Can Women Pay Visit To Graves?

Can women pay visit to graves?

All Muslims can visit graves . The Prophet Muhammad (saw) had banned grave visit for a while in the period when the habits of the jahiliyya continued ; however, he removed the ban later and said, “I forbade you to visit graves, but you may now visit them, for in visiting them there is a reminder (of death).” (Muslim, Jana’iz, 106; Abu Dawud, Jana’iz, 81)

With this respect, women may visit graves too. Because the Prophet (saw) advised a woman who was crying near the grave of her child to be patient and did not forbid her to visit the grave (Bukhari, Jana’iz, 7, Ahkam, 11; Muslim, Jana’iz, 15).

The hadiths narrated about Prophet Muhammad’s (saw) cursing women who visited graves much (Tirmidhi, Jana’iz, 62; Ibn Majah, Jana’iz, 49) are about the period in which grave visits were prohibited. Great hadith scholar Tirmidhi continues as follows after mentioning the related hadith, “Some scholars say that the hadiths including curses upon women who visited graves were before permission of grave visits . When grave visits were permitted, this permission became general and included both men and women.” (Tirmidhi, Jana’iz, 62)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA