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English translation
1056. Abū Hurairah narrated: "Indeed the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ cursed the women who visit the graves." (Hasan)
(He said:) There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbās, and Hassān bin Thābit.
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ. Some of the people of knowledge thought that this was before the Prophet ﷺ permitted visiting the graves. Then when he permitted it, both men and women were included in the permission.
Some of them said that visiting the graves is only disliked (for women) due to their lack of patience and excessive mourning.
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[1] Al-Mubārakpūrī said: "In Sharh Al-Mughnī, Ash-Shamānī said: 'This is Tamīm bin Nuwairah's (that is: Mutamīm bin Nuwairah At-Tamīmī as mentioned in Al-Iṣābah) verse (of poetry) eulogizing his brother Mālik who was killed by Khālid bin Walīd.'" And he said: "Aṭ-Ṭībī said: 'This Jadhīmah was a king of Irāq and Mesopotamia whom the Arabs rallied around while he was the governor of Az-Zabā.'" And he said about the drinking companions of Jadhīmah: "They were Mālik and 'Aqīl, and they were his drinking companions and comrades for a period of forty years." Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhī. Az-Zabā' is a city on the banks of the Euphrates as mentioned in Mu'jam Al-Buldān.
Commentary
The purpose of visiting the graves is to understand the finite nature of this life and this world and to prepare oneself to face Allāh ﷻ. If the woman goes to the graves for this purpose it is allowed, but going to graves for making vows is unlawful and strictly prohibited.
