I tried looking up on this and found a mixed bag of answers as they usually only mentioned for Educational purposes (Dawah) or Sightseeing in the context of understanding what you shouldn't do. But what about the intention of sightseeing for purely tourism as in like admiring the architecture, not taking part in any practice and then moving on with your day? Just to clarify, it would not be the sole intention either but just on a bucket list of places during a vacation. Is it still haram? Thank you

Assalamualaikum, I am actually a 14 year old boy, my family goes to dargah (shrine of a dead person) and I don't know exactly what they do but I think they might have committed shirk, I realised this all is haram and I repented from it, only Allah knows whether my repentance would be accepted or not and I am sure the next time I go to a dargah, I would try to avoid it but if I can't, I'll don't do anything there or just do acting, but my family does it, I am the youngest In my family so they may not listen to what I am saying. How can I get my family to not go to dargah?

َAs far as I know, there is the shrine (tomb) of a person whose name is considered as Ali-ibn-Mahziar-al-Ahvazi (علی بن مهزیار الاهوازی) in Ahvaz (Ahwaz) (the capital of Khuzestan province (Iran)). Seemingly he is as a famous Faghih (the jurist) and also a narrator of traditions. I was wondering who he was exactly and which Imam he was contemporary with.

I see there is on the dome of Hussain ibn Ali (as)'s shrine , which is replaced with a black one for the month of Muharram and Safar. Which is not to be seen on the dome of any other religious figure's shrine. What is the purpose of this red flag?

I have been asked this questions many times, That why the zarih of Imam Hussain and Moula abbas (and many others) is made of Gold. Sometimes it is referenced that > "Gold is forbidden(Haram) for men, and it should not be used this way, and sometimes it is said > that money with all this gold, could feed many needy people". I am looking for a better logical answer. I know the ideology of Wahhabi school of thought(since they talk about razing prophet SAWW shrine 1 2 3 ). Other than that any reasonable answer would be appreciated.

The city where I live has many **shrines (structures made on the graves of some religious people)** and people (both men **and women**) in large numbers (tens of thousands) visit those shrines and also offer their prayers there **(Salat)**. Is it allowed in Islam? And I guess it's answer might be related to this Hadith : > Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "May Allah's curse be on the Jews for they built the places of worship at the graves of their Prophets." (source : http://sunnah.com/bukhari/8/86 ) but what does this exactly mean? places of worship.. places of worshiping whom? **ALLAH (SWT)** or the grave? Kidnly, Clarify.