Are the common people excused for circumambulating the graves of the awliya (close friends of Allah)?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. Are the common people excused for circumambulating the graves of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the dead, or are they not?
Answer:
They are not excused, because knowledge is available. They read the Qur'an and hear it, and it forbids shirk (associating partners with Allah). They hear the words of the scholars through lessons, lectures, and Friday sermons, and they hear Islamic radio broadcasts that explain the prohibition of shirk and the command to practice tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Therefore, they are not excused for this shirk. Because the argument has been established against them by what they hear, what they read, and what has reached them.
May Allah reward you with good. Are the common people excused for circumambulating the graves of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the dead, or are they not?
Answer:
They are not excused, because knowledge is available. They read the Qur'an and hear it, and it forbids shirk (associating partners with Allah). They hear the words of the scholars through lessons, lectures, and Friday sermons, and they hear Islamic radio broadcasts that explain the prohibition of shirk and the command to practice tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Therefore, they are not excused for this shirk. Because the argument has been established against them by what they hear, what they read, and what has reached them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يعذر العوام الذين يطوفون بقبور الأولياء؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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