The ruling on inheriting from a grandfather who died while believing in the awliya (close friends of Allah)
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says that his grandfather died while believing in the awliya (close friends of Allah) regarding benefit, harm, and other types of shirk (associating partners with Allah). He lived in a Muslim country and read the Qur'an and the Sunnah. His question is: Is he a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah)? And is it permissible for me to inherit from him?
Answer:
As for this inheritance, that is for the court. I am not the one to tell you whether you inherit from him or not; that is for the court. As for the fact that he died while persisting in what he was upon, he should not be feared for a bad ending or for shirk (associating partners with Allah). So you leave him, do not make du'a' (supplication) for him, and do not seek forgiveness for him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says that his grandfather died while believing in the awliya (close friends of Allah) regarding benefit, harm, and other types of shirk (associating partners with Allah). He lived in a Muslim country and read the Qur'an and the Sunnah. His question is: Is he a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah)? And is it permissible for me to inherit from him?
Answer:
As for this inheritance, that is for the court. I am not the one to tell you whether you inherit from him or not; that is for the court. As for the fact that he died while persisting in what he was upon, he should not be feared for a bad ending or for shirk (associating partners with Allah). So you leave him, do not make du'a' (supplication) for him, and do not seek forgiveness for him. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... - 1 — islamhouse.com (47:55)
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