Types of visiting graves

Question

[ar]زِيَارَةُ الْقُبُورِ لَيْسَتْ مَشْرُوعَةً مُطْلَقًا، بَلْ نَوْعَانِ: شَرْعِيَّةٌ وَغَيْرُ شَرْعِيَّةٍ؛ فَالْمَسْنُونَةُ مِنْهَا شَرْعِيَّةٌ، وَغَيْرُ الْمَسْنُونَةِ غَيْرُ شَرْعِيَّةٍ، فَبَعْضُهَا مَعْصِيَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ، وَبَعْضُهَا كُفْرٌ وَشِرْكٌ.[/ar] “Visiting graves is not prescribed unconditionally; rather, it is of two kinds — lawful (shar‘i) and unlawful: that of it which is sunna is lawful, and that which is not sunna is unlawful; and some of it is a major sin, and some of it is kufr and shirk.”

Answer

[ar]زِيَارَةُ الْقُبُورِ مِنْ حَيْثُ الْمَقَاصِدِ وَالْأَعْمَالِ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ: بَعْضُهَا مُسْتَحَبَّةٌ، وَالْبَعْضُ مُبَاحَةٌ، وَالْبَعْضُ بِدْعَةٌ مُحَرَّمَةٌ، وَالْبَعْضُ شِرْكٌ.[/ar] “Visiting graves differs according to its aims and acts: some of it is mustahabb, some mubah, some a forbidden bid‘a (bid‘a muharrama), and some shirk.”

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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