The ruling on the prayer of one who supplicates to the dead and seeks their aid
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the one who prays and says, "There is no god but Allah," and he resides in the lands of Islam, and he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) by his supplication to the dead and seeking their aid,
The Shaykh:
he has no prayer. This person has no prayer and no Islam until he makes his worship pure for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), even if he is in the lands of Islam.
The presenter:
Likewise,
The questioner:
he asks, may Allah preserve you, saying: Is his disbelief original disbelief? Yes.
The Shaykh:
If this condition arose in him, he is an apostate. If it was his original state, this is original disbelief. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the one who prays and says, "There is no god but Allah," and he resides in the lands of Islam, and he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) by his supplication to the dead and seeking their aid,
The Shaykh:
he has no prayer. This person has no prayer and no Islam until he makes his worship pure for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), even if he is in the lands of Islam.
The presenter:
Likewise,
The questioner:
he asks, may Allah preserve you, saying: Is his disbelief original disbelief? Yes.
The Shaykh:
If this condition arose in him, he is an apostate. If it was his original state, this is original disbelief. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من يدعو الأموات، ويستغيث بهم؟ وهل كفره كفر أصلي؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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