Can you think of a more cruel law against women in the Middle East? Women in Saudi Arabia are banned from visiting the graves of their loved ones. Men are encouraged to. A moving footage of a woman peeking into a cemetery, as part of a campaign to lift it:
The issue came now because during Eid, it’s customers for people (men in this case) visit burial sites in the morning as part of connecting with their loved ones and families.
When asked if it’s okay for women to pray for their loved at the gate of a cemetery, this Saudi cleric says no. Not even entering, just praying at the entrance.
He says prayers are prayers wherever they are performed. So pray far away from graves, women:
He says prayers are prayers wherever they are performed. So pray far away from graves, women:
A detailed Wahhabi view on women’s visiting burial sites, by Bin Baz, former Saudi Grand Mufti: binbaz.org.sa/fatwas/1150/%D…
Beyond comprehension:
Why then no other country in this day and age practice this? Even places that nominally adhere to similar views
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As this cleric explains, the Hadith actually encouraged women to visit burial sites in the same way as it did men (in this example & in the collective statement about it), but banned wailing, throwing dust on faces, chest pounding and other pre-Islamic practices.
As this cleric explains, the Hadith actually encouraged women to visit burial sites in the same way as it did men (in this example & in the collective statement about it), but banned wailing, throwing dust on faces, chest pounding and other pre-Islamic practices.
“Fact checking” arabnews.com/columns/news/7…
(Nowhere else in the region are women banned from entering a burial site. I am not sure about Taliban areas.)
(Nowhere else in the region are women banned from entering a burial site. I am not sure about Taliban areas.)
