The Ruling on Visiting the Landmarks of the Holy Land

Abstract

The article talks about the importance of historical landmarks in the life of humanity, mentions their characteristics, then touches on the most important of these historical landmarks, which are the landmarks of the Sacred Land, especially those related to the biography of the Prophet (peace be upon him), as these landmarks or most of them are visited by very large numbers of pilgrims and Umrah performers throughout the year, so what is the ruling on this visit? The article concludes, relying on the descriptive inductive approach of the texts of the Quran and Sunnah and the traces of the Companions, to state the ruling on visiting these landmarks, then the article ends with formulating several principles for visiting these landmarks, which are: These places are not intended for prayer, they should not be taken as a holiday, the lesson and sermon are not in the place, but in the event that resides in the memory, following and not innovating. The article concludes with some recommendations that will draw the attention of those who have the solution and the contract to the appropriate care for the landmarks of the Prophet’s biography in general, and the landmarks of the Sacred Land in particular.