remained in constant touch with me for my afterlife’s betterment, they remained compassionate and kind and continued to give me kind personal invitations. Eventually, their impressive characters melted my harder-than-stone heart and I gradually affiliated myself with this Madanī environment with heart and soul.
‘Alī kay wāsiṭay sūraj ko pĥayrnay wālay
Ishāraĥ ker do kay mayrā bĥī kām ĥo jāye
O you who, for ‘Alī, caused the sun to rise after it had set!
Please you only make a gesture, and I will prosper
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Question: Can Islamic sisters visit cemeteries or the sacred tombs of saints?
Answer: Some scholars have permitted the visiting of graves for women. This is the preferred opinion in Durr-e-Mukhtār. However, if they visit the graves of close relatives they will cry and mourn. Therefore, it is prohibited. Visiting the graves of pious people for blessings is permissible for old women but forbidden for young ones. (Rad-dul-Muḥtār, vol. 3, pp. 178)
Ṣadr-ush-Sharī’aĥ, Badr-uṭ-Ṭarīqaĥ, ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Muftī Muhammad Amjad ‘Alī A’ẓamī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی said: And the safest opinion is that women should be totally forbidden because when visiting the graves of close relatives they will cry and mourn and when visiting the graves of pious people (رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی) they will exceed the limits of respect or act disrespectfully, both are common amongst women. (Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, pp. 849)