The ruling on seeking blessing from a colleague in jest
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people, especially the young, seek blessing from their colleague in jest. That is, they rub their colleague’s body with their hands, then rub themselves, and they do not believe anything in that. What is the ruling on this action?
Answer:
This is not permissible. If he believes in it, he becomes one who associates partners with Allah. If he does not believe in it, it is imitating the people of shirk (associating partners with Allah), and perhaps the joke will become serious later, or others will follow his example. In any case, matters of disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) are not permissible to do, whether in earnest, in jest, or in play. You are being careless in this matter.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people, especially the young, seek blessing from their colleague in jest. That is, they rub their colleague’s body with their hands, then rub themselves, and they do not believe anything in that. What is the ruling on this action?
Answer:
This is not permissible. If he believes in it, he becomes one who associates partners with Allah. If he does not believe in it, it is imitating the people of shirk (associating partners with Allah), and perhaps the joke will become serious later, or others will follow his example. In any case, matters of disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) are not permissible to do, whether in earnest, in jest, or in play. You are being careless in this matter.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب تفسير التوحيد وشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله — islamhouse.com (1:13:10)
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