What is the validity of the statement that if one travels to Makkah and does not visit Shaykh So-and-So, his heart is immersed?
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The questioner:
This questioner asks: What is the ruling on the statement that if one travels to Makkah and does not visit Shaykh So-and-So, his heart is cut off?
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: Who is the Shaykh? Yes, there are no Makkah scholars whose visit is obligatory; there are no scholars whose visit is obligatory.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
What is visited there is the Sacred Ka'bah. The one who visits it prays in al-Masjid al-Haram and performs tawaf (circumambulation) of the Ka'bah; this is what is intended in Makkah, yes.
This questioner asks: What is the ruling on the statement that if one travels to Makkah and does not visit Shaykh So-and-So, his heart is cut off?
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: Who is the Shaykh? Yes, there are no Makkah scholars whose visit is obligatory; there are no scholars whose visit is obligatory.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
What is visited there is the Sacred Ka'bah. The one who visits it prays in al-Masjid al-Haram and performs tawaf (circumambulation) of the Ka'bah; this is what is intended in Makkah, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما صحة هذا القول من سافر إلى مكة ولم يزر الشيخ فلان فإن قلبه مغموس؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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