The Fitnah of Graves and the Supplication to the Righteous
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Shaykh Salih, the worship of graves and shrines, and seeking blessing from those called the righteous, these matters still remain a place of division among Muslims and a place of back-and-forth. The Muslim hopes that these causes which have divided the Muslims will be uprooted. Perhaps Shaykh Salih has a word on this. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no doubt that this great fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), which is the fitnah of graves, and the fitnah of supplicating to the righteous and calling for aid from them other than Allah the Exalted, is a great fitnah. It is the greatest of the fitnahs, and it is the greatest of the fitnahs that have befallen the Muslims. But the truth, and praise be to Allah, is clear.
And the path is clear. The Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stand in calling to Allah, clarifying the truth, and forbidding falsehood. It is a call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and a prohibition of shirk (associating partners with Allah). This exists in the Book of Allah and in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and it exists in the books of the scholars and the imams of the da'wah (calling others to Islam). And it, praise be to Allah, is recited, read, and published to establish the proof.
Against the obstinate, and to guide those whom Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) wills to guide from among those who accept the truth. In any case, this fitnah exists, but its cure exists, and praise be to Allah. And those who treat it also exist, from among the callers to Allah the Exalted who are upon insight, and the renewers whom Allah sends at the head of every hundred years to renew the religious affairs of this Ummah (the Muslim community). All of that exists, and praise be to Allah.
And this is what reassures the believer that the truth is manifest, and praise be to Allah. No matter how much falsehood increases, the truth is manifest, and praise be to Allah, and it exists. And a group from this Ummah will remain upon the truth, manifestly, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1920 and no one who opposes them until the command of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) comes, and they are upon that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Shaykh Salih, the worship of graves and shrines, and seeking blessing from those called the righteous, these matters still remain a place of division among Muslims and a place of back-and-forth. The Muslim hopes that these causes which have divided the Muslims will be uprooted. Perhaps Shaykh Salih has a word on this. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no doubt that this great fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), which is the fitnah of graves, and the fitnah of supplicating to the righteous and calling for aid from them other than Allah the Exalted, is a great fitnah. It is the greatest of the fitnahs, and it is the greatest of the fitnahs that have befallen the Muslims. But the truth, and praise be to Allah, is clear.
And the path is clear. The Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stand in calling to Allah, clarifying the truth, and forbidding falsehood. It is a call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and a prohibition of shirk (associating partners with Allah). This exists in the Book of Allah and in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and it exists in the books of the scholars and the imams of the da'wah (calling others to Islam). And it, praise be to Allah, is recited, read, and published to establish the proof.
Against the obstinate, and to guide those whom Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) wills to guide from among those who accept the truth. In any case, this fitnah exists, but its cure exists, and praise be to Allah. And those who treat it also exist, from among the callers to Allah the Exalted who are upon insight, and the renewers whom Allah sends at the head of every hundred years to renew the religious affairs of this Ummah (the Muslim community). All of that exists, and praise be to Allah.
And this is what reassures the believer that the truth is manifest, and praise be to Allah. No matter how much falsehood increases, the truth is manifest, and praise be to Allah, and it exists. And a group from this Ummah will remain upon the truth, manifestly, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He who deserts them shall not be able to do them any harm.
لا يضرهم من خذلهمThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4875- عبادة القبور والأضرحة وأثرها في تفرقة المسلمين ودور العلماء ووسائل الإعلام في التحذير منها — youtube.com
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