Seeking Blessing from the Stones of Makkah, the Ka'bah, and Their Traces
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Question:
(peace and blessings be upon him). The questioner asks: Is it a characteristic of Makkah or the Ka'bah to seek blessing from its stones or traces?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to seek blessing from stones or trees. This is one of the means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), or it becomes shirk if one believes that the blessing comes from this tree or this stone. There is a hadith of Abu Waqid al-Laythi.
They had recently embraced Islam and went out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Battle of Hunayn. They passed by a group of polytheists who had a tree on which they hung their weapons seeking blessing from it, and they would prostrate before it. They said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Mishkat al-Masabih 5408. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was surprised and said, "Indeed, these are the ways of the old." He said, "By Him in whose hand is my soul, you said, as the Children of Israel said to Moses: [Al-A'raf 7:138]."
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) mentioned regarding the Children of Israel, saying:[Al-A'raf 7:138-140]? So he (peace and blessings be upon him) denied it to them and considered this to be shirk and taking gods alongside Allah.
Likewise, the one who imitates them and seeks blessing from a tree or a stone has imitated the Children of Israel in this matter.
Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) established a chapter in his book al-Tawhid titled "The One Who Seeks Blessing from a Tree or a Stone," and he cited the hadith of Abu Waqid al-Laythi to point out that this action is not permissible, and that it is shirk or a means to shirk.
(peace and blessings be upon him). The questioner asks: Is it a characteristic of Makkah or the Ka'bah to seek blessing from its stones or traces?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to seek blessing from stones or trees. This is one of the means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), or it becomes shirk if one believes that the blessing comes from this tree or this stone. There is a hadith of Abu Waqid al-Laythi.
They had recently embraced Islam and went out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Battle of Hunayn. They passed by a group of polytheists who had a tree on which they hung their weapons seeking blessing from it, and they would prostrate before it. They said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
to appoint a Dhat Anwat for them just as those people had one
اجعل لنا ذات أنواط كما لهم ذات أنواطO Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods.
مُوسَى اجْعَل لَّنَا إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌAllah (Exalted and Majestic is He) mentioned regarding the Children of Israel, saying:
(138) And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly. (139) Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing." (140) He said, "Is it other than Allah I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"
وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى اجْعَل لَّنَا إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ قَالَ أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَLikewise, the one who imitates them and seeks blessing from a tree or a stone has imitated the Children of Israel in this matter.
Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) established a chapter in his book al-Tawhid titled "The One Who Seeks Blessing from a Tree or a Stone," and he cited the hadith of Abu Waqid al-Laythi to point out that this action is not permissible, and that it is shirk or a means to shirk.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-47-منهج أهل السنة والجماعة|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (44:14)
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