Visiting Graves from the Perspective of Wahhabism: Difference between revisions

The [[Wahhabi]] view that they do not accept the principle of visitation is evident from their stance on traveling for visitation. They consider traveling for the purpose of visiting graves to be haram and [[bid'ah]], without any convincing evidence, and regard it as [[shirk]]. Wahhabis claim that Muslims unanimously agree on this prohibition. They argue that the statements of scholars also indicate that no one should travel to visit any grave.<ref>Ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrani, Abu al-Abbas Ahmad Abdul Halim, ''Kutub wa Rasail wa Fatawa Ibn Taymiyyah'', Maktabat Ibn Taymiyyah, 2nd edition, n.d., researched by Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad bin Qasim al-Asimi al-Najdi, vol. 26, p. 150.</ref> Wahhabis base their prohibition on the hadith:  {{Arabic|لا تشد الرحال إلا لثلاثة مساجد: المسجد الحرام ومسجدي هذا والمسجد الأقصى|Translation= Do not undertake journeys except to three mosques: the Masjid al-Haram, my Mosque (in Medina), and the Masjid al-Aqsa.}}<ref>Ahmad bin Hanbal, *Musnad Ahmad*, Beirut, Dar Sader, n.d., vol. 2, p. 278.</ref>  They claim that none of the Imams of the schools of thought disagree on this ruling. The companions also understood the prohibition of travel from the hadith "لا تشد الرحال" (Do not undertake journeys). Wahhabis assert that the majority of scholars do not permit travel to places other than the three mosques and consider those who permit it, such as al-Subki, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, and others, as innovators. They view their ruling as a violation of hadiths and a breach of consensus.<ref>Sulaiman bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab, *Sharh Kitab al-Tawhid*, Riyadh, Maktabat al-Riyadh al-Haditha, n.d., p. 312.</ref>