Discussion of a tree near the martyrs of Uhud that people used to seek blessing from?
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The Shaykh : What is this enclosure here? What is it for?
The questioner : This one.
The Shaykh : What is this enclosure for?
The questioner : They made it for sitting, like this, so that
The Shaykh : it would not become a sacred tree.
The Shaykh : Yes.
Al-Halabi : Oh, my Shaykh, it is crowded, not sacred.
The Shaykh : Good. A tree like this in many countries becomes a "Dhat Anwat" (Tree of Idols). From there, my brother, on the right of the entrance, yes, atThe Shaykh : atThe Shaykh : , yes.
The questioner : ..
The Shaykh : On the sunnah, Dhat Anwat. They tie rags on it because it is tied with polytheistic and pagan beliefs.
The Shaykh : And among the wonders of things, the first Hajj I performed, I visited the Holy City of Madinah, and there was a tree there, yes, next to the martyrs' cemetery at Uhud, and there was ... running water and a window overlooking the cemetery of the martyrs. We found the window full of rags tied to it, and we found the tree also had rags tied to it, many rags, all in a warning color to remind people of the deceased, meaning that ...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I said, Glory be to Allah, the land of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and still there are such polytheistic and pagan practices. Then I do not know, a few days later, it was not far away, and on a moonless night, the tree was uprooted, by Allah. We said, praise be to Allah that it became like this and no problem occurred at all, yes. Then we no longer saw rags tied to the window. I do not know if any of you went recently to tell us that this window overlooking the martyrs' cemetery at Uhud, the eastern window, still has rags. Did any of you perform Hajj this year? May Allah feed us.
The questioner : Amen, O Lord of the worlds.
Another questioner : But there is a bush in it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : There is a bush in it there.
The questioner : This one.
The Shaykh : What is this enclosure for?
The questioner : They made it for sitting, like this, so that
The Shaykh : it would not become a sacred tree.
The Shaykh : Yes.
Al-Halabi : Oh, my Shaykh, it is crowded, not sacred.
The Shaykh : Good. A tree like this in many countries becomes a "Dhat Anwat" (Tree of Idols). From there, my brother, on the right of the entrance, yes, atThe Shaykh : atThe Shaykh : , yes.
The questioner : ..
The Shaykh : On the sunnah, Dhat Anwat. They tie rags on it because it is tied with polytheistic and pagan beliefs.
The Shaykh : And among the wonders of things, the first Hajj I performed, I visited the Holy City of Madinah, and there was a tree there, yes, next to the martyrs' cemetery at Uhud, and there was ... running water and a window overlooking the cemetery of the martyrs. We found the window full of rags tied to it, and we found the tree also had rags tied to it, many rags, all in a warning color to remind people of the deceased, meaning that ...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I said, Glory be to Allah, the land of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and still there are such polytheistic and pagan practices. Then I do not know, a few days later, it was not far away, and on a moonless night, the tree was uprooted, by Allah. We said, praise be to Allah that it became like this and no problem occurred at all, yes. Then we no longer saw rags tied to the window. I do not know if any of you went recently to tell us that this window overlooking the martyrs' cemetery at Uhud, the eastern window, still has rags. Did any of you perform Hajj this year? May Allah feed us.
The questioner : Amen, O Lord of the worlds.
Another questioner : But there is a bush in it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : There is a bush in it there.
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