Is seeking rain through the righteous and seeking nearness to Allah through them a matter of scholarly disagreement?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: I heard some students of knowledge say that the issue of seeking rain through the righteous and seeking nearness to Allah the Exalted through them is a matter of scholarly disagreement. Is this correct?
The Shaykh:
The disagreement.
The questioner:
Has value in this, or every disagreement that is considered is the disagreement of the one who opposes the evidence, which is not considered. The correct opinion is built upon the religion.
The Shaykh:
And there is no regard for disagreement that opposes the evidence, so we do not say this is a matter of scholarly disagreement, because this disagreement has no value, because the evidence invalidates seeking nearness to Allah through the persons of the righteous. Seeking nearness to Allah through the supplication of the living is permissible, but seeking nearness to Allah through the dead is not permissible, because there is no evidence for it from the Book and the Sunnah, so it is a bid'ah (religious innovation).
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: I heard some students of knowledge say that the issue of seeking rain through the righteous and seeking nearness to Allah the Exalted through them is a matter of scholarly disagreement. Is this correct?
The Shaykh:
The disagreement.
The questioner:
Has value in this, or every disagreement that is considered is the disagreement of the one who opposes the evidence, which is not considered. The correct opinion is built upon the religion.
The Shaykh:
And there is no regard for disagreement that opposes the evidence, so we do not say this is a matter of scholarly disagreement, because this disagreement has no value, because the evidence invalidates seeking nearness to Allah through the persons of the righteous. Seeking nearness to Allah through the supplication of the living is permissible, but seeking nearness to Allah through the dead is not permissible, because there is no evidence for it from the Book and the Sunnah, so it is a bid'ah (religious innovation).
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [82/186] هل الاستسقاء بالصالحين والتوسل بهم مسألة خلافية؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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