The majority prevailed in their suggestion of the establishment of a mosque in that place.”1 Such buildings have been ceaselessly visited by people for seeking blessings, showing respect, and practicing definite ceremonies and rituals of worship there. The question of visiting the tombs of the prophets, their successors, and saints has been an uninterrupted tradition quoted from Prophet Muhammad’s words, deeds, and confirmations. Nevertheless, some heresy doctrines claiming to belong to Islam have given rise to problematic matters regarding this point. As if they are the only Muslims believing in the legality of visiting the tombs, the Shia have been accused of believing that it is permissible to visit the shrines of the Prophets, Imams and saints, to build them, to seek blessings through them, to pray and make supplications around them.
