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layout: post
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
title: "The Final Ruling on Women Visiting Graves in Islam"
mp3: "https://files.zadapps.info/binbaz.org.sa/fatawa/nour_3la_aldarb/nour_775/nour_77509.mp3"
hijri: "Rabi' Al-Thani 13, 1442"
date: 2020-11-28
active: audios
category: [fatwas,audios,funerals]
url: "https://binbaz.org.sa/fatwas/16455/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A-%EF%B7%BA-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%89%D8%B4%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1"
summary: "This Hadith in which he teaches 'Aishah the Du'a of visiting graves was during the period when women were allowed to visit them along with men."
muftis:
  shaykh: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
---

### Question: 

This inquirer is asking about the authenticity of the hadith narrated from the Prophet ﷺ when Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asked him to teach her the supplication to say when visiting graves, and he taught her. Is this hadith authentic, and does it indicate the permissibility of women visiting graves?

### Answer: 

The hadith is authentic, but it occurred during the period of general permission. Initially, everyone was forbidden from visiting graves, then permission was granted to everyone. Subsequently, the final Sunnah established a prohibition for women, while continuing to command men to visit them.

In the early days of Islam, the Prophet ﷺ forbade people from visiting graves because they had recently left disbelief. This was a protection for them against polytheism (shirk) and a means to distance them from it. Later, he ﷺ granted permission to everyone. **Ultimately, the Sunnah settled on prohibiting women from visiting while commanding men to do so**. 

His ﷺ words to Aisha occurred during the period when visiting was permitted for both men and women. Yes.