The Ruling on Supplicating to Absent Righteous People
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Question:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on supplicating to absent righteous people?
Answer:
It is not permissible to supplicate to the absent, the dead, or the jinn, for none of them is permissible to be supplicated to. They are absent, because they do not hear it. The absent one does not hear you; how can you supplicate? This is nonsense. Only the one present with you hears you.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: What is the ruling on supplicating to absent righteous people?
Answer:
It is not permissible to supplicate to the absent, the dead, or the jinn, for none of them is permissible to be supplicated to. They are absent, because they do not hear it. The absent one does not hear you; how can you supplicate? This is nonsense. Only the one present with you hears you.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب : ما جاء أن سبب كفر بني آدم وتركهم دينهم هو الغلو في الصالحين — islamhouse.com (59:35)
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