is recommended for men. But Shaykh al-Islam says: "None of the Imams said that it is recommended for women to visit graves just as it is recommended for men, and this was not known in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that women would go out to the graveyards as men do."
The argument of those who say it is forbidden and one of the major sins is this hadith we have with us: .
The argument of those who say it is permissible with dislike is that they say: This is a cursing of women who visit graves, and in it is a command to visit graves. A command from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): .
They said: This is general.