The ruling on taking intermediaries between the servant and his Lord
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Question:
This man asks, Shaykh, and says: What is the ruling on taking intermediaries between Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and His servants, such as the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous? Does this take one out of the circle of Islam?
Answer:
Taking intermediaries between oneself and Allah, if one draws near to these intermediaries by slaughtering, making vows, calling for aid, or supplicating to them, then he is one who associates partners with Allah (shirk) in major shirk. But if he does not supplicate to anyone but Allah and does not slaughter for anyone but Allah, yet he takes these people, thinking that they are a cause, merely a cause, then this is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and an error. However, it does not reach the level of shirk; it is one of the means to shirk. Yes.
This man asks, Shaykh, and says: What is the ruling on taking intermediaries between Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and His servants, such as the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous? Does this take one out of the circle of Islam?
Answer:
Taking intermediaries between oneself and Allah, if one draws near to these intermediaries by slaughtering, making vows, calling for aid, or supplicating to them, then he is one who associates partners with Allah (shirk) in major shirk. But if he does not supplicate to anyone but Allah and does not slaughter for anyone but Allah, yet he takes these people, thinking that they are a cause, merely a cause, then this is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and an error. However, it does not reach the level of shirk; it is one of the means to shirk. Yes.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 25-12-1434هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (41:41)
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