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What is the ruling on a woman standing outside the graveyard to greet her deceased father, and what is the ruling on women visiting graves, and does crying invalidate the fast?

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Scholars differ on the issue of women visiting graves, holding three main opinions: absolute prohibition, absolute permissibility, and permissibility with conditions. The latter is the closest to what is correct. Thus, it is permissible for a woman to visit graves if she is safe from excessive grief, and if she goes out neither unveiling herself nor perfumed, and without frequently visiting. There is no harm in a woman approaching her father's grave to greet him and supplicate for him, provided she adheres to the aforementioned conditions. Her brother has no right to prevent her if she abides by the Islamic guidelines. Weeping during fasting does not invalidate it.

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