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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the discussion on women visiting graves.

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The Shaykh : ... that they call it a turn, and if it were called a transition, that would be better, that would be better. Fine.
But if they turn away, [O Muhammad], say, "Sufficient for me is Allah; there is no deity except Him. On Him I have relied فإن تولوا فقل حسبي الله لا إله إلا هو عليه توكلت
[At-Tawbah 9:129]
. Did it come before?
He passed by a woman who was crying at a grave, and he said to her, (peace and blessings be upon him): "Fear Allah and be patient." She said to him: "Leave me alone, for you have not been struck with a calamity like mine." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from her. Then it was said to her, "This is the Messenger of Allah," so she came to him to apologize, but he did not accept her apology and said: "Patience is only at the first shock." مر على امرأة وهي تبكي عند قبر فقال لها صلى الله عليه وسلم : اتقي الله واصبري فقالت له : إليك عني فإنك لم تصب بمثل مصيبتي فانصرف النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام عنها فقيل لها هذا رسول الله فجاءت إليه تعتذر ولكنه لم يقبل عذرها وقال : إنما الصبر عند الصدمة الأولى
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They said, "Look, this is a woman whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw at the grave, and he did not forbid her; rather, he ordered her to fear Allah and be patient, and he did not say, 'Do not visit, for it is forbidden.'"
They also cited as evidence what is established in Sahih Muslim from the hadith of A'ishah, a long hadith, in which it says:
That the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to al-Baqi' at night and sought forgiveness for them, (peace and blessings be upon him), and made du'a for them, and that Jibril came to him at night and ordered him to do so. أن الرسول عليه الصلاة والسلام خرج إلى البقيع في الليل واستغفر لهم عليه الصلاة والسلام ودعا لهم وأن جبريل أتاه في الليل وأمره بذلك
. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out, hidden from A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and visited, made du'a, and returned. Then he informed her of the matter, (peace and blessings be upon him). When he informed her and said, "Jibril ordered me to go out and make du'a and seek forgiveness," she said to him, "What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?" He said:
Say, "Peace be upon you, O people of the dwellings, from the believers and the Muslims." قولي السلام عليكم يا أهل الديار من المؤمنين والمسلمين
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 5:976
and so on. They said, "So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) taught her the du'a for visiting graves, the du'a for visiting graves. Teaching the du'a is evidence of permissibility; otherwise, he would not have taught her that."
They also cited as evidence that A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) visited the grave of her brother, visited the grave of her brother, and Abdullah ibn Abi Mulaikah said to her:
Did not the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibit visiting graves? She said: He commanded it after that. أليس النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قد نهى عن زيارة القبور قالت : إنه أمر بها بعد ذلك
. And this is evidence that it was abrogated. This is the summary of the evidence of those who say it is permissible.
But these evidences are not explicit. They are correct, but they are not explicit in ... .
First: The claim of abrogation is not correct, because the claim of abrogation is not accepted except with two conditions:
One of them is: The impossibility of reconciling the two texts.
And the second is: Knowledge of the chronology, knowledge of the chronology ... the abrogating text is later, and reconciliation here between the two texts is easy and not impossible, because we can say, "I used to forbid you from visiting graves, so visit them." To whom is the address? To the men. The address is to the men, and the scholars differed on whether, when men are addressed with a ruling, women are included or not. And if we say they are included, which is the correct view, then their inclusion in this address is from the category of the inclusion of individuals in the general. Is that not so? And if that is the case, then it is permissible to specify some individuals of the general with a ruling that contradicts the general. So here we say: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) specified women from this ruling, and the visitation is for men only, because women were specified or excluded by specification from this generality. Then, it invalidates the abrogation, his saying:
Allah's Messenger cursed the women who visit the graves, and those who use them as Masajid and put torches on them. لعن زائرات القبور والمتخذين عليها المساجد والسرج
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 320Da'if (Darussalam)
And it is known that his saying:
and those who use them as Masajid and put torches on them والمتخذين عليها المساجد والسرج
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 320Da'if (Darussalam)
no one claims that it is abrogated, and the hadith is one. So claiming abrogation in one part of it and not the other is ... impossible. And on this basis, the hadith remains, not abrogated, but it specifies the generality of his saying, hmm? The generality of his saying:
So visit them فزوروها
. This is the answer to the claim of abrogation.
What remains is the answer to the hadith of A'ishah and the hadith of the woman.
As for the hadith of the woman, the woman did not go out for a visitation, certainly. But the woman was struck by a calamity. And because of the greatness of the calamity upon her, she was unable to control herself to remain in her house. And so she went out and began to cry at the grave, which indicates that there was something great in her heart that she could not bear, until she went to her father and began to cry at his grave, and this is not a visitation. Yes, but the calamity carried her to that. And for this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to be patient, because he knew that she did not intend a visitation; she went out because of what was in her heart of not being able to bear this great shock. And for this reason, he ordered her to fear Allah and be patient. So it is not explicit that she went out for a visitation. And if it is not explicit, then it is not possible to oppose the explicit with something not explicit.
And as for the issue of the hadith of A'ishah: A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was informed by the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that Jibril ordered him to go out to the people of al-Baqi' and seek forgiveness for them. Then she said, "What should I say?" He said:
Say, "Peace be upon you." قولي السلام عليكم
Is the meaning that if she went out as a visitor, or if she passed by? There is a difference between a woman who passes by the graves without intention and goes out and greets, and a woman who goes out from her house to visit. The latter is a visitor, and the former is not a visitor, but one passing by, passing by ... So the hadith of A'ishah does not have an explicit statement that she visits, and we say in it what we said in the hadith of the stricken woman: as long as it is not explicit, it cannot be used to oppose what is explicit.
And as for her action (may Allah be pleased with her) with her brother, her action with her brother was not cited by Abdullah ibn Abi Mulaikah as evidence for the cursing of women who visit graves; he cited it as evidence for the prohibition of visiting graves. Because if he had cited it as evidence for the prohibition of women visiting graves, or the cursing of women who visit graves, we would look at what our answer would be? So she cited it as evidence for the prohibition of visiting graves. And it is known that the prohibition of visiting graves was specific to women, or was it general? It was general. And for this reason, she answered him with the abrogation of the general.
She said: "It has been ordered to do so," and he answered her with the abrogation of the general. And we, even though we say that A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) cited the wording of the generality, she is like other scholars whose saying does not oppose the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Moreover, it is narrated from her that she said:
Abdullah bin Abi Mulaikah said: "Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr died in Al-Hubshi" He said: "He was carried to Makkah to be buried there. So when Aishah arrived she went to the grave of Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr and she said: "We were like two drinking companions of Jadhimah for such a long time that they would say: 'They will never part.' So when we were separated it was as if I and Malik - due to the length of unity - never spent a night together." لو شهدتك ما زرتك
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1055Da'if (Darussalam)
Abdullah bin Abi Mulaikah said: "Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr died in Al-Hubshi" He said: "He was carried to Makkah to be buried there. So when Aishah arrived she went to the grave of Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr and she said: "We were like two drinking companions of Jadhimah for such a long time that they would say: 'They will never part.' So when we were separated it was as if I and Malik - due to the length of unity - never spent a night together." لو شهدتك ما زرتك
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1055Da'if (Darussalam)
And this is evidence that she (may Allah be pleased with her) went out to make du'a for him, because she did not attend his funeral. But this narration was criticized by some scholars, and they said that it did not become authentic from A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her). But the text of the first correct narration does not contain evidence that she ... that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ... And if she understood it, then her saying does not oppose the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
What remains with us is the hadith:
Women who visit graves زوارات القبور
Can we not say: We only take the prohibition to mean repeating the visitation, "zawwarat," meaning "zawwarat," an exaggeration? Yes? We say this is possible, but if we ... on that, then we have lost its absolute indication of visitation. And the exaggeration may be taken to mean the multiplicity of the doers, not the multiplicity of the action. Exaggeration may be intended to mean the multiplicity of the doers, not the multiplicity of the action. So "zawwarat" means women, and women, if ... much ... much, and the exaggeration with regard to the action, the doer exists in the Arabic language. Allah the Exalted said:
Gardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened to them. جنات عدن مفتحة لهم الأبواب
[Sad 38:50]
And it is known that the door is opened once; the opening of the door is once, but because the doors were many, they became ...
And its gates are opened وفتحت أبوابها
So they are like it ... Yes.
Source alathar.net

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