Women Visiting Shrines and Making Vows There

Question

What is the ruling on women going to shrines, making vows there, and, on returning from there, distributing tabarruk (blessed offerings)?

Answer

Going to the shrines of the awliya of Allah and asking there for the fulfilment of wishes and making vows is haram, as is explicitly stated in al-Bahr al-Ra’iq Sharh Kanz al-Daqa’iq.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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