What is the difference between a sanam and a wathn?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner asks: What is the difference between a sanam and a wathn?
Answer:
In terms of the ruling, it is better [to distinguish them], but in terms of reality, a sanam is what is in the form of a human or an animal among those with souls, whereas a wathn is what is worshipped other than Allah and is not in the form of an animal, such as a grave. O Allah, do not make my grave a wathn to be worshipped. All trees and stones are wathans.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner asks: What is the difference between a sanam and a wathn?
Answer:
In terms of the ruling, it is better [to distinguish them], but in terms of reality, a sanam is what is in the form of a human or an animal among those with souls, whereas a wathn is what is worshipped other than Allah and is not in the form of an animal, such as a grave. O Allah, do not make my grave a wathn to be worshipped. All trees and stones are wathans.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [228 -939] ما الفرق بين الصنم والوثن؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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