Circumambulating the Grave
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on one who circumambulates a grave, circumambulating for Allah around the grave? Does he become a disbeliever, is it minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) or major shirk?
Answer:
If one lingers at a grave to draw near to Allah through it, then this is what he wills; so this is good, this is good, and it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). But if one lingers at the grave to draw near to the deceased by circumambulating it, then he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) with major shirk, because circumambulation is an act of worship that is not done except for Allah.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on one who circumambulates a grave, circumambulating for Allah around the grave? Does he become a disbeliever, is it minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) or major shirk?
Answer:
If one lingers at a grave to draw near to Allah through it, then this is what he wills; so this is good, this is good, and it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). But if one lingers at the grave to draw near to the deceased by circumambulating it, then he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) with major shirk, because circumambulation is an act of worship that is not done except for Allah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 81 من 83 / شرح مختصر زاد المعاد / هديه في أقضيته / صالح الفوزان / السيرة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:01)
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