Is woman allowed to go to graveyard for recitation of Fatihah?

Is woman allowed to go to graveyard for recitation of Fatihah?

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

  What have respected Islamic scholars and Muftis ruled on the following issue? My respected father passed away this Ramadan. My sister often says that she will go to the grave of the father in the graveyard. Is it allowed for a woman to go to the graveyard while observing Islamic Purdah? Please provide Shar’i guidance on it. (Questioner: Sarfaraz Ahmad Attari, Qutb Alam Shah Bukhari, Karachi)

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

  May Allah forgive your deceased father and bless your family with patience and with great reward for patience! Except for the blessed shrine of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰہُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, it is unconditionally forbidden for women to visit graves. Even if they go while observing Islamic Purdah, this is still forbidden. In particular, it is even more emphatically forbidden for them to go to the grave of any relative such as the grave of the father, as mentioned by you. Therefore, explain it to your sister that having patience with the death of any relative is among such deeds of bondmen which are liked by Almighty Allah.

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ  عَزَّوَجَلَّ  وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Mufti Muhammad Qasim Attari