The ruling on the Hajj of one who seeks nearness to Allah through the dead
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, a questioner says: What is the ruling on the Hajj of a man who calls upon the awliya (close friends of Allah), seeks nearness to Allah through them, and asks them for help?
Answer:
He has no valid Hajj, because he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). The one who calls for aid from the dead, asks them to fulfill his needs, and calls upon them instead of Allah is a mushrik. And shirk (associating partners with Allah) invalidates any deed until one repents to Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:[Az-Zumar 39:65-66].
So he must repent to Allah before entering the state of ihram for Hajj. He must repent to Allah with a permanent repentance, not a temporary one. He must enter a new life, a life of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and worship. Whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. But if he remains upon his beliefs of shirk (associating partners with Allah), his ihram will not benefit him, nor will his worship, because it is all batil (invalid).[Al-An'am 6:88] So the Muslim must be aware of these matters and not follow customs and traditions or what people are doing. Allah the Exalted and Majestic has sent down to us a Book and sent to us a Messenger, and commanded us to follow the Book and emulate the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), not to imitate so-and-so or so-and-so, or what we find people doing, and so on. Or we see the shrines built and people rushing to them, and we go with them and agree with them. And even if we do not participate with them, if we do not denounce them or defend them, we are like them. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Your Eminence the Shaykh, a questioner says: What is the ruling on the Hajj of a man who calls upon the awliya (close friends of Allah), seeks nearness to Allah through them, and asks them for help?
Answer:
He has no valid Hajj, because he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). The one who calls for aid from the dead, asks them to fulfill his needs, and calls upon them instead of Allah is a mushrik. And shirk (associating partners with Allah) invalidates any deed until one repents to Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:
(65) And it was already revealed to you and to those before you that if you should associate [anything] with Allah, your work would surely become worthless, and you would surely be among the losers." (66) Rather, worship [only] Allah and be among the grateful.
وَلَقَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ بَلِ اللَّهَ فَاعْبُدْ وَكُن مِّنَ الشَّاكِرِينَSo he must repent to Allah before entering the state of ihram for Hajj. He must repent to Allah with a permanent repentance, not a temporary one. He must enter a new life, a life of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and worship. Whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. But if he remains upon his beliefs of shirk (associating partners with Allah), his ihram will not benefit him, nor will his worship, because it is all batil (invalid).
But if they had associated others with Allah, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.
وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
دروس الحرم، درس الأول في يوم التروية — alfawzan.live (9:34)
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