Explaining the reason for people’s attachment to graves
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Q171: The questioner asks: What is the reason for some people’s attachment to graves and shrines, and their seeking of aid from them and the healing of the sick?
A171: The reason is two things. The first is ignorance of what Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has commanded, because ignorance leads to such matters. Therefore, it is obligatory for the Muslim to learn his creed, and what validates it and what invalidates it, so that he does not fall into this matter, especially since many people fall into such things, and perhaps he imitates them without knowing. But if he learns, he can avoid these matters. This is one thing. The second is the callers to misguidance who call for attachment to the dead and shrines, and they speak about this on the radio and satellite channels. They are the ones who lead the common people and the ignorant into these matters, in addition to the common people’s blind imitation of them. So when he sees them doing this thing and he is ignorant, he approves of it and does it.
A171: The reason is two things. The first is ignorance of what Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has commanded, because ignorance leads to such matters. Therefore, it is obligatory for the Muslim to learn his creed, and what validates it and what invalidates it, so that he does not fall into this matter, especially since many people fall into such things, and perhaps he imitates them without knowing. But if he learns, he can avoid these matters. This is one thing. The second is the callers to misguidance who call for attachment to the dead and shrines, and they speak about this on the radio and satellite channels. They are the ones who lead the common people and the ignorant into these matters, in addition to the common people’s blind imitation of them. So when he sees them doing this thing and he is ignorant, he approves of it and does it.
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