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3123. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr bin Al-'Āṣ said: "One day, we buried a deceased person with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and when we had finished, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came back, and we came back with him. When he drew near his door, he stopped, and we saw a woman coming (towards him)." He said: "I think he recognized her, and when she reached him, we saw that it was Fātimah. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to her: 'What brought you out of your house, O Fātimah?' She said: 'I have come to the people of this house, O Messenger of Allāh, to pray for mercy for their deceased one, or to offer them condolences.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to her: 'Perhaps you reached Al-Kuda (the graveyard) with them?' She said: 'Allāh forbid! I heard you say what you said about it.' He said: 'If you had reached the graveyard with them,' and he spoke stern words concerning that." (Al-Mufaḍḍal — one of the narrators said) "I asked Rabī'ah about Al-Kuda, he said: 'The graves, as far as I reckon.'" (Hasan)
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Commentary
The Hadīth seems to suggest that it is unlawful for women to visit the graveyards. Some scholars, however, suggest that the interdiction belongs to the early days of Islam when people in general were prevented from visiting graveyards. But once the Prophet ﷺ gave his permission to visit, the permission covered men as well as women.
