We start with the Name of Allah. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and may Allah raise the rank of our Master Muhammad, and protect his nation from what he fears for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brothers and sisters in Islam,\u00a0Allah Said in Suratun-Nisa\u2019,\u00a0Ayah<\/strong><\/em>\u00a064<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0648\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0647\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0625\u0650\u0630 \u0638\u064e\u0651\u0644\u064e\u0645\u064f\u0648\u0627\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u0646\u0641\u064f\u0633\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u062c\u064e\u0622\u0621\u064f\u0648\u0643\u064e \u0641\u064e\u0627\u0633\u0652\u062a\u064e\u063a\u0652\u0641\u064e\u0631\u064f\u0648\u0627\u0652 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u064e \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0633\u0652\u062a\u064e\u063a\u0652\u0641\u064e\u0631\u064e \u0644\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0645\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064e\u0651\u0633\u064f\u0648\u0644\u064f \u0644\u064e\u0648\u064e\u062c\u064e\u062f\u064f\u0648\u0627\u0652 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u0647\u064e \u062a\u064e\u0648\u064e\u0651\u0627\u0628\u064b\u0627 \u0631\u064e\u0651\u062d\u0650\u064a\u0645\u064b\u0627\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This Ayah means:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u00a0<\/em>If when they are unjust to themselves, they come to you and ask\u00a0Allah<\/em>\u00a0for forgiveness, and the Messenger asks forgiveness for them,\u00a0Allah<\/em>\u00a0will forgive them and have mercy upon them.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is\u00a0consensus\u00a0<\/strong>among the scholars that it is\u00a0sunnah\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>to visit the grave of the Prophet,\u00a0sallAllahu ^alayhi wa sallam<\/em>, both for he who lives in\u00a0al-Madinah\u00a0<\/em>and he who travels there for the express purpose of visiting the Prophet\u2019s grave, and doing so is a great act of obedience.\u00a0Qadi<\/em>\u00a0^Iyad<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0an-Nawawiyy<\/em>\u00a0both reported the scholarly consensus\u00a0(Ijma^)<\/em>\u00a0on this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is\u00a0sunnah<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>for the visitor to also have the intention to travel to pray in the mosque of the Prophet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence, visiting his grave is by consensus a\u00a0sunnah<\/em><\/strong>. This is due to several religious proofs. One of them is the\u00a0hadith:<\/p>\n\n\n\n { \u0645\u0646 \u0632\u0627\u0631\u064e \u0642\u0628\u0631\u064a \u0648\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0628\u064e\u062a\u0652 \u0644\u064e\u0647\u064f \u0634\u064e\u0641\u064e\u0627\u0639\u064e\u062a\u064a }<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0631\u0648\u0627\u0647\u064f \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0651\u0627\u0631\u064e\u0642\u064f\u0637\u0652\u0646\u064a\u064f\u0651 \u0648\u0642\u064e\u0648\u064e\u0651\u0627\u0647\u064f \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0650\u0638\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064f\u0651\u0628\u0643\u064a<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It means:\u00a0\u201cThe one who visits my grave has earned my intercession.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0This\u00a0hadith is narrated by ad- Daraqutniyy and classified as \u201chasan for other than itself\u201d (hasan lighayrih).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\u00a0false<\/strong>\u00a0claim of\u00a0Ibn Taymiyah<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0that it is forbidden for one to travel with the purpose of visiting the grave of the prophet, is a matter that does not comply with the rules of the religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ibn Taymiyah misinterpreted the\u00a0hadith of the Prophet, narrated by al-Bukhariyy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0644\u0627 \u062a\u064f\u0634\u062f\u064f\u0651 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0627\u0644 \u0625\u0644\u0627 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u062b\u0644\u0627\u062b\u0629 \u0645\u0633\u0627\u062c\u062f: \u0645\u0633\u062c\u062f\u064a \u0647\u0630\u0627\u060c \u0648\u0645\u0633\u062c\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0645\u060c \u0648\u0645\u0633\u062c\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0642\u0635\u0649<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to his\u00a0ill\u00a0<\/strong>understanding of this\u00a0hadith, Ibn Taymiyah\u00a0claimed<\/strong>\u00a0that it means that one is\u00a0not\u00a0allowed to travel except to those three mosques: the Aqsa\u00a0Mosque, the Prophet\u2019s Mosque, and the\u00a0Haram Mosque (in Makkah).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on that, he ruled that it is forbidden for one to travel to visit the grave of the Prophet.\u00a0Ibn Taymiyah<\/strong>\u2019s claim\u00a0breached<\/strong>\u00a0the consensus of all the scholars who preceded him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The correct meaning of the\u00a0hadith is:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cOne ought not travel to a mosque with the purpose of praying in it, except if one was travelling to one of these three mosques: the Aqsa\u00a0Mosque, the Prophet\u2019s Mosque, and the\u00a0Haram Mosque in Makkah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is so because the reward of praying is multiplied in these three mosques compared to the reward of praying in other mosques. This is a merit specific for those three mosques and not for any other mosque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What sheds clear light on the meaning of the\u00a0hadith is another narration of the same\u00a0hadith that explains the aforementioned one.\u00a0Imam Ahmad narrated that the Prophet explicitly said<\/strong>: \u201cOne should not drive the animals in travelling towards a mosque with the purpose of praying in it, with the exception of the three mosques, the Aqsa\u00a0Mosque, the Prophet\u2019s Mosque, and the\u00a0Haram Mosque. This narration is very explicit in clarifying the meaning of the aforementioned\u00a0hadith, and it is in compliance with the consensus of the nation, contrary to the false claim of Ibn Taymiyah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover the Prophet,\u00a0sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, said:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cProphet ^Isa\u00a0(Jesus) shall come down from the (second) heaven to Earth and rule Earth justly. Moreover, he will take a route between two mountains to make\u00a0Hajj or ^Umrah and come to my grave. He will say: As-Salamu^alaykum to me and I will respond to him.\u201d This\u00a0hadith is narrated by al-Hakim and Abu Dawudat\u2013Tayalisiyy. Al\u00a0Hakim,\u00a0hafidh\u00a0adh-Dhahabiyy, and others classified it as a\u00a0sahih\u00a0hadith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This\u00a0hadith proves that travelling to visit the grave of the Prophet,\u00a0sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, is not sinful. On the contrary, this is what Prophet ^Isa\u00a0will do. By this, it is very clear that no weight should be given to the deviated claim of Ibn Taymiyah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note:<\/strong>\u00a0When one gets into the Prophet\u2019s Mosque, one makes two optional rak^ahs to salute the Mosque.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, one stands politely facing the grave of the Prophet about four (4) cubits away from the wall, lowering one\u2019s gaze and filling one\u2019s heart with love and respect for the Prophet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, one says with a medium voice: As-Salamu^alayka ya\u00a0Rasulallah; as-salamu^alayka ya\u00a0Nabiyyallah, and the like. Then, one makes as\u2013salah ^alan-Nabiyy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Afterwards, one goes about one cubit to the right and says as-salamu ^alayka ya\u00a0Aba\u00a0Bakrinis\u2013Siddiq, then one more cubit to the right and says as-salamu ^alayka ya\u00a0^Umaral-Faruq.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Then one goes to where one first stood and makes du^a\u2019 asking Allah by the Prophet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One faces the\u00a0Qiblah and makes du^a\u2019 for oneself and for whomever one wishes. If anyone requested of one to convey one\u2019s salam to the Prophet, one says: O Prophet of Allah, so and so gives you salam.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, we praise Allah the lord of the worlds. May Allah grant us the ability to perform Hajj and ^umrah and visit our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We start with the Name of Allah. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and may Allah raise the rank of our Master Muhammad, and protect his nation from what he fears for it. 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