The ruling on praying at graves and that it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah)
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Question:
And Honorable Shaykh Abu Bakr, and Ghabara, some say that it was only a means to major shirk among the sins, so it becomes major shirk. Is this statement true?
Answer:
It was only a means. Major shirk among the sins, if it is not major shirk.
Yes, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying at graves, making supplication at graves, and building over graves, because this is a means to shirk in the worship of the dead. These are not called shirk, but rather they are called means to shirk. Means to shirk means paths leading to shirk. Prayer to Allah the Exalted, a prescribed prayer, but when it is performed at a grave, it becomes a means to shirk. So it is forbidden in this place, and a sin, forbidden and a sin in this place, but it is not called shirk; it is called means to shirk. Yes.
And Honorable Shaykh Abu Bakr, and Ghabara, some say that it was only a means to major shirk among the sins, so it becomes major shirk. Is this statement true?
Answer:
It was only a means. Major shirk among the sins, if it is not major shirk.
Yes, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying at graves, making supplication at graves, and building over graves, because this is a means to shirk in the worship of the dead. These are not called shirk, but rather they are called means to shirk. Means to shirk means paths leading to shirk. Prayer to Allah the Exalted, a prescribed prayer, but when it is performed at a grave, it becomes a means to shirk. So it is forbidden in this place, and a sin, forbidden and a sin in this place, but it is not called shirk; it is called means to shirk. Yes.
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