The ruling on slaughtering at graves in the name of fulfilling a vow
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, some people in some Islamic countries slaughter animals at certain graves and say, "We are not slaughtering for the owner of the grave; rather, we are fulfilling a vow that is upon us, and we are slaughtering for Allah the Exalted and Majestic." What is said to such people?
Answer:
First, this is a lie. What are they slaughtering at the grave except that they believe... how are they slaughtering at the grave? Even if they said it is for Allah, one knows that it is not, because in any place, it is not said to eat, or to give charity, or to offer a sacrifice or an 'aqiqah. No, there are matters that are not a place for slaughter, not a place for prayer, and not a place for supplication, or all of it is prohibited and not permissible, because it is either shirk (associating partners with Allah) or a means to shirk.
Honorable Shaykh, some people in some Islamic countries slaughter animals at certain graves and say, "We are not slaughtering for the owner of the grave; rather, we are fulfilling a vow that is upon us, and we are slaughtering for Allah the Exalted and Majestic." What is said to such people?
Answer:
First, this is a lie. What are they slaughtering at the grave except that they believe... how are they slaughtering at the grave? Even if they said it is for Allah, one knows that it is not, because in any place, it is not said to eat, or to give charity, or to offer a sacrifice or an 'aqiqah. No, there are matters that are not a place for slaughter, not a place for prayer, and not a place for supplication, or all of it is prohibited and not permissible, because it is either shirk (associating partners with Allah) or a means to shirk.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في الذبح لغير الله — islamhouse.com (1:00:23)
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