Seeking blessing from a tree or a stone: Is one excused due to ignorance, especially if he dies in that state, or is he forgiven?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. One who seeks blessing from a tree or a stone: Is he excused due to ignorance, especially if he dies in that state, or is he forgiven?
Answer:
Seeking blessing from trees and stones is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The evidence is what came in the hadith of Abu Waqid al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the expedition of Hunayn, and we were newly converted from disbelief. The polytheists had a date palm tree around which they would stand in worship and to which they would hang their weapons. We said: O Messenger of Allah! It is called Dhat Anwat. So we said: O Messenger of Allah! Make for us a Dhat Anwat, just as they have their Dhat Anwat. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. Those are the ways of the past. You said, by Myself which is in His hand, just as the Children of Israel said to Moses:[Al-A'raf 7:138] He said: Indeed, you are a people who know little. [Al-A'raf 7:139] He said: Is there anyone other than Allah who seeks you?
A god, and He has favored you over the worlds. So, seeking blessing from trees and stones means seeking blessing from them. This is considered shirk (associating partners with Allah); because the blessing is from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) alone. He is the One who sends down the blessing and places it in things. As for trees and stones, they are created beings and have no power over anything. So this is considered shirk, and whoever does it must repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. One who seeks blessing from a tree or a stone: Is he excused due to ignorance, especially if he dies in that state, or is he forgiven?
Answer:
Seeking blessing from trees and stones is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The evidence is what came in the hadith of Abu Waqid al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the expedition of Hunayn, and we were newly converted from disbelief. The polytheists had a date palm tree around which they would stand in worship and to which they would hang their weapons. We said: O Messenger of Allah! It is called Dhat Anwat. So we said: O Messenger of Allah! Make for us a Dhat Anwat, just as they have their Dhat Anwat. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. Those are the ways of the past. You said, by Myself which is in His hand, just as the Children of Israel said to Moses:
O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods.
مُوسَى اجْعَل لَّنَا إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌIndeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَA god, and He has favored you over the worlds. So, seeking blessing from trees and stones means seeking blessing from them. This is considered shirk (associating partners with Allah); because the blessing is from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) alone. He is the One who sends down the blessing and places it in things. As for trees and stones, they are created beings and have no power over anything. So this is considered shirk, and whoever does it must repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من تبرك بشجر أو تبرك بحجر، هل يعذر بالجهل، وخاصة إذا مات على ذلكم الحال أم يعفى عنه؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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