Denying what the Sufis do at the graves
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I entered a cemetery and saw some Sufis committing religious innovations (bid'ah) at the grave. They speak to the deceased, weep, call out to him for aid, and recite Surah Ya-Sin while crying. They also say strange words. I rebuked them, and one of them became angry, and some things happened. It gathered as if we were not in a cemetery. It was not in a cemetery, and people were trampling on the graves. What should I do, since this happens repeatedly, and this exists in the Eastern Province?
Answer:
Report it, as we mentioned, report it to the authorities, report it to the institutions, report it to the Ifta (scholarly legal ruling) body, with what you saw. As for confrontation and fighting with your hands, and you have no authority, this is not appropriate. This brings about evil and fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I entered a cemetery and saw some Sufis committing religious innovations (bid'ah) at the grave. They speak to the deceased, weep, call out to him for aid, and recite Surah Ya-Sin while crying. They also say strange words. I rebuked them, and one of them became angry, and some things happened. It gathered as if we were not in a cemetery. It was not in a cemetery, and people were trampling on the graves. What should I do, since this happens repeatedly, and this exists in the Eastern Province?
Answer:
Report it, as we mentioned, report it to the authorities, report it to the institutions, report it to the Ifta (scholarly legal ruling) body, with what you saw. As for confrontation and fighting with your hands, and you have no authority, this is not appropriate. This brings about evil and fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 26 من 64\شرح عمدة الأحكام (شرح كامل مع أسئلة)\الصلاة\الجنائز\صالح الفوزان\الفقه\كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:46)
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