The Ruling on Seeking Blessing from Trees, Stones, and Graves
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Question:
To the people of knowledge, and look at how the people of knowledge have become with him. What is the ruling on reciting in the Noble Qur'an, and in the noble graves, and with things and entrails? Not with the intention that they benefit or harm without Allah, and not with the intention of worshipping other than Allah, but rather out of ignorance they say, "This is blessed from Allah the Exalted, and we seek blessing by touching it." Is it something lesser or greater?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) mentioned that seeking blessing from created things, such as trees and stones, is shirk (associating partners with Allah). So what did Allah mention in the story of the Children of Israel when He passed them by[Al-A'raf 7:138-140]?
This indicates that seeking blessing from trees and stones is seeking gods, asking for blessing from stones and trees; this is the meaning of gods. Likewise, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith of Abu Waqid al-Laythi, when they went out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and they were newly converted from disbelief after the conquest of Makkah, they went out with him to the Battle of Hunayn. They passed by a group of polytheists who had a date palm tree to which they tied their weapons, meaning they hung their weapons on it for seeking blessing. They said to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), "Make for us a Dhat Anwar (a place of light) as they have a Dhat Anwar." He said, (peace and blessings be upon him):
Sahih Ibn Hibban 62:586 Will you follow the ways of those before you? Then he said, (peace and blessings be upon him):
The verse and the hadith indicate that this is a matter. As for you asking whether it is greater or lesser, this does not need to be asked, as it came in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. But some scholars say that if one believes that the blessing comes from these trees, stones, and graves, then this is something lesser. But if a person believes that the blessing comes from Allah, and he only thinks that these graves and these trees are merely a means, then this is minor shirk, and it is a means to major shirk. However, leaving out the details and saying that it is shirk is the safer course and the most appropriate. Yes, because if you detail it, people will be lax in this matter. Yes, so say, "This is shirk," as in the verse or as in the hadith, and leave this correction. Yes.
To the people of knowledge, and look at how the people of knowledge have become with him. What is the ruling on reciting in the Noble Qur'an, and in the noble graves, and with things and entrails? Not with the intention that they benefit or harm without Allah, and not with the intention of worshipping other than Allah, but rather out of ignorance they say, "This is blessed from Allah the Exalted, and we seek blessing by touching it." Is it something lesser or greater?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) mentioned that seeking blessing from created things, such as trees and stones, is shirk (associating partners with Allah). So what did Allah mention in the story of the Children of Israel when He passed them by
(138) And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly. (139) Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing." (140) He said, "Is it other than Allah I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"
بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى اجْعَل لَّنَا إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ قَالَ أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَThis indicates that seeking blessing from trees and stones is seeking gods, asking for blessing from stones and trees; this is the meaning of gods. Likewise, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith of Abu Waqid al-Laythi, when they went out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and they were newly converted from disbelief after the conquest of Makkah, they went out with him to the Battle of Hunayn. They passed by a group of polytheists who had a date palm tree to which they tied their weapons, meaning they hung their weapons on it for seeking blessing. They said to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), "Make for us a Dhat Anwar (a place of light) as they have a Dhat Anwar." He said, (peace and blessings be upon him):
Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. It is the ways of the past. You said, by Myself in Whose Hand is your soul, just as the Children of Israel said to Moses.
الله أكبر الله أكبر الله أكبر إنها السنن قلتم والذي نفسي بيده كما قالت بنو إسرائيل لموسى.Make for us a god as they have gods. He said, "Indeed, you are a people who know not. Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah
اجعل لنا إلها كما لهم آلهة. قال إنكم قوم تجهلون. قال أغير اللهYou will follow the ways of those before you, or the ways of those before you, hand over hand, until if they entered into the hole of a rock, you would enter it too.
لتتبعن سنن من كان قبلكم أو سنن من كان قبلكم خلو القزة بالقزة حتى لو دخلوا جحر ضفر لدخلتموه.The verse and the hadith indicate that this is a matter. As for you asking whether it is greater or lesser, this does not need to be asked, as it came in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. But some scholars say that if one believes that the blessing comes from these trees, stones, and graves, then this is something lesser. But if a person believes that the blessing comes from Allah, and he only thinks that these graves and these trees are merely a means, then this is minor shirk, and it is a means to major shirk. However, leaving out the details and saying that it is shirk is the safer course and the most appropriate. Yes, because if you detail it, people will be lax in this matter. Yes, so say, "This is shirk," as in the verse or as in the hadith, and leave this correction. Yes.
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