Combining the Belief of the Polytheists in Benefit and Harm with Seeking Nearness and Intercession
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: In a previous lesson, you mentioned that the polytheists believe that their objects of worship benefit them and harm them, but the verses indicate that they believe they bring them closer to Allah and that they intercede for them, as Allah the Exalted said about them:[Yunus 10:18], and He said: [Az-Zumar 39:3]. So what is the way to reconcile these two?
The Shaykh:
Intercession. Yes. Regarding the first point, they say that they benefit them through intercession. They benefit them by bringing them closer. Yes. They say that they benefit them and that they harm them, to the extent that if they do not call upon them or if they do not look favorably upon them, they will kill their child or afflict them with an illness, or... and they attribute to those other than Allah, or that they are the ones they seek help from regarding their idols, even if they believe in them, if they did not believe that they...
The questioner:
If a servant believed that they benefit or harm in themselves.
The Shaykh:
That would be shirk (associating partners with Allah) in lordship. Shirk in worship. Calling upon them and seeking aid from them. Shirk in lordship.
Honorable Shaykh, he says: In a previous lesson, you mentioned that the polytheists believe that their objects of worship benefit them and harm them, but the verses indicate that they believe they bring them closer to Allah and that they intercede for them, as Allah the Exalted said about them:
These are our intercessors with Allah
هَٰؤُلَاءِ شُفَعَاؤُنَا عِندَ اللَّهِAnd those who take protectors besides Him [say], "We only worship them that they may bring us nearer to Allah in position."
وَالَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ مَا نَعْبُدُهُمْ إِلَّا لِيُقَرِّبُونَا إِلَى اللَّهِ زُلْفَىٰThe Shaykh:
Intercession. Yes. Regarding the first point, they say that they benefit them through intercession. They benefit them by bringing them closer. Yes. They say that they benefit them and that they harm them, to the extent that if they do not call upon them or if they do not look favorably upon them, they will kill their child or afflict them with an illness, or... and they attribute to those other than Allah, or that they are the ones they seek help from regarding their idols, even if they believe in them, if they did not believe that they...
The questioner:
If a servant believed that they benefit or harm in themselves.
The Shaykh:
That would be shirk (associating partners with Allah) in lordship. Shirk in worship. Calling upon them and seeking aid from them. Shirk in lordship.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 47 من 64 / شرح القصيدة النونية / والعلم أقسام ثلاث / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:04:56)
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