The Difference Between One Who Takes an Intermediary as a Cause and One Who Sacrifices to It
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between the one who takes an intermediary as a cause and the one who sacrifices to it, or bows to it, or prostrates to it? This one calls upon it, and the other worships it. Is there a difference between them?
Answer:
If he calls upon it, he is among the first group. But if he does not call upon it, does not sacrifice to it, and does not make a vow to it, yet he believes that it is the cause of his reaching Allah, we say this is invalid, because Allah has not made this a cause.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between the one who takes an intermediary as a cause and the one who sacrifices to it, or bows to it, or prostrates to it? This one calls upon it, and the other worships it. Is there a difference between them?
Answer:
If he calls upon it, he is among the first group. But if he does not call upon it, does not sacrifice to it, and does not make a vow to it, yet he believes that it is the cause of his reaching Allah, we say this is invalid, because Allah has not made this a cause.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 03- شرح نواقض الاسلام -الناقض الثاني- وسائط - الشيخ صالح الفوزان - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (54:40)
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