Women visiting the graveyard
Question
1. Further to your advice that grave photography is undesirable, please advise in detail.
2. Are women forbidden to visit the graveyard? Under what circumstances are women forbidden to join salatul-Janazah?
Answer
1. We have prepared a kitaab on this topic. This issue has been discussed in great detail in the kitaab. You may refer to it http://ihyaauddeen.co.za/?p=3394
2. Refer to http://muftionline.co.za/node/1196
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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