Is not the Prophet's—may God's prayers and peace be upon him—setting aside a specific time at night to visit Al-Baqi' an indication of the permissibility of designating a time for visiting graves, even though that is considered an innovation?
Innovation (bid‘ah) is the invention of new matters and attributing them to the religion without any legal proof, such as someone who designates a specific day for visiting graves, believing it to have special merit. However, designating a day for visiting them because it is the most suitable for the person is permissible.
Aisha’s about the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, visiting al-Baqi‘ does not indicate that it is to designate a specific day for visiting graves. Her statement “whenever it was her night” does not negate his visits at other times, and perhaps that occurred in the latter part of his life, peace and blessings be upon him. Accordingly, the hadith does not indicate designating a specific time for visiting graves, and no scholar is known to have stated the virtue of designating a time for it. Rather, it is recommended to visit them at any time to remind oneself of the Hereafter.
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