The Excuse of the Ignorant Who Call Upon the Graves in the Lands of the Non-Arabs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner from outside this country says: The people in my village are from the non-Arabs and do not understand Arabic. They recite the Qur'an, and most of them call upon the graves seeking nearness to Allah, and there is no caller or callers in this country. Do they have an excuse for this action?
Answer:
They hear the Qur'an; they memorize the Qur'an, and they recite the Qur'an. The Qur'an contains the prohibition of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and the warning for the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah) in many verses. This is present in the Qur'an. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner from outside this country says: The people in my village are from the non-Arabs and do not understand Arabic. They recite the Qur'an, and most of them call upon the graves seeking nearness to Allah, and there is no caller or callers in this country. Do they have an excuse for this action?
Answer:
They hear the Qur'an; they memorize the Qur'an, and they recite the Qur'an. The Qur'an contains the prohibition of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and the warning for the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah) in many verses. This is present in the Qur'an. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... — islamhouse.com (49:05)
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