Demolishing shrines and graves by individuals
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Question:
This questioner says: Some of the brothers are demolishing shrines and graves in some Islamic countries in the name of enjoining good and forbidding evil.
Answer:
This is a mistake. This is a great mistake. Shrines are not to be demolished by anyone except the sultan, the one in authority. They are not to be demolished by individuals. Because this causes harm, and they are rebuilt better or more skillfully than they were before.
So nothing is achieved, and perhaps fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) occurs, and harm occurs, and harm is brought upon the people of the Sunnah. Only the rulers are to demolish shrines.
Be aware: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was in Makkah before the Hijrah, and there were three hundred and sixty idols on the Ka'bah itself, and on al-Safa and al-Marwah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not touch them. He would circumambulate the House, pray, and call to Allah, and he did not touch the demolition of the idols, and he was the Messenger of Allah, because he had no authority. So when he migrated to al-Madinah and Allah opened Makkah through his hands, what was the first thing he started with? Demolishing the idols, breaking the idols. When he had authority and power, he became the sultan (peace and blessings be upon him), and no one objected to his demolition. This indicates that demolishing idols, false gods, graves, and shrines is among the competencies of the Muslim ruler. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: Some of the brothers are demolishing shrines and graves in some Islamic countries in the name of enjoining good and forbidding evil.
Answer:
This is a mistake. This is a great mistake. Shrines are not to be demolished by anyone except the sultan, the one in authority. They are not to be demolished by individuals. Because this causes harm, and they are rebuilt better or more skillfully than they were before.
So nothing is achieved, and perhaps fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) occurs, and harm occurs, and harm is brought upon the people of the Sunnah. Only the rulers are to demolish shrines.
Be aware: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was in Makkah before the Hijrah, and there were three hundred and sixty idols on the Ka'bah itself, and on al-Safa and al-Marwah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not touch them. He would circumambulate the House, pray, and call to Allah, and he did not touch the demolition of the idols, and he was the Messenger of Allah, because he had no authority. So when he migrated to al-Madinah and Allah opened Makkah through his hands, what was the first thing he started with? Demolishing the idols, breaking the idols. When he had authority and power, he became the sultan (peace and blessings be upon him), and no one objected to his demolition. This indicates that demolishing idols, false gods, graves, and shrines is among the competencies of the Muslim ruler. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
وجوب الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : وفي صحيح مسلم عن عبد الله بن مسعود - رضي الله عنه - — islamhouse.com (51:38)
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