How did shirk (associating partners with Allah) occur among the people of Noah (peace be upon him)?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Was Noah (peace be upon him) sent to his people after they had fallen into shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
The people were on the religion of their father Adam, monotheists worshipping Allah (Mighty and Majestic), until the time of Noah (peace be upon him) came. There were righteous men, those mentioned in the verse[Nuh 71:23].
These are the names of righteous men who died in a single year. Their people missed them and grieved for them with intense grief. Then Satan came to them and said, "Make images of them and place them in your gathering places so that you may remember them and remember their worship, and so that you may be energized for worship." So they made their images and placed them in their gathering places. Then, when a long time had passed—ten thousand years—Satan came to them a second time. When a group of ignorant people came, he said, "Your fathers did not place these images except to worship them besides Allah, and through them they would cause the rain to fall." So they worshipped them, refuge with Allah, they worshipped those images, and from that time shirk (associating partners with Allah) occurred on earth.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Was Noah (peace be upon him) sent to his people after they had fallen into shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
The people were on the religion of their father Adam, monotheists worshipping Allah (Mighty and Majestic), until the time of Noah (peace be upon him) came. There were righteous men, those mentioned in the verse
Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًاThese are the names of righteous men who died in a single year. Their people missed them and grieved for them with intense grief. Then Satan came to them and said, "Make images of them and place them in your gathering places so that you may remember them and remember their worship, and so that you may be energized for worship." So they made their images and placed them in their gathering places. Then, when a long time had passed—ten thousand years—Satan came to them a second time. When a group of ignorant people came, he said, "Your fathers did not place these images except to worship them besides Allah, and through them they would cause the rain to fall." So they worshipped them, refuge with Allah, they worshipped those images, and from that time shirk (associating partners with Allah) occurred on earth.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1543- كيف وقع الشرك في قوم نوح عليه السلام؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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