The ruling on drinking from the water of vows made at graves
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The questioner:
The questioner says: In some countries, people make vows of cold water for certain deceased people. He says: We pass by this water and need to drink from it. Is it permissible to drink from this water or not?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with it, but the vow is what falls into shirk (associating partners with Allah). As for the water, whoever wants can drink it, and the food, whoever wants can eat it.
The questioner:
I go to their place.
The Shaykh:
If someone vows fruit or vows a drink, there is no harm in it; the poor eat it and take it, because it is the vow that involves shirk (associating partners with Allah) and falsehood. As for the thing vowed, the deceased does not deserve it, and since it has been lost, it has become lost property. Yes.
The questioner says: In some countries, people make vows of cold water for certain deceased people. He says: We pass by this water and need to drink from it. Is it permissible to drink from this water or not?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with it, but the vow is what falls into shirk (associating partners with Allah). As for the water, whoever wants can drink it, and the food, whoever wants can eat it.
The questioner:
I go to their place.
The Shaykh:
If someone vows fruit or vows a drink, there is no harm in it; the poor eat it and take it, because it is the vow that involves shirk (associating partners with Allah) and falsehood. As for the thing vowed, the deceased does not deserve it, and since it has been lost, it has become lost property. Yes.
Source
أجزاء من كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد، بداية من باب قول الله - تعالى - : { أيشركون ما لا يخلق شيئا وهم يخلقون } — islamhouse.com (5:37)
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