Women visiting the graveyard

Q:

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?

A:

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:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)