The Categories of Seeking Blessing and When It Becomes Shirk or Bid'ah
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Question:
A question came to us via the internet. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, we request clarification on the categories of seeking blessing (tabarruk), and when it becomes shirk (associating partners with Allah) and when it becomes bid'ah (religious innovation).
Answer:
There is no limit to the categories of seeking blessing (tabarruk). One may seek blessing from a tree, a stone, a house, or anything else, so it has no specific number. It becomes shirk (associating partners with Allah) if one believes that the blessing comes from the created thing. If one believes that the blessing comes from the created thing, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah, major shirk. However, if one believes that the blessing is from Allah, but that this created thing is the cause of the blessing, then this is bid'ah (religious innovation), except for what Allah has made a cause. Yes, Allah has made certain things blessed, such as the Ka'bah, the Black Stone, and the water of Zamzam; Allah has made these blessed. As for believing that there is blessing in something other than what Allah has made blessed, that is bid'ah (religious innovation). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
A question came to us via the internet. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, we request clarification on the categories of seeking blessing (tabarruk), and when it becomes shirk (associating partners with Allah) and when it becomes bid'ah (religious innovation).
Answer:
There is no limit to the categories of seeking blessing (tabarruk). One may seek blessing from a tree, a stone, a house, or anything else, so it has no specific number. It becomes shirk (associating partners with Allah) if one believes that the blessing comes from the created thing. If one believes that the blessing comes from the created thing, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah, major shirk. However, if one believes that the blessing is from Allah, but that this created thing is the cause of the blessing, then this is bid'ah (religious innovation), except for what Allah has made a cause. Yes, Allah has made certain things blessed, such as the Ka'bah, the Black Stone, and the water of Zamzam; Allah has made these blessed. As for believing that there is blessing in something other than what Allah has made blessed, that is bid'ah (religious innovation). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-018-التحذير من البدع والمنكرات في الحج|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (58:49)
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