The status of one who slaughters at graves after the ruling has been established
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The questioner:
One of the brothers mentioned Abu Muslim.
The Shaykh:
A hadith scholar, among the hadith scholars, who has books available today on the work of the day and the night, and he is an imam of hadith,
The questioner:
that he is a man standing at the graveyards, and it was reported to him that that is shirk (associating partners with Allah), but he did not find that he was using it in its state, so let him mention this or that. He says: A man is at the graveyards, and it was reported to him that it is shirk with Allah, but he did not refrain, rather he remained in his state, so should he be thanked or what should be done?
The Shaykh:
Do not declare him a disbeliever if it was reported to him that this is shirk and he did not stop; he is ruled to be a disbeliever because he has become one who persists, not out of ignorance, for the command did not come to him in ignorance, because the ruling has been established against him. So if he continues, he is ruled to be a disbeliever, because slaughtering for other than Allah is shirk, and setting up the slaughter is worship, and worship is not permissible to be directed to anyone but Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). But if he is with us in a land where there is Islamic authority, then he is referred to the authority to take action against him, either he repents or he is accepted, and if he is in a land where there is no Islamic authority, then it is sufficient that the proof is established against him.
One of the brothers mentioned Abu Muslim.
The Shaykh:
A hadith scholar, among the hadith scholars, who has books available today on the work of the day and the night, and he is an imam of hadith,
The questioner:
that he is a man standing at the graveyards, and it was reported to him that that is shirk (associating partners with Allah), but he did not find that he was using it in its state, so let him mention this or that. He says: A man is at the graveyards, and it was reported to him that it is shirk with Allah, but he did not refrain, rather he remained in his state, so should he be thanked or what should be done?
The Shaykh:
Do not declare him a disbeliever if it was reported to him that this is shirk and he did not stop; he is ruled to be a disbeliever because he has become one who persists, not out of ignorance, for the command did not come to him in ignorance, because the ruling has been established against him. So if he continues, he is ruled to be a disbeliever, because slaughtering for other than Allah is shirk, and setting up the slaughter is worship, and worship is not permissible to be directed to anyone but Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). But if he is with us in a land where there is Islamic authority, then he is referred to the authority to take action against him, either he repents or he is accepted, and if he is in a land where there is no Islamic authority, then it is sufficient that the proof is established against him.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 01 من 13 / شرح العقيدة الطحاوية/بيان عقيدة أهل السنة والجماعة/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:53)
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