The Ruling on Visiting Graves and Rubbing Against Them
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Question:
He asks: Does visiting graves, praying at them, and rubbing against them undermine the Islamic creed?
Answer:
There is no doubt that this undermines the Islamic creed. Visiting graves for the sake of seeking blessing from them, or rubbing against their walls if they are built, or their soil, seeking blessing from that, or praying at them and making supplication at them, this is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and a means of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Seeking blessing from other than Allah is also shirk, shirk with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Likewise, building over graves and exaggerating in them. Regarding 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "Do not leave a prominent grave, meaning an elevated one, without leveling it, and do not leave an image without erasing it." This is more detrimental to tawhid (the oneness of Allah). If one is attached to the dead, fears them, hopes for their help, or calls upon them for aid, this is major shirk. If one believes that the dead intercede for him with Allah and that they bring him closer to Allah, this is a means of shirk and a religious innovation (bid'ah), a religious innovation (bid'ah) and a means of shirk. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He asks: Does visiting graves, praying at them, and rubbing against them undermine the Islamic creed?
Answer:
There is no doubt that this undermines the Islamic creed. Visiting graves for the sake of seeking blessing from them, or rubbing against their walls if they are built, or their soil, seeking blessing from that, or praying at them and making supplication at them, this is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and a means of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Seeking blessing from other than Allah is also shirk, shirk with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Likewise, building over graves and exaggerating in them. Regarding 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "Do not leave a prominent grave, meaning an elevated one, without leveling it, and do not leave an image without erasing it." This is more detrimental to tawhid (the oneness of Allah). If one is attached to the dead, fears them, hopes for their help, or calls upon them for aid, this is major shirk. If one believes that the dead intercede for him with Allah and that they bring him closer to Allah, this is a means of shirk and a religious innovation (bid'ah), a religious innovation (bid'ah) and a means of shirk. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/226 — archive.org (4:41)
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