What is the ruling on Muslims who were killed during Christian celebrations while they were watching and taking oil to light the candles, believing in it as a means of healing or
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The questioner : Regarding the celebrations of the Christians in Egypt, a large number of people gathered, a very great number, and they go to celebrate and they see, as they claim, the Virgin in the sky.
The Shaykh : What do they see?
The questioner : They see Mary (may Allah be pleased with her); they see her in the sky, as they claim.
The Shaykh : As they claim.
The questioner : As they claim. Then Allah willed it, and a gas pipe exploded, killing a large number of Muslims who were watching and taking oil to... to light the candles, believing in it as a means of healing, or sustenance, or drawing near to them, or love for them. So all of them died, both the Christians and the Muslims.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what is the fate of the Muslims who died celebrating these celebrations?
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that they died upon one of two things: either as open sinners or as disbelievers, and their reckoning is with Allah.
The questioner : Very simple.
The Shaykh : These people...
The Shaykh : What do they see?
The questioner : They see Mary (may Allah be pleased with her); they see her in the sky, as they claim.
The Shaykh : As they claim.
The questioner : As they claim. Then Allah willed it, and a gas pipe exploded, killing a large number of Muslims who were watching and taking oil to... to light the candles, believing in it as a means of healing, or sustenance, or drawing near to them, or love for them. So all of them died, both the Christians and the Muslims.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what is the fate of the Muslims who died celebrating these celebrations?
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that they died upon one of two things: either as open sinners or as disbelievers, and their reckoning is with Allah.
The questioner : Very simple.
The Shaykh : These people...
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