The ruling on one who prays in a mosque containing shrines or circumambulates graves
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The questioner:
What does Shaykh Salih say to those people who pray in mosques that contain shrines, or who circumambulate graves, or who call upon the awliya (close friends of Allah) saying "al-maddad, al-maddad" and the like? What does Shaykh Salih say to them? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
As for those who pray in mosques that contain shrines, if they believe that these graves benefit and harm, and that praying near them has a special merit, this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), and this prayer is invalid. However, if they are praying for Allah and their hearts are not attached to these graves, but rather they saw this mosque on their way and entered and prayed in it, then their prayer is not valid.
The questioner:
They are not.
The Shaykh:
But they are not like the first group who believe in these graves. For these people, their prayer is not valid, and they have erred in performing the prayer in this place; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying at graves, toward graves, and forbade making graves into mosques. So these people err, and they must repeat the prayer. As for the first group whose hearts are attached to the graves, and who hope for their benefit and the repelling of harm through them, these are mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah), and their prayers and deeds are not valid unless they repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
What does Shaykh Salih say to those people who pray in mosques that contain shrines, or who circumambulate graves, or who call upon the awliya (close friends of Allah) saying "al-maddad, al-maddad" and the like? What does Shaykh Salih say to them? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
As for those who pray in mosques that contain shrines, if they believe that these graves benefit and harm, and that praying near them has a special merit, this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), and this prayer is invalid. However, if they are praying for Allah and their hearts are not attached to these graves, but rather they saw this mosque on their way and entered and prayed in it, then their prayer is not valid.
The questioner:
They are not.
The Shaykh:
But they are not like the first group who believe in these graves. For these people, their prayer is not valid, and they have erred in performing the prayer in this place; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying at graves, toward graves, and forbade making graves into mosques. So these people err, and they must repeat the prayer. As for the first group whose hearts are attached to the graves, and who hope for their benefit and the repelling of harm through them, these are mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah), and their prayers and deeds are not valid unless they repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4531- أدلة بطلان الصلاة في المساجد المبنية على القبور ووجه الدلالة منها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (5:35)
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