The ruling on claiming that the sky and the earth wept for the death of a Sufi shaykh
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Question:
He says: In our country, Senegal, when the shaykh of the Tijaniyyah Sufis died, they claimed that the sun, the moon, the sky, and the earth wept and were affected by his death, and that weather changes occurred. Is this a deception by Satan for people like them?
Answer:
This is deception and lying, and it is not permissible. This is deception and lying, and it is not permissible. The sky did not weep for the death of anyone, meaning an apparent weeping. He, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:[Ad-Dukhan 44:29] from one in distress. Yes, the sky and the earth do not weep for anyone with an apparent weeping that is known. Perhaps they weep, but no one knows this except Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. They weep for the righteous and for the good scholars with a weeping that no one knows except Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
He says: In our country, Senegal, when the shaykh of the Tijaniyyah Sufis died, they claimed that the sun, the moon, the sky, and the earth wept and were affected by his death, and that weather changes occurred. Is this a deception by Satan for people like them?
Answer:
This is deception and lying, and it is not permissible. This is deception and lying, and it is not permissible. The sky did not weep for the death of anyone, meaning an apparent weeping. He, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:
And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل ادعاء الصوفية أن الشمس والقمر والسماء والأرض قد بكت وتأثرت بموت شيخ التيجانيين هو استدراج ...؟ — youtube.com
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