The Ruling on Exaggeration Regarding the Dead and Supplicating to Them
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
We begin with this message we received from one of our brother listeners. He says: Honorable Shaykh, in these days we see some of the Muslim community who have exaggerated in their love for the dead. They call upon them and ask them for their needs, and they complain to them in times of calamity, believing that they are present in their gathering when they call them and that they relieve distress. Is there any advice on correcting the Islamic creed regarding this?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This is an exaggeration regarding the dead, and I seek refuge in Allah from it. This act is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Whoever asks the dead to fulfill their needs, or seeks their aid to relieve distress, or slaughters animals for them, or makes vows for them, or circumambulates their graves as a means of drawing near to them, all of this is major shirk that takes one out of the religion. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited exaggeration regarding graves. He prohibited building on them, and he prohibited raising them more than a hand’s breadth above the ground. All of this is to protect tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and to keep people away from shirk and its means. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib: “Do not leave any image without erasing it, and do not leave any raised grave without leveling it.” This hadith is in Sahih Muslim.
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed those who build on graves and erect mosques on them. He prohibited that. In fact, he prohibited praying at a grave, even if nothing is built on it. He prohibited praying at a grave, even if nothing is built on it. Because this is a means to shirk and exaggeration regarding the dead. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
We begin with this message we received from one of our brother listeners. He says: Honorable Shaykh, in these days we see some of the Muslim community who have exaggerated in their love for the dead. They call upon them and ask them for their needs, and they complain to them in times of calamity, believing that they are present in their gathering when they call them and that they relieve distress. Is there any advice on correcting the Islamic creed regarding this?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This is an exaggeration regarding the dead, and I seek refuge in Allah from it. This act is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Whoever asks the dead to fulfill their needs, or seeks their aid to relieve distress, or slaughters animals for them, or makes vows for them, or circumambulates their graves as a means of drawing near to them, all of this is major shirk that takes one out of the religion. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited exaggeration regarding graves. He prohibited building on them, and he prohibited raising them more than a hand’s breadth above the ground. All of this is to protect tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and to keep people away from shirk and its means. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib: “Do not leave any image without erasing it, and do not leave any raised grave without leveling it.” This hadith is in Sahih Muslim.
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed those who build on graves and erect mosques on them. He prohibited that. In fact, he prohibited praying at a grave, even if nothing is built on it. He prohibited praying at a grave, even if nothing is built on it. Because this is a means to shirk and exaggeration regarding the dead. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/001 — archive.org (0:52)
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