The reason people turn to intermediaries in the worship of graves
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Why do some people turn away from worshipping Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) directly and instead make an intermediary between themselves and Allah by worshipping graves? Why do they do that?
Answer:
Whether out of ignorance and blind following, or out of the belief that they benefit and harm, in any case, this is not permissible. It is obligatory to make this clear to the people. It is the obligatory duty of students of knowledge to explain this to the people, especially when there is a need.[Ali 'Imran 3:187] Especially when there is a need, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Why do some people turn away from worshipping Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) directly and instead make an intermediary between themselves and Allah by worshipping graves? Why do they do that?
Answer:
Whether out of ignorance and blind following, or out of the belief that they benefit and harm, in any case, this is not permissible. It is obligatory to make this clear to the people. It is the obligatory duty of students of knowledge to explain this to the people, especially when there is a need.
when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it."
أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 53 من 76/شرح فتح المجيد لشرح كتاب التوحيد/الصلاة في المقابر/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:45)
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