People appear at festivals lying on boards of nails or walking on hot coals, and they bear the signs of righteousness!
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Recently, some young men who bear the signs of righteousness have been engaging in certain acts at festivals, such as lying on a board of nails, pulling a car with their beards, or walking on hot coals. What is the ruling on these acts?
Answer:
These people do not show any righteousness; rather, corruption is apparent on them. This is among the works of Shaytan: either it is imaginary sorcery, or it is the work of Shaytan, who does this for them secretly and is not seen, in order to mislead people. The one who does this is not among the righteous. The one who fears Allah and is mindful of Him does not perform these acts.[Yunus 10:62-63] So the believing, God-fearing person never performs sorcery or astrology, nor does he ever use the jinn. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Recently, some young men who bear the signs of righteousness have been engaging in certain acts at festivals, such as lying on a board of nails, pulling a car with their beards, or walking on hot coals. What is the ruling on these acts?
Answer:
These people do not show any righteousness; rather, corruption is apparent on them. This is among the works of Shaytan: either it is imaginary sorcery, or it is the work of Shaytan, who does this for them secretly and is not seen, in order to mislead people. The one who does this is not among the righteous. The one who fears Allah and is mindful of Him does not perform these acts.
(62) Unquestionably, [for] the allies of Allah there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve (63) Those who believed and were fearing Allah
أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [559 -858] يظهر في المهرجانات من يستلقي على لوح مسامير أو يمشي على الجمر وعليهم سمات الاستقامة! — youtube.com
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