A Muslim has a non-Muslim worker who prostrated to him with the intention of being granted permission to travel, and he did grant it. Is this action valid?
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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh, a man or a guarantor has a worker, and this worker is a disbeliever, so he persisted with him to travel to his family, but he refused...
The Shaykh : Who persisted?
The questioner : The worker.
The Shaykh : The worker.
The questioner : Yes, so this guarantor says that he prostrated before him!
The Shaykh : Who prostrated?
The questioner : The disbeliever prostrated before the guarantor.
The Shaykh : The guarantor, yes.
The questioner : He says it was out of mercy and compassion from me, and I allowed him to travel.
The Shaykh : When he associated partners with Him! I mean, when he associated partners with Him, is that not so? Hmm?
The questioner : This... he says it was out of compassion for him.
The Shaykh : The point is that when he associated partners with Allah, he became subservient to him.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : This is a mistake...
The questioner : But without intention.
The Shaykh : The point is that in any case, this is something that has passed.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : But advise this guarantor and tell him to repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). It was obligatory for him, when he prostrated to him, to forbid it and rebuke him and say that prostration is for Allah. But given his ignorance, I hope that Allah will not punish him. Did not the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when a man said to him "What Allah wills and what you will", disapprove of it and say:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 18:1391? In any case, convey my greetings to the guarantor and tell him to repent to Allah and seek forgiveness. It was his duty, when he prostrated to him, to say, "My brother, this is not acceptable; this is not permissible except for Allah." Perhaps if he had said to him in that situation, he might have realized and known that he was in the wrong. Yasar, no.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How much...
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The Shaykh : ...
The Shaykh : Who persisted?
The questioner : The worker.
The Shaykh : The worker.
The questioner : Yes, so this guarantor says that he prostrated before him!
The Shaykh : Who prostrated?
The questioner : The disbeliever prostrated before the guarantor.
The Shaykh : The guarantor, yes.
The questioner : He says it was out of mercy and compassion from me, and I allowed him to travel.
The Shaykh : When he associated partners with Him! I mean, when he associated partners with Him, is that not so? Hmm?
The questioner : This... he says it was out of compassion for him.
The Shaykh : The point is that when he associated partners with Allah, he became subservient to him.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : This is a mistake...
The questioner : But without intention.
The Shaykh : The point is that in any case, this is something that has passed.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : But advise this guarantor and tell him to repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). It was obligatory for him, when he prostrated to him, to forbid it and rebuke him and say that prostration is for Allah. But given his ignorance, I hope that Allah will not punish him. Did not the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when a man said to him "What Allah wills and what you will", disapprove of it and say:
Have you made me an equal to Allah? No, but what Allah wills alone.
أجعلتني لله ندّا بل ما شاء الله وحدهThe questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How much...
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