Scholars Attending Celebrations of Shirk
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The questioner:
Shaykh, I love Allah. These scholars, Shaykh, attend these celebrations, Shaykh, and they congratulate them, and they are their leaders.
The Shaykh:
If they are doing shirk (associating partners with Allah) with them, they are doing shirk with them. As for celebrations of eating and drinking that are not called shirk, that is one matter. But if the celebrations involve cursing the Prophet, cursing the Messenger, and they are with them cursing Allah and cursing the Messenger, they have committed kufr (disbelief). Or if the celebrations are about affirming disbelief in Allah, calling upon the dead, and seeking aid from the dead, and they consider this to be permissible, they have participated in their kufr. One may attend with them in order to know their actions. If he attends to denounce the evil, with loudness, like what used to happen in the bathing places where he would speak about them, if he rebukes them in Mina and says, "O my people, fear Allah, worship Allah," and he tells you how he rebuked them in Mina, peace and blessings be upon him.
Shaykh, I love Allah. These scholars, Shaykh, attend these celebrations, Shaykh, and they congratulate them, and they are their leaders.
The Shaykh:
If they are doing shirk (associating partners with Allah) with them, they are doing shirk with them. As for celebrations of eating and drinking that are not called shirk, that is one matter. But if the celebrations involve cursing the Prophet, cursing the Messenger, and they are with them cursing Allah and cursing the Messenger, they have committed kufr (disbelief). Or if the celebrations are about affirming disbelief in Allah, calling upon the dead, and seeking aid from the dead, and they consider this to be permissible, they have participated in their kufr. One may attend with them in order to know their actions. If he attends to denounce the evil, with loudness, like what used to happen in the bathing places where he would speak about them, if he rebukes them in Mina and says, "O my people, fear Allah, worship Allah," and he tells you how he rebuked them in Mina, peace and blessings be upon him.
Source
شرح كشف الشبهات [ ابن باز ]، بداية من الفصل الثاني عشر : كشف شبهة من زعم أن من أدى بعض واجبات الدين لا يكون كافرًا ولو أتى بما ينافي التوحيد — islamhouse.com (1:21:20)
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