The Ruling on Slaughter for a Wali from Among the Awliya to Fulfill a Vow

Question:
He says in my last question: I fell ill when I was young, so my mother vowed that if I were healed, and I grew up, she would slaughter a goat at the grave of the wali, and the people would gather for it. When I grew up, she brought a goat to fulfill her vow; so I took the goat and sold it in the market, and I told her: This is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Is what I did correct, or not? I ask for your guidance. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
You have done well; this is the correct course. She has no right to slaughter at the grave of the wali, whether in fulfillment of a vow or not. If the slaughter is for the wali, it is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), if the intention is to draw near to the wali, to so-and-so or so-and-so at the grave of al-Badawi or so-and-so, or Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, or Ibn Arabi, or so-and-so or so-and-so. None of these is it permissible to draw near to with slaughtered animals. No one is to be called upon besides Allah, no one is to be called for aid, and no vow is to be made to them. All of this is major shirk.
Likewise, the prophets (peace and blessings be upon them) — it is not permissible for a Muslim to slaughter an animal for a prophet, to seek nearness to him, or to ask him to rescue him, or to support him, or to cure his sick person, whether it is our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) or anyone else. This is the right of Allah Allah says: [al-Baqarah:21] And He says (Exalted and Majestic is He): [al-Isra:23] And He says (Glorified and Exalted is He): [al-Bayyinah:5], and He says : [al-Jinn:18], and the Prophet said: So no one is to be called upon alongside Allah, neither a prophet, nor an angel, nor a jinn, nor a human, nor a close friend of Allah, nor anything else.
Likewise, slaughter is not to be done for the prophets, nor for the angels, nor for the awliya (close friends of Allah), and one does not draw near to them with vows or other acts of worship. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) says: [al-An'am: 162], meaning: Say: O Muhammad! to the people [al-An'am: 162], meaning: My slaughter has no partner, and with that I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims [al-An'am: 162-163]. And He says (Glorified and Exalted is He): So pray to your Lord and sacrifice [al-Kawthar: 1-2]. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .
So seeking nearness to the awliya (close friends of Allah) by slaughtering an animal is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), whether one slaughters at his grave, or at a place other than his grave; even if it is in a distant place, or even in a person's house, as long as he slaughters and intends it for so-and-so wali, or so-and-so, this is major shirk, just as if he prayed to him, if he prayed to him, and prostrated to him; so it is shirk; so likewise, if he slaughters for him, or calls upon him, or seeks aid from him, or makes a vow for him, or says: "O my master! Cure my sick person, or support me, or guide me to such-and-such," or the like of that, whether at his grave, or far from his grave, all of this is not permissible. This is the right of Allah, He is the one who is called upon He is the one who is asked. As for the living person who is present, slaughtering an animal for him as a mark of respect for him, because he is a guest who has come from a journey, or because he is a relative who visited him and he slaughtered for him for the sake of honoring the guest; this is permissible.
Likewise, if he says to his brother who is with him: Help me with such-and-such, the living person who is present, help me with fixing my car, with fixing my farm, he cooperates with him in the farm; there is nothing wrong with that. But as for the dead, or the absent ones, or the angels, or the prophets, or the jinn, calling upon them with Allah, or seeking their aid, or making vows to them; this is not permissible. This is major shirk. The absent one is not called upon, nor the dead, nor the inanimate things like trees, stones, and idols, nor the angels. None of them are called upon with Allah, nor is their aid sought, nor are vows made to them. Rather, this is major shirk. We seek refuge in Allah from that.
But if it is through physical means with the living, like a telegram, he writes a telegram, he says: Lend me such-and-such, or he speaks to him by telephone, lend me such-and-such, or help me with such-and-such, with a living person he speaks to, or writes him a letter, this is like the living person who is present, like the one who is seen. There is no blame in that, as Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the story of Musa: [al-Qasas: 15]. So people cooperate, and the living cooperate; there is no blame in that. But calling upon the dead or the absent one, because he believes that there is a secret in it, that he hears even if later, or calling upon the inanimate things like idols and stars, all of this is major shirk. Or calling upon the angels or the jinn; this is major shirk; because they are absent from you, occupied with their affairs, they are not of the kind of the one who is present before you whom you address and ask to help you with such-and-such or such-and-such.
And with this, the believer should be cautious, and stay away from the causes of shirk, and its means, and its actions. And you have done well, O questioner, in informing your mother and clarifying the truth to her. You have done well in that — may Allah bless you — yes.

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