Ruling on Women Visiting the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) Grave

Q: Is it permissible for women to visit the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

A: It is not permissible for them to do so; due to the generality of the hadiths reported regarding the prohibition of women visiting graves and the cursing of them for doing so. The disagreement regarding women visiting the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is well-known, but for them to refrain from it is more cautious and more in accordance with the Sunnah; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not make an exception for his grave or the grave of anyone else, but rather he prohibited them with a general prohibition and cursed those among them who did it. It is obligatory to adhere to the generalization unless a text is found that specifically singles out his grave, and there is nothing that singles out his grave. And success is from Allah.