The Ruling on Vowing to Pray at a Grave or for a Grave
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If someone vows to pray at a grave, and someone vows to pray for a grave, is both vows shirk (associating partners with Allah), or is the first a major sin and the second shirk?
Answer:
If he vows to pray for the grave, that is shirk. If he vows to pray to Allah at the grave, that is bid'ah (religious innovation) and a means to shirk. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If someone vows to pray at a grave, and someone vows to pray for a grave, is both vows shirk (associating partners with Allah), or is the first a major sin and the second shirk?
Answer:
If he vows to pray for the grave, that is shirk. If he vows to pray to Allah at the grave, that is bid'ah (religious innovation) and a means to shirk. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب لا يذبح لله بمكان يذبح فيه لغير الله — islamhouse.com (58:54)
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