Shirk (associating partners with Allah) in graves and with the righteous
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Question:
Sami asks, saying: Shirk (associating partners with Allah) includes what is done with the righteous, as well as with graves and other things.
Answer:
Graves are not worshipped for their own sake; they are just dirt. But they are worshipped for the sake of the dead in them, for the sake of the righteous whom they claim are in them, and who have authority and who have... As for the graves themselves, they are not worshipped for their own sake; the worship is directed to those in them. Yes.
Sami asks, saying: Shirk (associating partners with Allah) includes what is done with the righteous, as well as with graves and other things.
Answer:
Graves are not worshipped for their own sake; they are just dirt. But they are worshipped for the sake of the dead in them, for the sake of the righteous whom they claim are in them, and who have authority and who have... As for the graves themselves, they are not worshipped for their own sake; the worship is directed to those in them. Yes.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 09-5-2-1433 — archive.org (36:12)
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