The Ruling on Slaughter at the Grave
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person says, “I pledge to Allah that I will slaughter so many sheep at the grave of so-and-so if I am given a child or if my sick person is healed,” does that make him one who associates partners with Allah? And why?
Answer:
Yes. Slaughtering at the grave, whether it is a person seeking to draw near to the grave itself, or a person seeking to draw near to Allah at the grave, is an opening and a means of shirk (associating partners with Allah). In any case, this vow is not permissible, because whether it is shirk or a means to shirk, it is not permissible to make it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person says, “I pledge to Allah that I will slaughter so many sheep at the grave of so-and-so if I am given a child or if my sick person is healed,” does that make him one who associates partners with Allah? And why?
Answer:
Yes. Slaughtering at the grave, whether it is a person seeking to draw near to the grave itself, or a person seeking to draw near to Allah at the grave, is an opening and a means of shirk (associating partners with Allah). In any case, this vow is not permissible, because whether it is shirk or a means to shirk, it is not permissible to make it. Yes.
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