The ruling on saying: "O my mother" in times of fear and calamity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In my country, some people have the custom that when they are afraid or a calamity befalls them, they say "O my mother" or "O my mother." Does this fall under shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
Does the child say it? The adult and the person of sound mind says "O Allah." He does not say "O my mother." His mother does not benefit him in any way, and his father does not benefit him in any way. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In my country, some people have the custom that when they are afraid or a calamity befalls them, they say "O my mother" or "O my mother." Does this fall under shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
Does the child say it? The adult and the person of sound mind says "O Allah." He does not say "O my mother." His mother does not benefit him in any way, and his father does not benefit him in any way. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل فيما في الشرك والزنا واللواطة من الخبث — islamhouse.com (1:00:39)
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