The Ruling on Exaggeration Regarding the Awliya and the Righteous, Seeking Intercession from Them, and Directing Worship to Them
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Question:
May Allah bless you. How do we confront the opposing beliefs that contradict the truth? Some of those they call the awliya (close friends of Allah) are said to share in Allah’s management of affairs and to intervene in the affairs of the world, and they are given other names. How do we combat this bid'ah (religious innovation)?
Answer:
This is the belief of Abu Jahl, Abu Lahab, and their like among the first polytheists. As Allah mentioned regarding them, they say:[Yunus 10:18] They say, “We do not worship them except that they bring us closer to Allah.” They say, “We do not worship them because they benefit or harm, but because they intercede for us with Allah because they are righteous, so they intercede for us with Allah.” If any type of worship is directed to them, they are committing major shirk (associating partners with Allah). Yes.
May Allah bless you. How do we confront the opposing beliefs that contradict the truth? Some of those they call the awliya (close friends of Allah) are said to share in Allah’s management of affairs and to intervene in the affairs of the world, and they are given other names. How do we combat this bid'ah (religious innovation)?
Answer:
This is the belief of Abu Jahl, Abu Lahab, and their like among the first polytheists. As Allah mentioned regarding them, they say:
And they worship other than Allah that which neither harms them nor benefits them, and they say, "These are our intercessors with Allah
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ شُفَعَاؤُنَا عِندَ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [5166] حكم الغلو في الأولياء والصالحين وطلب الشفاعة منهم وصرف العبادة لهم - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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