How to Get Rid of Attachment to Graves
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His Eminence the Shaykh: The residents of the Sharurah region send you their greetings and ask you to make du'a for them, and may Allah reward you with good, because you sent students of knowledge from your area, and they have benefited the community there greatly.
We ask you about the condition of some elderly men in the Sharurah region. They have, praise be to Allah, listened to the Salafi call and learned that it is the truth among the calls. However, they still have a type of attachment to graves, and there is a road where they visit them, and there are domes there.And when we tell them: We will remove these domes, but they refuse. So we ask for guidance before a clash occurs between us and them?
I say: Peace and blessings be upon you. It has reached me, praise be to Allah, that the brothers who came to you during the vacation received great benefit, and that the people, praise be to Allah, received them with acceptance, listening, and gathering with them. Also, praise be to Allah, we received letters regarding this topic, all of which indicate that the people have benefited. This is what encourages us to send delegations.
As for what you mentioned about them having left, praise be to Allah, shirk (associating partners with Allah) and ceased from it, and it became clear to them that it is invalid, that is good, praise be to Allah. As for what you mentioned about the stones or domes, and that when they are told to remove them, they hesitate,So I say: it should not be rushed to remove them if their removal is a cause for them to return to what they were before. So let them remain as long as they are not worshipped, for they are not shirk. But if faith is firmly established in their hearts and tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is understood, they will remove them themselves without a doubt. So I see that you should not rush them, and not clash with them over this, as long as they do not go to them, and do not circumambulate them. Leave them, and in any case, if faith settles in their hearts, they will remove them.
We ask you about the condition of some elderly men in the Sharurah region. They have, praise be to Allah, listened to the Salafi call and learned that it is the truth among the calls. However, they still have a type of attachment to graves, and there is a road where they visit them, and there are domes there.And when we tell them: We will remove these domes, but they refuse. So we ask for guidance before a clash occurs between us and them?
I say: Peace and blessings be upon you. It has reached me, praise be to Allah, that the brothers who came to you during the vacation received great benefit, and that the people, praise be to Allah, received them with acceptance, listening, and gathering with them. Also, praise be to Allah, we received letters regarding this topic, all of which indicate that the people have benefited. This is what encourages us to send delegations.
As for what you mentioned about them having left, praise be to Allah, shirk (associating partners with Allah) and ceased from it, and it became clear to them that it is invalid, that is good, praise be to Allah. As for what you mentioned about the stones or domes, and that when they are told to remove them, they hesitate,So I say: it should not be rushed to remove them if their removal is a cause for them to return to what they were before. So let them remain as long as they are not worshipped, for they are not shirk. But if faith is firmly established in their hearts and tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is understood, they will remove them themselves without a doubt. So I see that you should not rush them, and not clash with them over this, as long as they do not go to them, and do not circumambulate them. Leave them, and in any case, if faith settles in their hearts, they will remove them.