Why is calling for aid from the dead considered worship, while calling for aid from the living is not?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Why is calling for aid from the dead considered worship, while calling for aid from the living is not?
The Shaykh:
The living are capable of providing aid if they are able to help the one who called for their help, but the dead are not able to do so. You call for their help day and night, and they come out of their grave to help you and provide aid? That is not reasonable. A dead person may have become dust and rubble.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The living and the dead: the living have the ability, and the dead do not have the ability. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Why is calling for aid from the dead considered worship, while calling for aid from the living is not?
The Shaykh:
The living are capable of providing aid if they are able to help the one who called for their help, but the dead are not able to do so. You call for their help day and night, and they come out of their grave to help you and provide aid? That is not reasonable. A dead person may have become dust and rubble.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The living and the dead: the living have the ability, and the dead do not have the ability. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [338 -939] لماذا كانت الاستغاثة بالأموات عبادة والاستغاثة بالأحياء ليست بعبادة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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