The Worship of Some Righteous People Other Than Allah and the Scope of the Warning
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling regarding some of the righteous people who were worshipped other than Allah, and does the warning include them?
Answer:
As for those who were pleased to be worshipped, the warning includes them. 'Isa (peace be upon him) was worshipped, and he was a Messenger from among the Messengers of the firm resolve, yet he was not pleased with it; rather, he rejected this, and he will reject it on the Day of Resurrection. So the one who was not pleased to be worshipped other than Allah, the warning does not include him.[Al-Anbya 21:101-102] The warning includes them. The warning only includes the one who was worshipped while he was pleased, the one who was worshipped while he was pleased; he is among the heads of the taghut, or the one who called people to worship himself; he is among the heads of the taghut.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling regarding some of the righteous people who were worshipped other than Allah, and does the warning include them?
Answer:
As for those who were pleased to be worshipped, the warning includes them. 'Isa (peace be upon him) was worshipped, and he was a Messenger from among the Messengers of the firm resolve, yet he was not pleased with it; rather, he rejected this, and he will reject it on the Day of Resurrection. So the one who was not pleased to be worshipped other than Allah, the warning does not include him.
(101) Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُم مِّنَّا الْحُسْنَىٰ أُولَٰئِكَ عَنْهَا مُبْعَدُونَ لَا
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شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنْدَاداً يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ } — islamhouse.com (1:05:30)
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