If you rebuke those who call upon the dead for aid, they argue that this dead person responded to them. How do you respond to them?
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Question:
If you rebuke those who call upon other than Allah for aid in matters that only Allah is capable of, they argue that this dead person responded to them. How do you respond to them?
Answer:
How do they know that the dead person responded to him? Perhaps Allah responds to them as a means of luring them into sin. A person may do something that is not permissible and achieve his objective initially as a trial and a lure from Allah the Exalted. So it is Allah who aided him as a lure for him and a trial for him. As for the dead person, he is never able to aid anyone. Yes.
If you rebuke those who call upon other than Allah for aid in matters that only Allah is capable of, they argue that this dead person responded to them. How do you respond to them?
Answer:
How do they know that the dead person responded to him? Perhaps Allah responds to them as a means of luring them into sin. A person may do something that is not permissible and achieve his objective initially as a trial and a lure from Allah the Exalted. So it is Allah who aided him as a lure for him and a trial for him. As for the dead person, he is never able to aid anyone. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [131 -939] إذا انكرت على من يستغيث بالميت، يحتجون أن هذا الميت استجاب لهم، كيف يرد عليهم؟ — youtube.com
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