Refuting the Fatwa Prohibiting Ziyarat of the Rawdhah of the Prophet (s.a.w.)
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is extracted from the works of Dr. Jibril Fu’ad Haddad. Shaykh Taqi’ ad-Din Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyyah ( r.a. ) spent the years 719 to 721 CE in jail; he was jailed again in 726 CE until his death two years later amid charges of kufr for declaring it haram to travel to visit the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) maqam , stating whoever does is committing a sin and an innovation. This particular fatwa is nonsensical, and without merit. Imam Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mardawi ( r.a. ), Shaykh Abu al-Muzhaffar ‘Awn ad-Din Yahya ibn Hubayrah ash-Shaybani al-Hanbali ( r.a. ), and others stated that the entirety of the early and late authorities in the Hanbali madzhab stipulate the desirability of visiting the grave of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) in Madina, most especially after haj , or travelling to do so. Imam Shams ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Muflih al-Maqdisi ( r.a. ); Imam al-Mardawi ( r.a. ); an...