The Ruling on Seeking Blessing from the Traces of the Righteous and Its Relationship to Tawhid
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Question:
And if the Shaykh told you that Allah guides these questioners (may Allah have mercy on them), from the time of Abu Bakr, regarding the preference in establishing tawhid? Does he not mention their previous children from the marriage of seeking blessing from the fathers of the righteous? This is what I want to include in the two categories, and as for the one who makes this verse or that one
Answer:
Yes, it undermines tawhid, and it may contradict tawhid. Seeking blessing (tabarruk) is seeking barakah, and barakah is not sought from anyone but Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). What led the polytheists to worship idols and stones was their pointing to seeking blessing from them and asking for barakah from them; this is shirk (associating partners with Allah). If anyone says otherwise, it is an error. If a scholar of knowledge says it, it is an error and is refuted.
And if the Shaykh told you that Allah guides these questioners (may Allah have mercy on them), from the time of Abu Bakr, regarding the preference in establishing tawhid? Does he not mention their previous children from the marriage of seeking blessing from the fathers of the righteous? This is what I want to include in the two categories, and as for the one who makes this verse or that one
Answer:
Yes, it undermines tawhid, and it may contradict tawhid. Seeking blessing (tabarruk) is seeking barakah, and barakah is not sought from anyone but Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). What led the polytheists to worship idols and stones was their pointing to seeking blessing from them and asking for barakah from them; this is shirk (associating partners with Allah). If anyone says otherwise, it is an error. If a scholar of knowledge says it, it is an error and is refuted.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب حق الله على العباد وحق العباد على الله — islamhouse.com (52:11)
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