The Difference Between a Vow Made to the Grave and a Vow Made to Allah at the Grave
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you with truth. If someone vows to pray at the grave, and if someone vows to pray to the grave, are both vows shirk (associating partners with Allah), or is the first a major sin and the second shirk?
Answer:
If one vows to pray to the grave, that is shirk. Yes. If one vows to pray to Allah at the grave, then the bid'ah (religious innovation) is a means to shirk. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you with truth. If someone vows to pray at the grave, and if someone vows to pray to the grave, are both vows shirk (associating partners with Allah), or is the first a major sin and the second shirk?
Answer:
If one vows to pray to the grave, that is shirk. Yes. If one vows to pray to Allah at the grave, then the bid'ah (religious innovation) is a means to shirk. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [16] — alfawzan.live (1:03:19)
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