The Reasons Why Some People Become Attached to Graves
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what are the real reasons for these people’s attachment to graves, shrines, or tombs, and their seeking of aid and healing of the sick from them? What is the cause of this, O Shaykh?
Answer:
The cause of this is, first, blind following (taqlid); because they find people doing these actions, they imitate them. Second, the silence of the scholars regarding forbidding it, which is concealing knowledge and a shortcoming in calling to Allah, and they are accountable for that. Third, the callers to evil and misguidance who promote these acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and bid'ah (religious innovations) and make them seem good to people in their speech and writings. Through the combination of these matters, this great defect in creed occurs. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what are the real reasons for these people’s attachment to graves, shrines, or tombs, and their seeking of aid and healing of the sick from them? What is the cause of this, O Shaykh?
Answer:
The cause of this is, first, blind following (taqlid); because they find people doing these actions, they imitate them. Second, the silence of the scholars regarding forbidding it, which is concealing knowledge and a shortcoming in calling to Allah, and they are accountable for that. Third, the callers to evil and misguidance who promote these acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and bid'ah (religious innovations) and make them seem good to people in their speech and writings. Through the combination of these matters, this great defect in creed occurs. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6375- أسباب تعلق بعض الناس بالقبور - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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