Devoting a lecture or sermon exclusively to the shirk (associating partners with Allah) of graves
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Question:
He says: May Allah reward you. I heard some of them say: Why does a lecture or a sermon take up an entire session on the shirk of graves, and what is the reason for that? You can mention it as a general reminder, but it is not befitting for a lecture to be occupied with a topic that has no relation to you. What is your opinion?
Answer:
This is misguidance. This is misguidance. It is a hatred of the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and a denial of shirk. How long did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remain in Makkah calling to tawhid? Did he not remain there for thirteen years? Calling to tawhid before he was commanded regarding prayer, zakah, fasting, and Hajj? So the call to tawhid continued, and only a hypocrite or a disbeliever finds it burdensome. We ask Allah for safety.
It is necessary to call to tawhid, it is necessary to forbid shirk in a lecture, in the Friday sermon, in a word. This is necessary. This is the principle to which the messengers called[Al-Anbya 21:25].
He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Mu'adh when he sent him to Yemen: "You will come to a people from the People of the Book, so let the first thing you call them to beSahih al-Bukhari 2157. If they respond to that, then inform them that Allah has made obligatory upon them five prayers." To the end of the hadith.
Because there is no benefit in prayer or in all deeds with the presence of shirk. Shirk nullifies deeds[Al-An'am 6:88], so no deed benefits with shirk. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on 'aqidah (creed), explaining the correct 'aqidah, and explaining what contradicts it from shirk with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is necessary. Yes.
He says: May Allah reward you. I heard some of them say: Why does a lecture or a sermon take up an entire session on the shirk of graves, and what is the reason for that? You can mention it as a general reminder, but it is not befitting for a lecture to be occupied with a topic that has no relation to you. What is your opinion?
Answer:
This is misguidance. This is misguidance. It is a hatred of the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and a denial of shirk. How long did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remain in Makkah calling to tawhid? Did he not remain there for thirteen years? Calling to tawhid before he was commanded regarding prayer, zakah, fasting, and Hajj? So the call to tawhid continued, and only a hypocrite or a disbeliever finds it burdensome. We ask Allah for safety.
It is necessary to call to tawhid, it is necessary to forbid shirk in a lecture, in the Friday sermon, in a word. This is necessary. This is the principle to which the messengers called
And We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِHe (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Mu'adh when he sent him to Yemen: "You will come to a people from the People of the Book, so let the first thing you call them to be
to testify that None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and Muhammad is His Apostle
شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله، وأن محمدا رسول اللهBecause there is no benefit in prayer or in all deeds with the presence of shirk. Shirk nullifies deeds
But if they had associated others with Allah, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.
وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
Source
السلفية حقيقتها وسماتها — alfawzan.live (46:50)
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