The polytheists say to the deceased, "O so-and-so, we are by Allah and by you." What if they said, "We are by Allah, then by you"?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The polytheists say to the deceased, "O so-and-so, we are by Allah and by you." Is it said here that the conjunction "and" is not permissible, and that it is only permissible for them to say, "We are by Allah, then by you"?
The Shaykh:
The deceased possesses nothing, nothing is attributed to him, and nothing is sought from him.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Now you leave the Living who does not die and go to the deceased? There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Rely upon the Living who does not die.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The polytheists say to the deceased, "O so-and-so, we are by Allah and by you." Is it said here that the conjunction "and" is not permissible, and that it is only permissible for them to say, "We are by Allah, then by you"?
The Shaykh:
The deceased possesses nothing, nothing is attributed to him, and nothing is sought from him.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Now you leave the Living who does not die and go to the deceased? There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Rely upon the Living who does not die.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [356 -939] المشركون يقولون للميت "يا فلان نحن بالله وبك" فماذا لو قالوا "نحن بالله ثم بك"؟ — youtube.com
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