The ruling on traveling to a rock in India on which the Name of Allah is written, in order to rub against it seeking healing
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There is a rock in India that has split into two pieces, and the word "Allah" is written on it. People go there and rub against it in order to be healed from skin diseases and stubborn illnesses. Some families want to travel to that country with the intention of being treated by rubbing against this rock. Do they have the right to travel? And what is the ruling on their action?
Answer:
If they want disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) and do not want to remain upon the religion of Islam, they go to this stone. But if they want Islam and salvation from the Fire, they hold fast to their creed, deny this shirk, hate it, and hate its people. The fact that the word "Allah" is written on the stone is the doing of the Dajjals (false messiahs); it is an example of the Dajjals' actions in order to deceive people. Now, such sayings have appeared, like "We are born with such-and-such written on us," and they say it is in the form of the Name of Allah. All of this is among the superstitions and deceptions that[An-Najm 53:23].
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There is a rock in India that has split into two pieces, and the word "Allah" is written on it. People go there and rub against it in order to be healed from skin diseases and stubborn illnesses. Some families want to travel to that country with the intention of being treated by rubbing against this rock. Do they have the right to travel? And what is the ruling on their action?
Answer:
If they want disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) and do not want to remain upon the religion of Islam, they go to this stone. But if they want Islam and salvation from the Fire, they hold fast to their creed, deny this shirk, hate it, and hate its people. The fact that the word "Allah" is written on the stone is the doing of the Dajjals (false messiahs); it is an example of the Dajjals' actions in order to deceive people. Now, such sayings have appeared, like "We are born with such-and-such written on us," and they say it is in the form of the Name of Allah. All of this is among the superstitions and deceptions that
for which Allah has sent down no authority
مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 36- حكم السفر إلى صخرةٍ في الهند مكتوبٍ عليها لفظُ الجلالة للتمسُّح بها طلبًا للشفاء - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
