The ruling on applying the blood of a sacrificial animal to a new car
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A man bought a car, then slaughtered an animal for the sake of Allah and applied some of the animal's blood to this car, intending to seek success and blessing from Allah.
Answer:
This is haram (forbidden). This is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and it is not permissible. This is like the one who renovates a house, slaughters an animal, and smears the walls of the house with its blood, saying that this drives away the jinn. It is the jinn who ordered him to do this. He wants to drive them away, yet they are the ones commanding him to do this. It is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A man bought a car, then slaughtered an animal for the sake of Allah and applied some of the animal's blood to this car, intending to seek success and blessing from Allah.
Answer:
This is haram (forbidden). This is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and it is not permissible. This is like the one who renovates a house, slaughters an animal, and smears the walls of the house with its blood, saying that this drives away the jinn. It is the jinn who ordered him to do this. He wants to drive them away, yet they are the ones commanding him to do this. It is not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... — islamhouse.com (47:56)
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