The Proliferation of Shrines Worshipped Other Than Allah: Is It Necessary to Declare Their Owners Disbelievers, and Is Migration Obligatory?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In our country, there are many shrines and graves that are worshipped other than Allah the Exalted. Are we required to explicitly declare their owners to be disbelievers? And if we are unable to do so, is it obligatory for us to migrate from these lands?
Answer:
By Allah, if those who claim to be scholars come forward and make distinctions regarding circumambulating graves, saying that if it is false or such-and-such, this is what has made these matters easy for them. This is one of the reasons: some students of knowledge or those dealing with people make matters easy for the people through these distinctions and these figurative interpretations. It is obligatory to rebuke these people with wisdom and to teach the ignorant among them.
To teach the ignorant among them, to spread tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and to spread the correct creed. Teaching the people this is what is obligatory upon you. And if they do not accept it, and you find a place to which you can migrate in the matter of tawhid, then it is obligatory for you to migrate. But if you are unable to do so, hold fast to your religion until the excuse is removed, and then migrate in the path of Allah. Migration is obligatory and remains so until the Hour stands. But the one who is unable should wait while holding fast to his religion,[An-Nisa 4:98-99].
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In our country, there are many shrines and graves that are worshipped other than Allah the Exalted. Are we required to explicitly declare their owners to be disbelievers? And if we are unable to do so, is it obligatory for us to migrate from these lands?
Answer:
By Allah, if those who claim to be scholars come forward and make distinctions regarding circumambulating graves, saying that if it is false or such-and-such, this is what has made these matters easy for them. This is one of the reasons: some students of knowledge or those dealing with people make matters easy for the people through these distinctions and these figurative interpretations. It is obligatory to rebuke these people with wisdom and to teach the ignorant among them.
To teach the ignorant among them, to spread tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and to spread the correct creed. Teaching the people this is what is obligatory upon you. And if they do not accept it, and you find a place to which you can migrate in the matter of tawhid, then it is obligatory for you to migrate. But if you are unable to do so, hold fast to your religion until the excuse is removed, and then migrate in the path of Allah. Migration is obligatory and remains so until the Hour stands. But the one who is unable should wait while holding fast to his religion,
(98) Except for the oppressed among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way - (99) For those it is expected that Allah will pardon them, and Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا فَأُولَٰئِكَ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَفُوًّا غَفُورًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1827- 4717] كثرت عندنا الأضرحة التي تعبد من دون الله فهل يصرح بكفر أعيانهم، وهل تجب الهجرة؟ — youtube.com
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