What is the ruling on one who calls people to go to the awliya (close friends of Allah) and supplicate to them, and claims that this is not shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
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Question:
A question from outside this country says: We have a misguided shaykh in our country who calls people to go to the awliya and supplicate to them other than Allah, and he issues a fatwa that this is not shirk except according to the Wahhabis, as he puts it.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. It is shirk according to the Wahhabis. Yes. This is shirk in the Book of Allah and in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Wahhabis say so. This is a testimony that the Wahhabis are on the right path. Yes.
A question from outside this country says: We have a misguided shaykh in our country who calls people to go to the awliya and supplicate to them other than Allah, and he issues a fatwa that this is not shirk except according to the Wahhabis, as he puts it.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. It is shirk according to the Wahhabis. Yes. This is shirk in the Book of Allah and in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Wahhabis say so. This is a testimony that the Wahhabis are on the right path. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من يدعو الناس للذهاب إلى الأولياء ودعائهم، ويدّعي أن هذا ليس شركا؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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