How do we warn Muslims against extremism regarding graves?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This is Abdullah from Jeddah. He says that extremism regarding graves, in all its forms and types, has become widespread in some Islamic countries. What is your guidance on this?
Answer:
Our guidance in this matter is that scholars should focus on spreading tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the correct creed, and that they should warn against shirk (associating partners with Allah) and its types and causes. There should be a correct call to this matter, because many callers do not care about the matter of the creed, nor do they care when they see people upon shirk; they do not attend to it. Rather, they focus on peripheral matters.
Therefore, it is obligatory for callers to focus on this matter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began first with the creed, and likewise the prophets before him began first by commanding people regarding the creed and forbidding them from shirk. Then, after that, they commanded them regarding the rest of the commands of the religion. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Mu'adh to Yemen, he said to him:Mishkat al-Masabih 1772 that Allah has made obligatory upon them a charity to be taken from their rich and returned to their poor. He began with tawhid and the creed, before everything else, and they were People of the Book. In this is evidence that scholars of misguidance call to tawhid. Scholars of misguidance call to tawhid, so what about the common people? Yes.
May Allah reward you. This is Abdullah from Jeddah. He says that extremism regarding graves, in all its forms and types, has become widespread in some Islamic countries. What is your guidance on this?
Answer:
Our guidance in this matter is that scholars should focus on spreading tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the correct creed, and that they should warn against shirk (associating partners with Allah) and its types and causes. There should be a correct call to this matter, because many callers do not care about the matter of the creed, nor do they care when they see people upon shirk; they do not attend to it. Rather, they focus on peripheral matters.
Therefore, it is obligatory for callers to focus on this matter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began first with the creed, and likewise the prophets before him began first by commanding people regarding the creed and forbidding them from shirk. Then, after that, they commanded them regarding the rest of the commands of the religion. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Mu'adh to Yemen, he said to him:
You will come to folk who are people of a book, so invite them to testify that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is God's messenger. If they obey that, tell them God has made obligatory for them five times of prayer every twenty-four hours. If they obey that, tell them
إنك تأتي قوما من أهل الكتاب، فليكن أول ما تدعوهم إليه شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله، فإن هم أجابوك لذلك فأعلمهم أن الله افترض عليهم خمس صلوات في اليوم والليلة، فإن هم أجابوك لذلك فأعلمهم
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف نحذر المسلمين من الغلو في القبور؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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