Visiting Graves from the Perspective of Wahhabism: Difference between revisions

The reality of visitation according to Wahhabi principles is highly ambiguous. In fact, the visitation they permit is not truly visitation, as they prohibit touching the grave, making dua, seeking blessings, and similar acts near the grave, considering them bid'ah and shirk. Thus, the visitation they permit is practically impossible. They even prohibit standing facing the grave, citing the example of Anas bin Malik, who leaned against the wall of the grave after greeting the Prophet (peace be upon him) and then made dua.<ref>Sulaiman bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab, *Taysir al-Aziz al-Hamid*, Beirut, 1st edition, 1999 CE, researched by Muhammad Ayman al-Shabrawi, p. 293.</ref> They awkwardly use this example to argue against traveling for visitation, claiming that if traveling to graves were permissible, Anas bin Malik would not have made dua with his back to the grave.<ref>Sulaiman bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab, *Taysir al-Aziz al-Hamid*, Beirut, 1st edition, 1999 CE, researched by Muhammad Ayman al-Shabrawi, p. 293.</ref> However, standing with one's back to the grave has no connection to traveling. Therefore, the only act that Wahhabis might permit is greeting the occupant of the grave, and nothing more. Even this has not been explicitly endorsed by Wahhabis.