What is the ruling on demolishing the graves of the grave-worshippers?
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Question:
Is it permissible to do what those who demolish the graves of the grave-worshippers in some countries do?
Answer:
O brothers, forbidding evil by hand is only for the authority, because no one can stop the authority. As for individuals, if they change things by hand without authority, everyone stops them, everyone beats them, and everyone kills them.
So it is not permissible to demolish graves except for the authority. The authority. And as for the one who does not have authority in his hand, he is content with only forbidding. He is content with only forbidding. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Makkah for thirteen years while the idols were on the Ka'bah.
And the idols were on al-Safa and al-Marwah, and al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat, the greatest of the idols, remained; he did not extend his hand to them because he was not able to. So when he migrated to al-Madinah and the state of Islam was established, and Allah opened Makkah for him, he removed all the idols because Allah gave him authority. Because Allah gave him authority; before this, he did not have authority in his hand, so he was content with only forbidding shirk (associating partners with Allah). He forbade shirk and ordered tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
And when he migrated to al-Madinah and the state of Islam was established, and he gathered the soldiers and brought ten thousand armed with weapons, Allah opened Makkah for him, and he removed all the idols, those on the Ka'bah and those on al-Safa and al-Marwah, al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat. He purified the land from shirk because of the authority that Allah gave him. So, O brothers, do not extend your hands without authority. You harm the Muslims and Islam. Yes.
Is it permissible to do what those who demolish the graves of the grave-worshippers in some countries do?
Answer:
O brothers, forbidding evil by hand is only for the authority, because no one can stop the authority. As for individuals, if they change things by hand without authority, everyone stops them, everyone beats them, and everyone kills them.
So it is not permissible to demolish graves except for the authority. The authority. And as for the one who does not have authority in his hand, he is content with only forbidding. He is content with only forbidding. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Makkah for thirteen years while the idols were on the Ka'bah.
And the idols were on al-Safa and al-Marwah, and al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat, the greatest of the idols, remained; he did not extend his hand to them because he was not able to. So when he migrated to al-Madinah and the state of Islam was established, and Allah opened Makkah for him, he removed all the idols because Allah gave him authority. Because Allah gave him authority; before this, he did not have authority in his hand, so he was content with only forbidding shirk (associating partners with Allah). He forbade shirk and ordered tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
And when he migrated to al-Madinah and the state of Islam was established, and he gathered the soldiers and brought ten thousand armed with weapons, Allah opened Makkah for him, and he removed all the idols, those on the Ka'bah and those on al-Safa and al-Marwah, al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat. He purified the land from shirk because of the authority that Allah gave him. So, O brothers, do not extend your hands without authority. You harm the Muslims and Islam. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم هدم مقابر القبوريين؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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