What the grave-diggers do at the graves: Is it a practical or a doctrinal religious innovation?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Is this matter, O Shaykh, a practical or a doctrinal religious innovation?
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : This is what the grave-diggers do at the graves.
The Shaykh : This is a practical religious innovation, because they do not hold a belief in this.
The questioner : Does it not reach the level of being a doctrinal religious innovation?
The Shaykh : It is a practical religious innovation, but it may be shirk (associating partners with Allah).
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : This is what the grave-diggers do at the graves.
The Shaykh : This is a practical religious innovation, because they do not hold a belief in this.
The questioner : Does it not reach the level of being a doctrinal religious innovation?
The Shaykh : It is a practical religious innovation, but it may be shirk (associating partners with Allah).