What is the ruling on slaughtering for other than Allah?

Question:
After this, we move on to Eritrea, Asmara, via a message sent by a listener from there, whose name is Mujib al-Rahman Salih Aman. He asks a series of questions, and in one of them he says: In our country, some people slaughter at the graves of the awliya (close friends of Allah). If you ask them, "Is it not obligatory that slaughtering be for Allah, and be pure for Allah, and that this act is shirk (associating partners with Allah)?" they do not listen to you. Direct them so that they may listen. May Allah guide you, and may He reward you with good.

Answer:
Slaughtering for other than Allah is shirk (associating partners with Allah), whether it is at the graves or away from the graves. If one intends by the slaughtered animal to draw near to the created beings, or to the stars, or to the idols, or to the jinn, or to the awliya (close friends of Allah), or to the angels, it becomes shirk (associating partners with Allah). Allah the Exalted says in His great Book: meaning: My slaughter, no partner has He, and with that I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims [Al-An'am: 162-163].
And He the Exalted says in His great Book, addressing His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): So pray to your Lord and sacrifice [Al-Kawthar: 1-2]. Sacrificing is an act of worship like prayer. So the one who slaughters for other than Allah is like the one who prays for other than Allah. Whoever prays to the created beings, or prostrates to them, commits shirk (associating partners with Allah). Similarly, if one slaughters for the awliya (close friends of Allah) to draw near to them, or for the idols, or for the jinn, or for the angels, or for the stars, or for other created beings, and slaughters for them, or prays for them, and prostrates to them, or vows offerings for them, vowing to a specific wali (close friend of Allah) that he will slaughter such and such, or give such and such in charity, or prostrate, or pray, or fast.
The point is: Vowing to other than Allah, whether to the awliya (close friends of Allah), or to the jinn, or to the idols, such as saying: "I have vowed to such and such a grave, or to such and such a wali (close friend of Allah), that I will give such and such in charity, or that we will fast such and such, or pray such and such, or slaughter such and such." All of this is among the vows of shirk (associating partners with Allah).
So praying for other than Allah, prostrating for other than Allah, slaughtering for other than Allah, and vowing for other than Allah, all of this is shirk (associating partners with Allah). If one prays at the grave for Allah, not intending the occupant of the grave, but praying for Allah, yet he thinks that praying at the grave has benefit, and that it is better, otherwise he would not intend it. He does not intend to pray to the created beings, nor does he intend to slaughter for them; his intention is to slaughter for Allah, and to pray for Allah, but he thinks that at this grave there is benefit, and that there is more reward. This is bid'ah (religious innovation), and it is not permissible, and it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), but it does not become shirk (associating partners with Allah) if his intention is the face of Allah, and drawing near to Allah. However, it becomes bid'ah (religious innovation) because he performed it in a place where it is not permissible to worship with prayer and slaughter. Indeed, this leads to shirk (associating partners with Allah), and is a means to slaughtering for the created being who is the occupant of the grave. Yes.

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