What is your guidance for those who call for the search for and preservation of antiquities?
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Question:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We seek your guidance (may Allah preserve you) for those who are now calling for the search for and preservation of antiquities, and they say that they are part of our heritage. And when we remind them of the people of Noah and their actions, they do not take a lesson from it. This is a trial and a calamity, without a doubt,
Answer:
without a doubt, and it is not permissible to open this door and search for something from which Allah has protected us. This is not permissible.
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We seek your guidance (may Allah preserve you) for those who are now calling for the search for and preservation of antiquities, and they say that they are part of our heritage. And when we remind them of the people of Noah and their actions, they do not take a lesson from it. This is a trial and a calamity, without a doubt,
Answer:
without a doubt, and it is not permissible to open this door and search for something from which Allah has protected us. This is not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما توجيهكم لمن يطالب بالبحث عن الآثار والمحافظة عليها؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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