What is the ruling on slaughtering for other than Allah?
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Question:
Many Muslims perform 'Umrah and Hajj and pray with the Muslims, but they slaughter for the jinn. What is the ruling on this act?
Answer:
This invalidates their Hajj and 'Umrah and all their deeds, because shirk (associating partners with Allah) nullifies deeds. Allah the Exalted said:[Az-Zumar 39:65] Allah the Exalted said in Surat al-Anbiya: [Al-An'am 6:88]. Slaughtering for the jinn is shirk, because slaughtering in the manner of seeking nearness is worship, and worship is not for anyone but Allah. So the one who slaughters for the jinn to seek nearness to them, or out of fear of their harm, or so that they help him with something, or so that they cure his sick person, or so that they serve him in something, this is major shirk that takes one out of the religion.
Many Muslims perform 'Umrah and Hajj and pray with the Muslims, but they slaughter for the jinn. What is the ruling on this act?
Answer:
This invalidates their Hajj and 'Umrah and all their deeds, because shirk (associating partners with Allah) nullifies deeds. Allah the Exalted said:
And it was already revealed to you and to those before you that if you should associate [anything] with Allah, your work would surely become worthless, and you would surely be among the losers."
وَلَقَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَBut if they had associated others with Allah, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.
وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الذبح لغير الله؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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