Slaughter for the jinn and supplicating to them to fulfill needs
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The second and seventh questions of Fatwa No. ( 4246 ):
Q2: What is the ruling on a person who grew up in his town and did not know anything except prayer, indeed, the five pillars of Islam, and he acts upon all of them, but he slaughters for the jinn
and supplicates to them when he has a need, but he does not know that the Shari'ah prohibits that? Is he excused due to his ignorance or not? And is it said to him: You are a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), before the explanation is given?
A2: It is obligatory for one who knows that from the people of knowledge of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) to explain to him that slaughtering for other than Allah, whether the jinn or others, such as the prophets, the angels, or idols, is shirk akbar (major shirk) that takes one out of Islam. Likewise, supplicating to them to fulfill needs is shirk akbar that takes one out of Islam as well; because both are worship in which sincerity must be directed to Allah alone, so directing it to other than Allah is shirk akbar. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-An'am 6:162-164] the verse, and He said: [Yunus 10:106-107] the verse, and He said: [Al-Kawthar 108:2] , and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 1978b the hadith. And if he persists in slaughtering for the jinn and supplicating to them to fulfill needs, then he is a mushrik with shirk akbar and he has no excuse; because the proof has been established against him by the Book and the Sunnah, and it is said to him: You are a kafir (disbeliever) who commits shirk akbar.
Q2: What is the ruling on a person who grew up in his town and did not know anything except prayer, indeed, the five pillars of Islam, and he acts upon all of them, but he slaughters for the jinn
and supplicates to them when he has a need, but he does not know that the Shari'ah prohibits that? Is he excused due to his ignorance or not? And is it said to him: You are a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), before the explanation is given?
A2: It is obligatory for one who knows that from the people of knowledge of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) to explain to him that slaughtering for other than Allah, whether the jinn or others, such as the prophets, the angels, or idols, is shirk akbar (major shirk) that takes one out of Islam. Likewise, supplicating to them to fulfill needs is shirk akbar that takes one out of Islam as well; because both are worship in which sincerity must be directed to Allah alone, so directing it to other than Allah is shirk akbar. Allah the Exalted said:
(162) Say, "Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds. (163) No partner has He. And this I have been commanded, and I am the first [among you] of the Muslims." (164) Say, "Is it other than Allah I should desire as a lord while He is the Lord of all things?
قُلْ إِنَّ صَلاَتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (162) لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ (163) قُلْ أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْغِي رَبًّا وَهُوَ رَبُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ(106) And do not invoke besides Allah that which neither benefits you nor harms you, for if you did, then indeed you would be of the wrongdoers.'" (107) And if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him; and if He intends for you good, then there is no repeller of His bounty
وَلاَ تَدْعُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَنْفَعُكَ وَلاَ يَضُرُّكَ فَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ (106) وَإِنْ يَمْسَسْكَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلا كَاشِفَ لَهُ إِلا هُوَ وَإِنْ يُرِدْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَلا رَادَّ لِفَضْلِهِSo pray to your Lord and sacrifice [to Him alone].
فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْAllah cursed him who sacrificed for anyone besides Allah
لعن الله من ذبح لغير الله
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