How should one treat a person who calls upon the dead and seeks intercession from them?
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The questioner:
Yes. If you see a person doing acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as calling upon the dead and seeking intercession from them, how should I treat him? Do I treat him as a Muslim or as a disbeliever?
The Shaykh:
Treat him as a Muslim, even though you hear him committing shirk and calling upon other than Allah. Treat him as one who commits shirk, but call him to Islam. Explain to him that this is major shirk and inform him of the danger of shirk, as part of calling to Allah and giving advice. Yes.
Yes. If you see a person doing acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as calling upon the dead and seeking intercession from them, how should I treat him? Do I treat him as a Muslim or as a disbeliever?
The Shaykh:
Treat him as a Muslim, even though you hear him committing shirk and calling upon other than Allah. Treat him as one who commits shirk, but call him to Islam. Explain to him that this is major shirk and inform him of the danger of shirk, as part of calling to Allah and giving advice. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف يعامل من يدعو ويطلب الشفاعة من الأموات؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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