Slaughtering and making vows for the people of graves, hoping for their help, and swearing by them out of reverence is major shirk (associating partners with Allah) that invalidates deeds and causes its owner to remain in the Fire forever
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Question:
May Allah reward you. In his last question, he says: There are some people who slaughter and make vows for the people of graves, and they ask them for well-being, health, and provision. They swear by Allah falsely, but they do not swear by those buried ones falsely. I hope you will advise these people through your beneficial program. May Allah reward you for us and for the Muslims with good.
Answer:
Slaughtering animals for graves and calling upon them for aid, circumambulating their graves, drawing near to them and hoping they will bring benefit or ward off harm, all of this is among the types of shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and it is major shirk; because it diverts types of worship to other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So it is obligatory for the one who does that to repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and to make his worship sincere for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is not pleased that anyone from His creation associates partners with Him, not a prophet brought near, nor an angel sent, nor a righteous person among the righteous. Worship is the right of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[An-Nisa 4:36] Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Ma'idah 5:72] [Al-Ma'idah 5:72], and major shirk nullifies all deeds; no deed is valid with it. Allah the Exalted said: [Az-Zumar 39:65] [Az-Zumar 39:65-66] And He (Blessed and Exalted is He) said: [Al-An'am 6:88] So major shirk nullifies deeds in this world and the Hereafter.
It causes its owner to remain and abide in the Fire forever. So it is obligatory for the one who wants salvation for himself to repent to Allah before death, and to make worship sincere for Allah, and not to be taken by the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) passion, or the detested tribalism, to continue in his shirk and his worship, or blind imitation, to continue in his shirk and die upon shirk, so he will be among the people of the Fire, remaining and abiding in it. Indeed, Allah only sent the messengers and sent down the books to command the oneness of Allah (tawhid) and to prohibit shirk with Him, (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
May Allah reward you. In his last question, he says: There are some people who slaughter and make vows for the people of graves, and they ask them for well-being, health, and provision. They swear by Allah falsely, but they do not swear by those buried ones falsely. I hope you will advise these people through your beneficial program. May Allah reward you for us and for the Muslims with good.
Answer:
Slaughtering animals for graves and calling upon them for aid, circumambulating their graves, drawing near to them and hoping they will bring benefit or ward off harm, all of this is among the types of shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and it is major shirk; because it diverts types of worship to other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So it is obligatory for the one who does that to repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and to make his worship sincere for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is not pleased that anyone from His creation associates partners with Him, not a prophet brought near, nor an angel sent, nor a righteous person among the righteous. Worship is the right of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him
وَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًاIndeed, he who associates others with Allah
إِنَّهُ مَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِAllah has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Fire. And there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers.
فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍAnd it was already revealed to you and to those before you that if
وَلَقَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْif you should associate [anything] with Allah, your work would surely become worthless, and you would surely be among the losers." (66) Rather, worship [only] Allah and be among the grateful.
أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ بَلِ اللَّهَ فَاعْبُدْ وَكُن مِّنَ الشَّاكِرِينَBut if they had associated others with Allah, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.
وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَIt causes its owner to remain and abide in the Fire forever. So it is obligatory for the one who wants salvation for himself to repent to Allah before death, and to make worship sincere for Allah, and not to be taken by the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) passion, or the detested tribalism, to continue in his shirk and his worship, or blind imitation, to continue in his shirk and die upon shirk, so he will be among the people of the Fire, remaining and abiding in it. Indeed, Allah only sent the messengers and sent down the books to command the oneness of Allah (tawhid) and to prohibit shirk with Him, (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5442- الذبح والنذر لأصحاب القبور ورجاؤهم والحلف بهم تعظيما شرك أكبر محبط للعمل ويخلد صاحبه في النار — youtube.com
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