Ruling on Visiting the Grave of the Mother of the Messenger ﷺ

Question:
Ibrahim Abu Hamid has a set of questions. In his first question, he says: Some people visit the grave of the Mother of the Messenger ﷺ in al-Abwa, so is this part of the Sunnah?

Answer:
Visiting her grave is not part of the Sunnah; rather, visiting graves in general is a recommended practice (sunnah). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) mother died during the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited her and asked his Lord to forgive her, but He did not grant him permission. He wept and made others weep—(peace and blessings be upon him)—and this indicates that there is no harm in visiting the graves of the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited his mother. However, one should not make supplication for them; the visit is solely for the sake of taking a lesson.
As for the graves of Muslims, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) to visit them, to make supplication for them, to greet them, and to seek forgiveness for them. As for the graves of the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), such as the grave of the Mother of the Prophet ﷺ, and the graves of disbelievers, there is no harm in visiting them, but it is not a recommended practice (sunnah); they are visited only for the sake of taking a lesson, for the remembrance of the Hereafter, and the remembrance of death.
As for the graves of Muslims, they are visited to make supplication for them, to seek mercy for them, and to remember the Hereafter. He said: This is how he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say it, and he would teach his Companions to say when they visited graves: And he would sometimes say: .
And if one visits the graves of disbelievers, as mentioned earlier, for the sake of taking a lesson and being admonished, there is no harm, just as the Prophet ﷺ did. Yes.
It may be said that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the sake of taking a lesson, because the Prophet ﷺ visited the grave of his mother, and she died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). It may be said that it is also a recommended practice (sunnah); it falls under the general ruling from the perspective of taking a lesson only, from the perspective of taking a lesson and remembrance, and not for making supplication for them, because one does not make supplication for them. But if one visits it for the sake of taking a lesson, the statement that it is also a recommended practice (sunnah) is a strong opinion, following the example of the Prophet ﷺ in his visit to the grave of his mother. Yes.

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