The Ruling on Seeking Mercy and Forgiveness for a Mother Who Died in a State of Shirk
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: My mother passed away while attached to the awliya (close friends of Allah), revering them and making vows to them. She was ignorant and uneducated. I tried to advise her repeatedly to abandon shirk (associating partners with Allah), but she would sometimes waver. I felt that it was not she speaking to me, but rather that she was trying to frighten me. She has now died, and I do not seek mercy for her, nor do I make du'a' (supplication) for her, nor do I seek forgiveness for her. Is my action correct?
Answer:
Yes, indeed. She died in a state of shirk (associating partners with Allah).[At-Tawbah 9:113] Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: My mother passed away while attached to the awliya (close friends of Allah), revering them and making vows to them. She was ignorant and uneducated. I tried to advise her repeatedly to abandon shirk (associating partners with Allah), but she would sometimes waver. I felt that it was not she speaking to me, but rather that she was trying to frighten me. She has now died, and I do not seek mercy for her, nor do I make du'a' (supplication) for her, nor do I seek forgiveness for her. Is my action correct?
Answer:
Yes, indeed. She died in a state of shirk (associating partners with Allah).
It is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of Hellfire.
مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَن يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَىٰ مِن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن تلاعبه وكيده : تلاعبه بالثنوية — islamhouse.com (40:11)
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