Weeping and Humility at Mawlid (celebrations of the Prophet's birthday) and Sama' (gatherings for listening to devotional chanting)
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I am troubled, may Allah preserve you, by the weeping, humility and submissiveness I see at some mawlid or sama' gatherings. How do the hearts of these people soften to these bid'ah (religious innovations)?
Answer:
Their hearts soften to what is invalid, and this is Satan making it seem attractive to them.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I am troubled, may Allah preserve you, by the weeping, humility and submissiveness I see at some mawlid or sama' gatherings. How do the hearts of these people soften to these bid'ah (religious innovations)?
Answer:
Their hearts soften to what is invalid, and this is Satan making it seem attractive to them.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في القلب الميت — islamhouse.com (54:12)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.