Women visiting graves in the light of two hadiths

Question

May women visit graves? Please answer in the light of the following hadiths: (1) [ar]لَعَنَ اللَّهُ زَوَّارَاتِ الْقُبُورِ[/ar] “Allah has cursed the women who frequently visit graves” (Mishkat, chapter on visiting graves). (2) [ar]كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ، أَلَا فَزُورُوهَا، فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّرُ الْمَوْتَ[/ar] “I used to forbid you from visiting graves; now visit them, for they remind of death.”

Answer

Because of these two hadiths there are two views on this issue. Some, holding the prohibition to be abrogated (mansukh) only with regard to men, have held that for women the prohibition remains in force, and have declared it something that incurs the curse; while some ulama, holding the prohibition to be abrogated with regard to women as well, have declared visiting graves…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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