The Ruling on Asking by the Status or Right of Someone
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is asking by the right of so-and-so, or by the status of the Prophet, or asking by the entity of the created being itself, a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), or is it shirk in itself?
Answer:
It is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Asking by the status or the right of so-and-so is a bid'ah, and it is a means to shirk. Both things are present in it: it is a bid'ah because it is an act for which there is no evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is also a means to shirk. The worship of graves that has occurred among those who worship graves did not happen except because of this. They first sought nearness to Allah through them, then they drew near to them with acts of worship and obedience, so they fell into major shirk.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is asking by the right of so-and-so, or by the status of the Prophet, or asking by the entity of the created being itself, a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), or is it shirk in itself?
Answer:
It is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Asking by the status or the right of so-and-so is a bid'ah, and it is a means to shirk. Both things are present in it: it is a bid'ah because it is an act for which there is no evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is also a means to shirk. The worship of graves that has occurred among those who worship graves did not happen except because of this. They first sought nearness to Allah through them, then they drew near to them with acts of worship and obedience, so they fell into major shirk.
Source
السؤال بذات أو بجاه أو بحق مخلوق — alfawzan.live
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