What is the status of one who had a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) and then apostatized from Islam?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) stated that a wali (close friend of Allah) may apostatize from Islam, in which case his karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) turns into a satanic anomaly. The question is, Honorable Shaykh: Is it possible for the reverse to happen? And how does one distinguish between the two in this situation?
The Shaykh:
What is the reverse?
The questioner:
That a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) becomes an anomaly and then turns into a believer.
The Shaykh:
If he repents to Allah, Allah accepts his repentance. As the Shaykh said, unless Allah overtakes him with repentance; if he repents to Allah, his faith returns to him and his state returns to him. But if he persists and does not repent to Allah, he may apostatize from Islam and persist in disbelief, in which case it transforms from a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) into a satanic anomaly.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) stated that a wali (close friend of Allah) may apostatize from Islam, in which case his karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) turns into a satanic anomaly. The question is, Honorable Shaykh: Is it possible for the reverse to happen? And how does one distinguish between the two in this situation?
The Shaykh:
What is the reverse?
The questioner:
That a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) becomes an anomaly and then turns into a believer.
The Shaykh:
If he repents to Allah, Allah accepts his repentance. As the Shaykh said, unless Allah overtakes him with repentance; if he repents to Allah, his faith returns to him and his state returns to him. But if he persists and does not repent to Allah, he may apostatize from Islam and persist in disbelief, in which case it transforms from a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) into a satanic anomaly.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [734 -858] ما حال من كانت له كرامة ثم ارتد عن الإسلام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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