A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Isa ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Mani` al-Humayri, Director of the Da’irat al-Awqaf in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, wrote, al-I’ilam bi Istihbab Shadd ar-Rihal li Ziyarati Qabr Khayr al-Anam ‘Alayhi asw-Swalat wa as-Salam , “The Notification Concerning the Recommendation of Travelling to Visit the Grave of the Best of Creation Blessings & Peace be upon Him.” The Wahhabi sect cite the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) command, “Do not travel except to three mosques,” as a reason to prevent travelling for the purposes of ziyarat to the Rawdhah of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ).   Shaykh ‘Isa al-Humayri said, if people claim that  Shaykh Taqi’ ad-Din Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyyah  ( r.a. ), in his answer in Radd ‘ala al-Akhna’i , said, “The order to visit graves does not entail travel,” I answer, “The hadits is general, without any condition.   If ziyarat implies a journey, there is no way for us legally to prohibit that journey. ...