Muharamat!

[Abunuran]

As-salaam Alikum,


Muharamat



Prohibitions that are taken too lightly


English Translation


Book by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid



Contents:



Introduction


Shirk: associating partners in worship with Allaah


Grave-worship


Sacrificing to anything other than Allaah


Allowing what Allaah has forbidden and forbidding what Allaah has allowed


Magic, fortune-telling and divination


Astrology, or believing that the stars and planets have an influence on people’s


lives and events


Believing that certain things can bring benefit when the Creator has not made them so


Showing off in worship


Superstitious belief in omens


Swearing by something other than Allaah


Sitting with hypocrites and wrongdoers to enjoy their company or to keep them company


Lack of composure in prayer


Fidgeting and making unnecessary movements in prayer


Deliberately anticipating the movements of the imaam (when praying in congregation)


Coming to the mosque after eating onions or garlic, or anything that has an offensive smell


Zinaa - fornication and adultery


Sodomy (homosexuality)


Not allowing one’s husband to have marital relations for no legitimate reason


Asking one’s husband for a divorce for no legitimate reason


al-Zihaar


Having intercourse with one’s wife during her period


Having intercourse with one's wife in her rectum


Not treating co-wives fairly


Being alone with a non-mahram woman


Shaking hands with a non-mahram woman


A woman wearing perfume when going out or passing by non-mahram men


A woman travelling without a mahram


Deliberately looking at a non-mahram woman


Seeing one’s womenfolk behaving in an immoral fashion and keeping silent


Making false claims about a child’s lineage, or denying one’s own child


Consuming riba (usury or interest)


Concealing a product’s faults at the time of sale


Artificially inflating prices


Trading after the second call to prayer on Friday


Gambling


Theft


Offering or accepting bribes


Seizing land by force


Accepting a gift in return for interceding


Hiring someone and benefitting from his labour, then not paying him his wages


Not giving gifts equally to one’s children


Asking people for money when one is not in need


Seeking a loan with no intention of repaying it


Consuming haraam wealth


Drinking khamr - even a single drop


Using vessels of gold and silver, or eating or drinking from them


Bearing false witness


Listening to music and musical instruments


Gossip and backbiting


Slander


Looking into people’s houses without their permission


Two people conversing privately to the exclusion of a third


Isbaal - wearing clothes that come down below the ankles


Men wearing gold in any shape or form


Women wearing short, tight or see-through clothes


Wearing wigs and hairpieces, whether made from natural or artificial hair, for men and women


Men resembling women and women resembling men, in dress, speech and appearance


Dyeing one’s hair black


Having pictures of animate beings on clothing, walls or paper, etc.


Lying about one’s dreams


Sitting or walking on graves, or answering the call of nature in a graveyard


Not cleaning oneself properly after passing water


Eavesdropping on people who do not want to be heard


Being a bad neighbor


Writing a will for the purpose of harming one of the heirs


Playing backgammon


Cursing a believer or someone who does not deserve to be cursed


Wailing (at time of bereavement)


Striking or branding the face


Abandoning a Muslim brother for more than three days with no legitimate reason


These are the contents of the book that will be listed in the thread. If you are anxious about an issue and want to know it's rulling, please be patient with me as I am busy with other things and will try to post a new topic every day insh'a Allah as they are lisited, but will not jump the order listed here.


As-salaam Alikum.

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<b>Introduction:</b>



Praise be to Allah; we praise Him and seek His help and forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allah from the evil of our own souls and from our evil deeds. Whomever Allah guides will never be led astray, and whomever Allah leaves astray, no-one will guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah Alone, with no partners or associates, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His Slave and Messenger.


Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, has laid down obligations which we are not permitted to ignore, and has set limits which we are not permitted to transgress, and has set out prohibitions which we are not allowed to violate.


The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whatever Allah has permitted in His Book is allowed, and whatever He has prohibited is forbidden; whatever He has remained silent about is a concession, so accept the concession of Allah, for Allah is never forgetful.” Then he recited the ayah: “. . . and your Lord is never forgetful” [Maryam 19:64]. (Reported by al-Hakim, 2/375; classified as hasan by al-Albany in Ghaayat al-Maraam, p. 14)


The things which have been prohibited are the boundaries or limits set by Allah:


“. . . And whosoever transgresses the set limits of Allah, then indeed he has wronged himself . . .” [al-Talaaq 65:1]


Allah has issued a threat to the one who transgresses His set limits and violates His prohibitions, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):


“And whosoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, and transgresses His limits, He will cast him into the Fire, to abide therein; and he shall have a disgraceful torment.” [al-Nisaa’ 4:14]


Avoiding that which has been forbidden is a duty, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whatever you have been prohibited to do, avoid it, and whatever you have been commanded to do, do as much of it as you can.” (Reported by Muslim, Kitaab al-fadaa’il, hadeeth no. 130, Abd al-Baaqi edition).


It is well-known that some of those who follow their desires, who are weak at heart and have little knowledge, become irritated when they hear lists of prohibitions. They grumble and mutter, “Everything is haram, you haven’t left us anything that is not forbidden! You make our lives boring and miserable. You don’t talk about anything but what is haram, but religion is supposed to easy, not strict, and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.”


In response to such remarks, we say:


Allah, may He be glorified, rules as He wills and there is none to put back His judgment. He is All-Wise and Aware, and He allows whatever He wills and forbids whatever He wills, may He be glorified. One of the basic principles of our being His slaves is that we should accept whatever He decrees and submit fully to it. His rulings stem from His knowledge, wisdom and justice, and are not the matter of frivolity or foolish whims, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):


“And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can change His words. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.” [al-An’aam 6:115]


Allah has explained to us the governing principle behind the allowing and prohibiting of various things (interpretation of the meaning):


“. . . He allows them as lawful al-tayyibaat [(i.e., all good and lawful) as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods, etc.], and prohibits them as unlawful al-khabaa’ith [(i.e., all evil and unlawful) as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods, etc.] . . .” [al-A’raaf 7:157].


So what is good and pure is halal, and what is evil and unclean is haram.


The right to determine what is halal and what is haram belongs to Allah alone. Whoever claims this right or affirms it for someone else is a kafir whose extreme kufr places him beyond the pale of Islam, as Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Or have they partners with Allah (false gods) who have instituted for them a religion which Allah has not allowed? . . .” [al-Shooraa 42:21]


Furthermore, no-one is allowed to speak about matters of halal and haram except those who have knowledge of the Quran and Sunnah. Allah has issued a stern warning to those who speak about halal and haram with no knowledge (interpretation of the meaning):


“And say not concerning that which your tongues out forth falsely: ‘This is lawful and this is forbidden,’ so as to invent lies against Allah. . . .” [al-Nahl 16:116]


Things which are definitively forbidden have been clearly stated in the Quran and Sunnah, as Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Say: ‘Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited you from: Join not anything in worship with Him; be good and dutiful to your parents; kill not your children because of poverty - We provide sustenance for you and for them; come not near to al-fawaahish (shameful sins, illegal sexual intercourse, etc.) whether committed openly or secretly; and kill not anyone whom Allah has forbidden, except for a just cause (according to Islamic law). This He has commanded you that you may understand.” [al-An’aam 6:151]


The Sunnah also mentions many prohibitions; for example, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:


“Allah has forbidden the sale of wine (intoxicants), dead meat, pork and idols.” (Reported by Abu Dawud, 3486; see also Saheeh Abi Dawud, 977).


“Whatever Allah has forbidden, its price is also forbidden.” (Reported by al-Daaraqutni, 3/7; it is a saheeh hadeeth).


Some texts mention specific types or groups of prohibitions, such as when Allaah forbids certain types of food (interpretation of the meaning):


“Forbidden to you (for food) are: al-maytatah (the dead animals - cattle-beast not slaughtered), blood, the flesh of swine, and the meat of that which has been slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allaah, or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., or on which Allaah’s name has not been mentioned while slaughtering, and that which has been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by the goring of horns - and that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal - unless you are able to slaughter it (before its death) - and that which is sacrificed (slaughtered) on al-nusub (stone altars). Forbidden) also is to use arrows seeking luck or decision . . .” [al-Maa’idah 5:3]


Allaah has also mentioned that which is forbidden with regard to marriage, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Forbidden to you (for marriage) are: your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father’s sisters, your mother’s sisters, your brother’s daughters, your sister’s daughters, your foster mother who gave you suck, your foster milk suckling sisters, your wives’ mothers . . .”[al-Nisaa’ 4:23]


Allaah also mentions what kind of earnings are forbidden, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):


“. . . Allaah has permitted trading and forbidden riba (usury) . . .” [al-Baqarah 2:275]


Allaah, Who is Merciful towards His slaves, has permitted innumerable good things, of many kinds. He has not described the permitted things in detail because they are so many; in contrast, He has described the prohibitions in detail because they are limited, so that we will be aware of them and can avoid them. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“. . . He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity . . .” [al-An’aam 6:119]


But what is halaal is permitted as a general principle: as long as something is good and pure, it is permitted:


“O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and good on the earth . . .” [al-Baqarah 2:168]


It is a part of His Mercy that He has made all things halaal in principle, except where there is proof (daleel) that they are haraam. This is part of His generosity and bounty towards His slaves, for which we must obey him, and give praise and thanks.


When some people hear a detailed list of the things that are haraam, they become alarmed about the rules of Sharee’ah. This is due to their weak faith and poor understanding of Islaam. One cannot help wondering whether these people really want to be given a list of every type of thing that is halaal, so that they can be convinced that Islam is easy! Do they need for us to enumerate every type of good thing so that they can rest assured that Islam will not make their lives dreary?


Do they want to be told that the meats of camels, cattle, sheep, rabbits, deer, goats, chickens, pigeons, ducks, geese and ostriches over which the name of Allaah has been mentioned, and fish and locusts, are halaal?


That vegetables, herbs, fruits and edible seeds are halaal?


That water, milk, honey, oil and vinegar are halaal?


That salt, seasonings and spices are halaal?


That using wood, iron, sand, stones, plastic, glass and rubber is halaal?


That travelling via riding-beasts, cars, trains, ships and airplanes is halaal?


That using air-conditioners, fridges, washing-machines, tumble-dryers, mills, dough-mixers, meat-grinders, juicers, medical instruments, engineering tools, calculators, microscopes, telescopes, machinery for extracting water, oil and minerals, filters for purifying water, printing presses and so on is halaal?


That wearing cotton, linen, wool, camel hair, fur, permitted leathers, nylon and polyester is halaal?


That in principle marriage, buying, selling, sponsorship, bills of exchange, renting, professions and trades such as carpentry, metalworking, repairing machines and tending sheep are all halaal?


I wonder what would happen if we were to explain all this in detail to them. “And what is wrong with these people that they fail to understand any word?” [al-Nisaa’ 4:78]


As regards their claim that Islaam is easy, this is true, but they are twisting the truth to try and prove something that is false. What is meant by saying that Islaam is easy is not that it is in accordance with their desires and opinions, but that is it easy in accordance with what the Sharee’ah has brought. There is a huge difference between violating prohibitions by making false claims about Islam being easy - although it is easy, beyond any doubt - and availing oneself of legitimate concessions such as being allowed to join or shorten prayers; to break one’s fast when travelling; to wipe one’s socks when performing wudoo’ - for one day and one night for a person who is not travelling, and for three days and three nights in the case of travelling; to perform tayammum when one is afraid to use water; to join two prayers together when one is sick or when rain is falling; to look at a non-mahram woman for purposes of marriage; to have the choice, in the case of making expiation for a broken vow, between freeing a slave or feeding or clothing the poor; to eat the meat of dead animals when necessary - and other kinds of concessions allowed by Sharee’ah.


In addition to the above, the Muslim should realize that one principle underlies all the prohibitions in Islam: Allaah is testing His slaves by means of these prohibitions, to see what they will do. One of the things that distinguishes the people of Paradise from the people of Hell is that the people of Hell indulge in the desires with which the Fire is surrounded, whereas the people of Paradise patiently endure the hardships with which the Garden is surrounded. Were it not for this test, the obedient would not be distinguished from the disobedient. People of faith look at the difficulties involved from the perspective of the reward they will earn by pleasing Allaah, so obedience becomes easy for them. The hypocrites, on the other hand, view these difficulties as a matter of pain, suffering and deprivation, so obedience becomes a heavy burden on them.


By foregoing what is prohibited, the obedient person gains much more: whoever forsakes something for the sake of Allaah, Allaah will compensate him with something better, and he will enjoy the sweet taste of faith in his heart.


This paper discusses a number of the prohibitions that have been proven in Sharee’ah, based on evidence from the Qur’aan and Sunnah. (Some scholars have grouped the prohibitions under headings such as al-kabaa’ir or major sins. Among the best books on the topic is Tanbeeh al-ghaafileen ‘an a’maal al-jaahileen by Ibn al-Nahhaas al-Dimashqi, may Allaah have mercy on him).


These prohibitions include actions which are widely practised among many Muslims. By mentioning them my intention is to correct and advise people. I ask Allaah to guide me and my Muslim brothers, and to help us to adhere to the limits which He has set and to avoid the things that He has prohibited, and to save us from our evil deeds. And Allaah is the Best to guard, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.

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<b>Shirk - associating partners with Allaah</b>



This is the most serious of all prohibitions, according to the hadeeth narrated by Abu Bakrah, who said:


“The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘Shall I not tell you of the most serious of the major sins?’ three times. We said, ‘Of course, O Messenger of Allaah!’ He said, ‘Associating anything in worship with Allaah . . .’”


(Agreed upon; see al-Bukhaari, no. 2511, al-Bagha edition).


Every other sin may be forgiven by Allaah, apart from shirk, which requires specific repentance, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Verily, Allaah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He pleases . . .” [al-Nisaa’ 4:48]

[Abunuran]

One of the forms of shirk which is particularly widespread in Muslim countries is:



<b>Grave-worship</b>, the belief that dead awliyaa’ (“saints”) can fulfil one’s needs or help at times of distress, and calling upon them for aid. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him . . .” [al-Israa’ 17:23]


Similarly, they call upon dead Prophets, righteous people and others to intercede for them or to rescue them from some calamity, but Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations after generations? Is there any ilaah (god) with Allaah? . . .” [al-Naml 27:62]


Some of them have adopted the habit of mentioning the name of a shaykh or wali (“saint”) when they stand up, or sit down, or stumble, or encounter problems or distress, so they might say “O Muhammad!” or “O ‘Ali!” or “O Husayn!” or “O Badawi!” or “O Jeelaani!” or “O Shaadhili!” or “O Rifaa’i!” - or they may call upon al-’Aydaroos or Sayyidah Zaynab or Ibn ‘Alwaan.


Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Verily those whom you call upon besides Allaah are slaves like you . . .” [al-A’raf 7:194]


Some of those who worship graves walk around them as if in Tawaaf, and acknowledge their corners, or touch them, kiss them, wipe their faces with their dust, prostrate towards them when they see them, or stand before them in fear and humility, praying for whatever they need of healing from some disease, or for a child, or for help with some difficulty. Sometimes they call upon the occupant of the grave, saying “O my master, I have come to you from far away, so do not let me down.”


But Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“And who is more astray than one who calls (invokes) besides Allaah such as will not answer him till the Day of Resurrection, and who are (even) unaware of their calls (invocations) to them?” [al-Ahqaaf 46:5]


The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever dies calling on someone else as a rival to Allaah, will enter Hell.” (Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, 8/176).


Some of them shave their heads at the graves, and some have books with titles like Manaasik Hajj al-Mashaahid (“The Rituals of Pilgrimage to Shrines”), mashaahid or shrines referring to graves or tombs of awliyaa’. Some of them believe that the awliyaa’ are running the affairs of the universe and that they have the power to benefit or harm.


Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“And if Allaah touches you with hurt, there is none who can remove it but He; and if He intends any good for you, there is no one who can repel His Favour . . .” [Yoonus 10:107]


It is also shirk to make a vow to any other than Allaah, as is done by those who vow to bring candles or lights for the occupants of the graves.

[Abunuran]

Another manifestation of al-shirk al-akbar is:



<b>sacrificing to anything other than Allaah.</b>


Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord, and sacrifice (to Him only)” [al-Kawthar 108:2]


- i.e., sacrifice to Allaah and in the name of Allaah. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:


“Allaah will curse the one who sacrifices to anything other than Allaah.” (Reported by Imaam Muslim, may Allaah have mercy on him, in his Saheeh, no. 1978, ‘Abd al-Baaqi edition). This sin combines two haraam deeds, that of sacrificing to anything other than Allaah and that of sacrificing in the name of anything other than Allaah, both of which make the meat of the animal slaughtered haraam. One of the forms of sacrificing to anything other than Allaah which was known during the first Jaahiliyyah and is still widespread nowadays is the practice of “offering a sacrifice to the jinn,” whereby upon buying or constructing a house, or digging a well, people slaughter an animal at its entrance, out of fear of harm from the resident jinn. (See Tayseer al-’Azeez al-Hameed, al-Iftaa’ edition, p. 158)

[Abunuran]

Another widespread form of al-shirk al-akbar is the sin of:



<b>allowing what Allaah has forbidden and forbidding what Allaah has allowed</b>, or believing that anyone has the right to do so except Allaah, or referring matters for judgement to jaahili (non-Islamic) courts freely and by choice, and believing that this is permissible. Allaah has mentioned this form of major kufr in the Qur’aan (interpretation of the meaning):


“They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to their lords besides Allaah (by obeying them in things which they made lawful or unlawful according to their own desires without being ordered by Allaah). . .” [al-Tawbah 9:31]


When ‘Adiyy ibn Haatim heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) recite this aayah, he said, “But they were not worshipping them.” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) replied, “Yes, but they permitted things that Allaah had forbidden, and the people accepted this, and they forbade things that Allaah had allowed, and the people accepted this too, and this is a form of worshipping them.” (Reported by al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan al-Kubraa, 10/116. See also al-Tirmidhi, no. 3095. Al-Albaani classified it as hasan in Ghaayat al-Maraam, p. 19).


Allaah described the mushrikeen as (interpretation of the meaning): “. . . [those who do not] forbid that which has been forbidden by Allaah and His Messenger and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth . . .” [al-Tawbah 9:29]


And Allaah said (interpretation of the meaning): “Say: ‘Tell me, what provision Allaah has sent down to you, and you have made of it lawful and unlawful.’ Say: ‘Has Allaah permitted you (to do so), or do you invent a lie against Allaah?’” [Yoonus 10:59]

[Abunuran]

Other widespread forms of shirk are:



<b>magic, fortune-telling and divination.</b> Magic (sihr) is an act of kufr, and one of the seven sins which doom a person to Hell. It causes harm but no benefit. Allaah says of the one who learns it (interpretation of the meaning):


“. . . And they learn that which harms them and profits them not . . .” [al-Baqarah 2:102]


“. . . and the magician will never be successful, no matter what amount (of skill) he may attain).” [Ta-Ha 20:69]


The one who deals in magic is a kaafir, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“. . . Sulayman did not disbelieve, but the shayaateen (devils) disbelieved, teaching men magic and such things as came down at Babylon to the two angels, Haaroot and Maaroot, but neither of these two (angels) taught anyone (such things) things till they had said, ‘We are only for trial, so disbelieve not (by learning this magic from us).’ . . .” [al-Baqarah 2:102]


The prescribed punishment for the one who practices magic is death, and his income is haraam and impure. But people who are ignorant wrongdoers and weak in faith go to magicians to help them harm someone or take revenge on someone. Some people commit the sin of going to a magician to ask his help in undoing the magic of someone else, when they should turn to Allaah to help them and heal them, by reciting His words, such as the soorahs that offer protection (al-Falaq and al-Naas), and so on.


Fortune-tellers and their ilk are kaafirs who disbelieve in Allaah, because they claim knowledge of the Unseen, but no one has knowledge of the Unseen except Allaah. Many of these fortune-tellers take advantage of simple-minded people and take their money. They use many methods such as drawing lines in the sand, throwing sea-shells, reading palms, teacups (or coffee cups), crystal balls and mirrors, and so on.


If they get it right one time, they get it wrong ninety-nine times, but ignorant people remember only the one time when these liars get something right. They go to them to find out about the future, whether they will be successful in marriage or business, or to help them find something they have lost, and so on.


The ruling concerning the person who visits a fortune-teller is: if he believes what he says, he is a kaafir who has left Islaam, on the basis of the hadeeth in which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever goes to a fortune-teller or a soothsayer and believes in what he says has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad.” (Reported by Imaam Ahmad, 2/429; see also Saheeh al-Jaami’, 5939).


If a person does not believe that they have knowledge of the Unseen, but he goes out of curiosity or whatever, he is not a kaafir, but his prayers will not be accepted for forty days, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever goes to a fortune-teller and asks him about something, his prayers will not be accepted for forty nights” (Saheeh Muslim, 4/1751) - even though it is still obligatory to pray and to repent for this sin.

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<b>Astrology, or believing that the stars and planets have an influence on people’s lives and events.</b>



Zayd ibn Khaalid al-Juhani reported: “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) led us in the morning prayer at al-Hudaybiyah after rain had fallen during the night. When he had finished, he turned around to face the people and said: ‘Do you know what your Lord says?’ They said, ‘Allaah and His Messenger know best.’ He said: ‘[Allaah says]: This morning one of My slaves became a believer in Me and one became a disbeliever. As for the one who said, “We have been given rain by the grace and mercy of Allaah,” he is a believer in Me and a disbeliever in the stars; as for the one who said, “We have been given rain by such-and-such a star,” he is a disbeliever in Me and a believer in the stars.’” (Reported by al-Bukhaari; see Fath al-Baari, 2/333)


Similarly, the one who reads the horoscopes in newspapers and magazines and believes what they say about the influence of the stars and planets is a mushrik, and the one who reads them for entertainment is a sinner, because it is not permitted to entertain oneself by reading things that contain shirk, because Shaytaan will try to lead him to shirk through this.

[Shereen]

One of the forms of shirk which is particularly widespread in Muslim countries is:


Grave-worship[/b



Some of those who worship graves walk around them as if in Tawaaf, and acknowledge their corners, or touch them, kiss them, wipe their faces with their dust, prostrate towards them when they see them, or stand before them in fear and humility, praying for whatever they need of healing from some disease, or for a child, or for help with some difficulty. Sometimes they call upon the occupant of the grave, saying “O my master, I have come to you from far away, so do not let me down.”



But Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):



“And who is more astray than one who calls (invokes) besides Allaah such as will not answer him till the Day of Resurrection, and who are (even) unaware of their calls (invocations) to them?” [al-Ahqaaf 46:5]

astag firulah.....iam aware of that......in my country & in some other Muslim coutries too i've seen ppl doing that with much enthusiasm........



I think what these ppl need is a 'clear' information & education about Islam.....
<b>because believe me there r mullahs in our country which make wrong statements about Islam & about Sunnah & evenrything.
</b>.......ppl don't go anywhere else as a sourse of Sunnah & education......they just believe what other illeterate ppl tell them



This is indeed Shirk......& by doing that they might be thinking that they are getting 'closer' to Allah..........but infact they r getting far away from Allah

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I know sister, btw, my country is the same as yours. Egypt that is


It is wide spread there among the Sufis.