The ruling on taking the awliya (close friends of Allah) as intermediaries between Allah and His servants
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Question:
And may Allah bless you. This questioner, a thousand times over, says: Some people say, Honorable Shaykh, if a person has a need, he goes to what they call the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous, and asks them. What is the ruling on taking intermediaries between Allah and His servants? And does this take one out of the circle of Islam?
Answer:
Whoever has a need goes to Allah, not to anyone else, not to the created beings, for they are not able to fulfill needs without Allah the Exalted. So he goes to Allah with supplication and much supplication. As for the one who goes to the righteous awliya (close friends of Allah) to ask for needs, asking them and calling upon them for aid, this is one who commits major shirk (associating partners with Allah). It is the exit from the religion, because he called upon other than Allah and worshipped other than Allah. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[An-Nisa 4:36] [Ghafir 40:14], [Ghafir 40:14], meaning sincere to Him in worship. He the Exalted said: [Al-Mu'minun 23:117] with his Lord, indeed the disbelievers will not succeed, so He called him a disbeliever. And He said: [Al-Jinn 72:18]. So it is obligatory to make supplication sincere to Allah, and all types of worship to Allah, and to abandon attachment to the awliya (close friends of Allah), the righteous, the shrines, and the graves. This is major shirk (associating partners with Allah) if one attaches oneself to them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
And may Allah bless you. This questioner, a thousand times over, says: Some people say, Honorable Shaykh, if a person has a need, he goes to what they call the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous, and asks them. What is the ruling on taking intermediaries between Allah and His servants? And does this take one out of the circle of Islam?
Answer:
Whoever has a need goes to Allah, not to anyone else, not to the created beings, for they are not able to fulfill needs without Allah the Exalted. So he goes to Allah with supplication and much supplication. As for the one who goes to the righteous awliya (close friends of Allah) to ask for needs, asking them and calling upon them for aid, this is one who commits major shirk (associating partners with Allah). It is the exit from the religion, because he called upon other than Allah and worshipped other than Allah. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him
وَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًاSo invoke Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion
فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَSo invoke Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion
فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَAnd whoever invokes besides Allah another deity for which he has no proof - then his account
وَمَن يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُAnd [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allah, so do not invoke with Allah anyone.
وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/289 — archive.org (1:58)
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