What is the ruling on young children visiting graves, and is it true that infants see and hear things that adults do not, making their visits to graves impermissible?
Visiting graves is a Sunnah for adults, for reflection and remembrance, based on the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "I had forbidden you from visiting graves, but now visit them, for in visiting them there is a reminder." Therefore, there is no need to take infants to cemeteries, as the purpose for which the visit was legislated is not present in them. What is mentioned about them seeing and hearing what others do not see or hear has no basis. What is reported in the Sunnah is that animals and angels hear the torment of the grave, but the two weighty ones (jinn and humans) do not hear it, based on the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "So he (the deceased) cries out with a cry that is heard by everything nearby, except for the two weighty ones (jinn and humans)."
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