What is the ruling on visiting graves and slaughtering animals for other than Allah?
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Question:
There are people who travel long distances to visit the awliya (close friends of Allah), as they call them, and they slaughter animals for them and seek blessing from the soil in which they are buried. What is the ruling on these people, especially since some of them go to the grave of al-Badawi, al-Dasouqi, and others?
Answer:
This is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), namely slaughtering for the grave, calling for aid to the dead, and seeking blessing from their soil. This is major shirk, and may Allah protect us from it. It takes one out of the religion, so they must repent to Allah and abandon this terrible act of shirk. They must direct their worship to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), making vows to Allah, supplicating to Allah, and calling for aid from Allah, and not invoking any deity besides Allah, even if it is al-Badawi or anyone else. Worship is not permissible except for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).[Al-Jinn 72:18], [Al-Mu'minun 23:117] He called them disbelievers and threatened them, and may Allah protect us from it. Therefore, it is obligatory for these people to repent to Allah.
There are people who travel long distances to visit the awliya (close friends of Allah), as they call them, and they slaughter animals for them and seek blessing from the soil in which they are buried. What is the ruling on these people, especially since some of them go to the grave of al-Badawi, al-Dasouqi, and others?
Answer:
This is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), namely slaughtering for the grave, calling for aid to the dead, and seeking blessing from their soil. This is major shirk, and may Allah protect us from it. It takes one out of the religion, so they must repent to Allah and abandon this terrible act of shirk. They must direct their worship to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), making vows to Allah, supplicating to Allah, and calling for aid from Allah, and not invoking any deity besides Allah, even if it is al-Badawi or anyone else. Worship is not permissible except for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allah, so do not invoke with Allah anyone.
وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًاAnd whoever invokes besides Allah another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed.
وَمَن يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِندَ رَبِّهِ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم زيارة القبور والذبح لغير الله؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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