What is the validity of the statement: Seeking blessing from the soil at a grave is shirk (associating partners with Allah) if one intends that the soil benefits by itself, so we do not rule based on the apparent?
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The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: The scholars say that we rule regarding a person based on the apparent. He asks: How do we reconcile this with the one who says that seeking blessing from the soil at a grave is major shirk if one intends that the soil benefits by itself, and otherwise it is minor shirk?
The Shaykh:
This is philosophy, this is philosophy. If one manifests shirk, we rule that he is a shirk (one who associates partners with Allah) without this philosophy. If he believes, if he says that...
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And the issue is muddled, and it is muddled, and tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is muddled in this manner. No, do not declare anyone a disbeliever and do not rule that anyone is a shirk (one who associates partners with Allah) ever, until these details and these philosophies and these... Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: The scholars say that we rule regarding a person based on the apparent. He asks: How do we reconcile this with the one who says that seeking blessing from the soil at a grave is major shirk if one intends that the soil benefits by itself, and otherwise it is minor shirk?
The Shaykh:
This is philosophy, this is philosophy. If one manifests shirk, we rule that he is a shirk (one who associates partners with Allah) without this philosophy. If he believes, if he says that...
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And the issue is muddled, and it is muddled, and tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is muddled in this manner. No, do not declare anyone a disbeliever and do not rule that anyone is a shirk (one who associates partners with Allah) ever, until these details and these philosophies and these... Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [12 -939] ما صحة قول: إن التبرك بالتراب عند القبر شرك إن قصد أن التراب ينفع بنفسه، فلا نحكم بالظاهر؟ — youtube.com
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