What is the ruling on believing that a certain tree grants a barren woman a child if she enters it?
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Question:
A questioner says: In my country, there is a carved tree to which women come. They claim that a barren woman will be granted a child if she enters that hole. What is the ruling on this practice?
Answer:
This is one of the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), and it is a corrupt belief. This is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If a person attaches himself to a hole, a structure, a tree, or a grave and thinks that he will achieve his goal and need through this thing without Allah, then this is shirk. Therefore, it is obligatory to repent from this act. It is obligatory for the rulers of the Muslims to prevent this thing, to remove this hole, and to prevent people from this shirk. Yes.
A questioner says: In my country, there is a carved tree to which women come. They claim that a barren woman will be granted a child if she enters that hole. What is the ruling on this practice?
Answer:
This is one of the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), and it is a corrupt belief. This is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If a person attaches himself to a hole, a structure, a tree, or a grave and thinks that he will achieve his goal and need through this thing without Allah, then this is shirk. Therefore, it is obligatory to repent from this act. It is obligatory for the rulers of the Muslims to prevent this thing, to remove this hole, and to prevent people from this shirk. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الاعتقاد بأن شجرة ما ترزق المرأة العاقر بالولد إذا دخلت فيها؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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