The Expiation of One Who Attends Feasts Held at Graves
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it obligatory for one who attends the feasts held at the awliya (close friends of Allah), meaning at their graves, to perform an expiation if he repents, or is mere repentance sufficient?
Answer:
It is not sufficient to repent to Allah and not attend the festivals of the polytheists. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Furqan 25:72] This means they do not attend the festivals of the polytheists. Is it not permissible to attend them or eat the food prepared for them? Should he not boycott them and stay away from them? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it obligatory for one who attends the feasts held at the awliya (close friends of Allah), meaning at their graves, to perform an expiation if he repents, or is mere repentance sufficient?
Answer:
It is not sufficient to repent to Allah and not attend the festivals of the polytheists. Allah the Exalted said:
And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood
وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ الزُّورَ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أعظم مكايده : ما نصبه للناس من الأنصاب والأزلام — islamhouse.com (55:08)
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