Seeking aid from an absent living person
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The questioner:
Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), a person wants to resign, but he is not present.
The Shaykh:
By written letter, there is nothing wrong with it. As for anything other than a written letter, it is not permissible. They know he is not there, but by written letter or by telephone, there is no contradiction.
The questioner:
Not by letter or anything, O Shaykh, but he is not present here; he is in another country.
The Shaykh:
You say what you say, and Fuhda betrays and listens.
The questioner:
He does not listen once.
The Shaykh:
This is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), if one believes that he knows the unseen. We ask Allah for safety. Yes.
Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), a person wants to resign, but he is not present.
The Shaykh:
By written letter, there is nothing wrong with it. As for anything other than a written letter, it is not permissible. They know he is not there, but by written letter or by telephone, there is no contradiction.
The questioner:
Not by letter or anything, O Shaykh, but he is not present here; he is in another country.
The Shaykh:
You say what you say, and Fuhda betrays and listens.
The questioner:
He does not listen once.
The Shaykh:
This is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), if one believes that he knows the unseen. We ask Allah for safety. Yes.
Source
صحيح البخاري (الشرح الثاني) — binbaz.org.sa (1:39:03)
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