86- Ruling on asking the dead for mercy
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86- Ruling on asking the dead for mercy
Q: A questioner says: Some people visit the domed shrines that include the graves of the Awliya (pious people) and ask them for mercy, goodness and safety. What is the ruling of Shariah (Islamic law) on such people?
A: Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) has legislated for His Servants all that is beneficial for them and everything that would guarantee them safety in this life and the Hereafter. He forbade them from everything that could possibly harm them in this world and the Hereafter. Moreover, He sent them messengers as bringers of glad tidings and warners. They bring those who obey them and adhere to their call the glad tidings of entering Jannah (Paradise,) attaining happiness, winning victory in this life, and being granted safety in the Hereafter. On the other hand, they warn those who disobey them and threaten them with humiliation in this life and misery in the Hereafter. The most important thing that Allah (Exalted be He) ordered His Messenger ﷺ ) says: And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad ﷺ ): "Worship Allah (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Taghut (all false deities i.e. do not worship Taghut besides Allah)." Then of them were some whom Allah guided and of them were some upon whom the straying was justified. So travel through the land and see what was the end of those who denied (the truth). Thus, Tawhid is the greatest and most significant part of the call of the messengers. Actually, it is the foundation of their call; believing in the Oneness of Allah, offering acts of worship to Him with full sincerity, and associating none with Him in worship, neither a prophet, nor an angel, nor a tree, nor an idol nor anything else. Building domes and Masjids (mosques) on graves is one of the means of Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship) because this implies extolling the graves. If domes and Masjids are built on graves, common people will visit them and invoke their dwellers beside Allah (Exalted be He). They will seek relief from the dead and make vows to them and these are acts of major Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship that takes the Muslim out of Islam) that contradict the call of the messengers of Allah and contradict Tawhid. When Allah (Exalted be He) sent His Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), he said to his people: My people, say "There is no deity but Allah" so that you may be successful. He forbade them from worshipping others beside Allah (Exalted be He). He forbade them from worshipping Al-`Uzza, Manah, Al-Lat or anything else. He ordered them to offer their worship exclusively to Allah (Exalted be He) and with full sincerity. Allah (Exalted be He) says: And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him.) And: {So worship Allah (Alone) by doing religious deeds sincerely for Allah's sake only. * Surely the religion (i.e. the worship and the obedience) is for Allah only. And they were commanded not but that they should worship Allah, and worship none but Him Alone (abstaining from ascribing partners to Him) And: You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).). It is obligatory to dedicate worship exclusively to Allah (Exalted be He) and with full sincerity and it is not permissible to build domes or Masjids on graves. Rather, the dead person should be buried and his grave should be only one hand span higher than the ground. In this way, it will be known that it is a grave and will not be misused. It is not permissible to invoke the dead beside Allah (Exalted be He) or to build a dome or Masjid on a grave. It should only be left visible and protruding like the graves of the Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet) in Madinah during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) and after his death. It is not permissible to invoke the dead beside Allah (Exalted be He) or to seek relief, wealth, victory, protection, mercy, forgiveness or any of the good affairs like provision, marriage, salvation from the Hellfire, admittance to Jannah, or the like from them. All this is major Shirk. Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) says: And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone). Allah (Glorified be He) also says: And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. Moreover, He (Glorified be He) says: Worship Allah and join none with Him (in worship) And: "And invoke not besides Allah, any such that will neither profit you nor harm you, but if (in case) you did so, you shall certainly be one of the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)." And: And whoever invokes (or worships), besides Allah, any other Man (god), of whom he has no proof; then his reckoning is only with his Lord. Surely! Al-Kafirun (the disbelievers in Allah and in the Oneness of Allah, polytheists, pagans, idolaters) will not be successful. And: Verily We have sent down the Book to you (O Muhammad ﷺ ) by doing religious deeds sincerely...
Q: A questioner says: Some people visit the domed shrines that include the graves of the Awliya (pious people) and ask them for mercy, goodness and safety. What is the ruling of Shariah (Islamic law) on such people?
A: Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) has legislated for His Servants all that is beneficial for them and everything that would guarantee them safety in this life and the Hereafter. He forbade them from everything that could possibly harm them in this world and the Hereafter. Moreover, He sent them messengers as bringers of glad tidings and warners. They bring those who obey them and adhere to their call the glad tidings of entering Jannah (Paradise,) attaining happiness, winning victory in this life, and being granted safety in the Hereafter. On the other hand, they warn those who disobey them and threaten them with humiliation in this life and misery in the Hereafter. The most important thing that Allah (Exalted be He) ordered His Messenger ﷺ ) says: And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad ﷺ ): "Worship Allah (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Taghut (all false deities i.e. do not worship Taghut besides Allah)." Then of them were some whom Allah guided and of them were some upon whom the straying was justified. So travel through the land and see what was the end of those who denied (the truth). Thus, Tawhid is the greatest and most significant part of the call of the messengers. Actually, it is the foundation of their call; believing in the Oneness of Allah, offering acts of worship to Him with full sincerity, and associating none with Him in worship, neither a prophet, nor an angel, nor a tree, nor an idol nor anything else. Building domes and Masjids (mosques) on graves is one of the means of Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship) because this implies extolling the graves. If domes and Masjids are built on graves, common people will visit them and invoke their dwellers beside Allah (Exalted be He). They will seek relief from the dead and make vows to them and these are acts of major Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship that takes the Muslim out of Islam) that contradict the call of the messengers of Allah and contradict Tawhid. When Allah (Exalted be He) sent His Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), he said to his people: My people, say "There is no deity but Allah" so that you may be successful. He forbade them from worshipping others beside Allah (Exalted be He). He forbade them from worshipping Al-`Uzza, Manah, Al-Lat or anything else. He ordered them to offer their worship exclusively to Allah (Exalted be He) and with full sincerity. Allah (Exalted be He) says: And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him.) And: {So worship Allah (Alone) by doing religious deeds sincerely for Allah's sake only. * Surely the religion (i.e. the worship and the obedience) is for Allah only. And they were commanded not but that they should worship Allah, and worship none but Him Alone (abstaining from ascribing partners to Him) And: You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).). It is obligatory to dedicate worship exclusively to Allah (Exalted be He) and with full sincerity and it is not permissible to build domes or Masjids on graves. Rather, the dead person should be buried and his grave should be only one hand span higher than the ground. In this way, it will be known that it is a grave and will not be misused. It is not permissible to invoke the dead beside Allah (Exalted be He) or to build a dome or Masjid on a grave. It should only be left visible and protruding like the graves of the Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet) in Madinah during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) and after his death. It is not permissible to invoke the dead beside Allah (Exalted be He) or to seek relief, wealth, victory, protection, mercy, forgiveness or any of the good affairs like provision, marriage, salvation from the Hellfire, admittance to Jannah, or the like from them. All this is major Shirk. Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) says: And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone). Allah (Glorified be He) also says: And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. Moreover, He (Glorified be He) says: Worship Allah and join none with Him (in worship) And: "And invoke not besides Allah, any such that will neither profit you nor harm you, but if (in case) you did so, you shall certainly be one of the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)." And: And whoever invokes (or worships), besides Allah, any other Man (god), of whom he has no proof; then his reckoning is only with his Lord. Surely! Al-Kafirun (the disbelievers in Allah and in the Oneness of Allah, polytheists, pagans, idolaters) will not be successful. And: Verily We have sent down the Book to you (O Muhammad ﷺ ) by doing religious deeds sincerely...