The Ruling on Excusing Ignorance for One Who Circumambulates the Graves of the Awliya
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Question:
Allah, Your Eminence the Shaykh, a questioner says: Is one excused by ignorance in our time who makes vows to al-Hasan and al-Husayn and al-Sayyid al-Mursi, and circumambulates around their graves? So give us a ruling, may Allah benefit you.
Answer:
Allah made clear in His Book the matter of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and He made His Book a clear message for people: "This is a message for the people." He said, the Exalted: "This Qur'an is to inform those who have been reached." So among the Muslims, some have heard the Qur'an and heard the Sunnah. Therefore, one is not excused for worshipping al-Husayn, or al-Badawi, or al-Mursi, or so-and-so, or 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, or anyone else. This is not permissible. Rather, one must be alert and ask. And it is obligatory upon the people of knowledge and faith to make these people see the truth and warn them. They have fallen into major shirk. So worshipping the people of graves, or the jinn, or the angels, is all major shirk against Allah, which requires eternal abode in the Fire. We ask Allah for safety.
Allah, Your Eminence the Shaykh, a questioner says: Is one excused by ignorance in our time who makes vows to al-Hasan and al-Husayn and al-Sayyid al-Mursi, and circumambulates around their graves? So give us a ruling, may Allah benefit you.
Answer:
Allah made clear in His Book the matter of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and He made His Book a clear message for people: "This is a message for the people." He said, the Exalted: "This Qur'an is to inform those who have been reached." So among the Muslims, some have heard the Qur'an and heard the Sunnah. Therefore, one is not excused for worshipping al-Husayn, or al-Badawi, or al-Mursi, or so-and-so, or 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, or anyone else. This is not permissible. Rather, one must be alert and ask. And it is obligatory upon the people of knowledge and faith to make these people see the truth and warn them. They have fallen into major shirk. So worshipping the people of graves, or the jinn, or the angels, is all major shirk against Allah, which requires eternal abode in the Fire. We ask Allah for safety.
Source
التوحيد فضله وأنواعه وحكمه — islamhouse.com (31:48)
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