What is the best method in calling people to Allah the Exalted for a people who have abandoned shirk (associating partners with Allah) but have not demolished the domes and still visit them?
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The questioner : May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The questioner : The residents of the Sharurah region are asking about you, they send you their greetings, and they request your prayers. May Allah reward you with good, for you sent students of knowledge from your area, and they have benefited the community there greatly, and all praise is due to Allah.
We ask you about the condition of some elderly men in the Sharurah region. They have, all praise is due to Allah, listened to the Salafi call and realized that it is the truth among the calls. However, they still have a type of attachment to graves. There is a road where they visit, and there are domes there that the Sufis visit... We ask you, your eminence, to clarify the method of removing this without fighting with them, as they are tribes. They say, "Leave it as it is on the grave."
The Shaykh : I say: May the peace be upon you and upon them. It has reached me, and all praise is due to Allah, that the brothers who came to you during the vacation days achieved great benefit, and that the people, all praise is due to Allah, received them with acceptance, listening, and gathering with them. Also, letters have come to us, all praise is due to Allah, 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 that they have abandoned shirk (associating partners with Allah), all praise is due to Allah, and stopped it, and it became clear to them that it is invalid, that is good. As for what you mentioned about the stones or domes, and that when they are told to remove them, they hesitate, I say: It should not be rushed to remove them. If their removal would be a cause for them to return to what they were originally, then they should remain as long as they are not worshipped, for they are not shirk (associating partners with Allah). But if faith is firmly established in their hearts and they understand tawhid (the oneness of Allah), they will remove them themselves, without doubt. I see that you should not rush them, and not confront them for this, as long as they do not go to them, do not worship them, and do not circumambulate them. Leave them. In any case, if faith settles in their hearts, they will remove them.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The questioner : The residents of the Sharurah region are asking about you, they send you their greetings, and they request your prayers. May Allah reward you with good, for you sent students of knowledge from your area, and they have benefited the community there greatly, and all praise is due to Allah.
We ask you about the condition of some elderly men in the Sharurah region. They have, all praise is due to Allah, listened to the Salafi call and realized that it is the truth among the calls. However, they still have a type of attachment to graves. There is a road where they visit, and there are domes there that the Sufis visit... We ask you, your eminence, to clarify the method of removing this without fighting with them, as they are tribes. They say, "Leave it as it is on the grave."
The Shaykh : I say: May the peace be upon you and upon them. It has reached me, and all praise is due to Allah, that the brothers who came to you during the vacation days achieved great benefit, and that the people, all praise is due to Allah, received them with acceptance, listening, and gathering with them. Also, letters have come to us, all praise is due to Allah, 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 that they have abandoned shirk (associating partners with Allah), all praise is due to Allah, and stopped it, and it became clear to them that it is invalid, that is good. As for what you mentioned about the stones or domes, and that when they are told to remove them, they hesitate, I say: It should not be rushed to remove them. If their removal would be a cause for them to return to what they were originally, then they should remain as long as they are not worshipped, for they are not shirk (associating partners with Allah). But if faith is firmly established in their hearts and they understand tawhid (the oneness of Allah), they will remove them themselves, without doubt. I see that you should not rush them, and not confront them for this, as long as they do not go to them, do not worship them, and do not circumambulate them. Leave them. In any case, if faith settles in their hearts, they will remove them.