The Criterion for Establishing the Argument and Declaring Disbelief in Those Who Visit Shrines with Vows and Sacrifices
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I love you for the sake of Allah. Some people say that the term disbelief (kufr) is not applied to one who visits shrines and graves with a vow, a sacrifice, calling for aid, or seeking help to bring about benefit or ward off harm. They say that the argument must first be established against him, and that only a scholar can establish this argument. Some of them say that his act is disbelief, but he is not declared a disbeliever until this argument is established against him. What is the criterion for establishing the argument, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
We wanted the criterion for establishing the argument in the first question. If the Qur'an has reached him, and he has heard the Qur'an, or read the Qur'an, or read the hadiths, or read the words of the scholars, then the argument has been established against him. If something from the Qur'an, or from the Sunnah, or from the words of the scholars is unclear to him, it is obligatory for him to ask. If he does not ask, then he is the one who has fallen short in conveying the argument to him by his tongue and his understanding. If he does not raise his head to it, does not ask, and does not investigate, then he is the one who has fallen short, and the argument has been established against him. Whoever commits shirk (associating partners with Allah) is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah); we rule that he has committed shirk and we treat him as a mushrik. If he dies, we do not wash him, we do not shroud him, we do not pray over him, we do not bury him in the graves of Muslims, and we do not inherit his wealth for his Muslim relatives, because he is a mushrik. We rule based on appearances; we rule based on what appears to us of his actions and his words. This is how we deal with people. As for the hearts and what is in the hearts, only Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) knows that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you for your family.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I love you for the sake of Allah. Some people say that the term disbelief (kufr) is not applied to one who visits shrines and graves with a vow, a sacrifice, calling for aid, or seeking help to bring about benefit or ward off harm. They say that the argument must first be established against him, and that only a scholar can establish this argument. Some of them say that his act is disbelief, but he is not declared a disbeliever until this argument is established against him. What is the criterion for establishing the argument, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
We wanted the criterion for establishing the argument in the first question. If the Qur'an has reached him, and he has heard the Qur'an, or read the Qur'an, or read the hadiths, or read the words of the scholars, then the argument has been established against him. If something from the Qur'an, or from the Sunnah, or from the words of the scholars is unclear to him, it is obligatory for him to ask. If he does not ask, then he is the one who has fallen short in conveying the argument to him by his tongue and his understanding. If he does not raise his head to it, does not ask, and does not investigate, then he is the one who has fallen short, and the argument has been established against him. Whoever commits shirk (associating partners with Allah) is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah); we rule that he has committed shirk and we treat him as a mushrik. If he dies, we do not wash him, we do not shroud him, we do not pray over him, we do not bury him in the graves of Muslims, and we do not inherit his wealth for his Muslim relatives, because he is a mushrik. We rule based on appearances; we rule based on what appears to us of his actions and his words. This is how we deal with people. As for the hearts and what is in the hearts, only Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) knows that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you for your family.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-02-مفتاح السعادة في الدنيا والآخرة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (34:30)
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