The Ruling on Removing Graves and Shrines and Calling the Rulers

The questioner:
There is no benefit, no benefit in that. Shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the most dangerous thing. As long as shirk exists, there is no life with it.

The Shaykh:
This is what the Shaykh started with; the first thing he starts with is shirk. Yes.

The presenter:
To, to, to Allah.

The questioner:
As for the rest of the question, which is how the graves are removed and how.

The Shaykh:
Note what the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) did. He did not go to the graves and remove them immediately. Rather, he removed them through authority. So he contacted the governor and called him to Allah and convinced him. When the governor was convinced, he removed the graves. So it is obligatory to call the rulers , perhaps Allah will guide one of them through whom the truth is manifested and the truth prevails. Removing graves and shrines is not an individual matter, because if a person removed them with his own hand, it would lead to a greater fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). So it is necessary to find an authority that removes these, and that is by contacting the authorities, even if the authorities are initially not on the right path, and not on.
We do not despair. We reach out to them and call them to Allah with wisdom and good instruction, as the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) did with the Amir of al-Uyaynah first, then with Amir Muhammad ibn Sa'ud, may Allah have mercy on them all. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he was in Makkah and had no authority, al-Lat and al-Uzza and Manat were there, and the idols were on the Ka'bah, above al-Safa and al-Marwah, and he did not touch them, because he did not have authority. But when he migrated to al-Madinah and the Muhajireen and the Ansar pledged allegiance to him for jihad in the cause of Allah and he had authority, when he conquered Makkah, he removed the idols. He broke them and burned them with the authority that Allah gave him. Yes.

The presenter:
The case of the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) was not a pre-Islamic invocation with the Muslims who build the udhiyah (sacrifices) and graves, and they did not make it a secular law except a huge law, because this water builds graves and shrines, and they did not denounce them. And the case of the Shaykh's mother came, that the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) came to the doctors, and he overcame them in that, or

The Shaykh:
He did not demolish the domes with his own hand, nor did he stone with his own hand, but through authority after calling to Allah, after he convinced the governor, as I mentioned in the first answer. We do not despair that Allah will guide one of the rulers. So it is upon the callers that they contact the rulers and call them to Allah with wisdom and good instruction, and explain to them, and do not despair, do not despair, for Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is near and answers. Hearts are in the hand of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. But that we isolate ourselves and curse the rulers in public and confront them, this causes fitnah. We must contact them, we must advise them, and we must admonish them with what is best, with wisdom and good instruction. Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said to Musa and Harun (peace be upon them) when He sent them to Pharaoh . Two noble prophets with a tyrant who claims lordship. Allah says to them: "Say to him a gentle word." A word to him directly, between you and him, while he is in another place, you curse him and speak ill of him. This causes a greater fitnah. But say to him a gentle word, without harshness or severity that repels. Is it not necessary to follow the methodology of the Messengers (peace and blessings be upon them), otherwise the da'wah (calling others to Islam) will not succeed no matter what it is, rather