If they were not ignorant they would not do it
After mentioning what the graveworshipers do at the graveyards by way of offering sacrifices, making vows, supplicating and seeking deliverance from its inhabitants, the noble scholar and Imam 'Abdullaah Abaa Butayn, states:
"Whosoever does that in these places today is a Mushrik (polytheist) and a Kafir (disbeliever) without a doubt, by the evidence of the Qur'an, the Sunnah and the consensus. And we know that whoever does that from those who ascribe themselves to Islam don't fall into that except due to ignorance. For if they knew that it distances them from Allah to the utmost degree and that is from the Shirk which Allah has prohibited, they would not advance towards it. And thus all of the scholars declared them to be disbelievers and did not excuse them for ignorance, like some of the astray people say: "Indeed these people are excused because they are ignorant." And this is speaking about (the religion of) Allah without knowledge and opposing the likes of His statements:
{A group He has guided, and a group deserved to be in error; (because) surely they took the Shayatin (devils) as Auliya' (protectors and helpers) instead of Allah, and consider that they are guided.} [Surah Al-A'raaf 7:30]
and
{Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds? Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds!} [Surah Al-Kahf 18:103-104]"
Shaykh 'Abdullaah bin 'Abdur-Rahmaan Abaa Butayn, may Allah have mercy upon him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Source: Ad-Durar As-Sanniyyah 10/405.
"Whosoever does that in these places today is a Mushrik (polytheist) and a Kafir (disbeliever) without a doubt, by the evidence of the Qur'an, the Sunnah and the consensus. And we know that whoever does that from those who ascribe themselves to Islam don't fall into that except due to ignorance. For if they knew that it distances them from Allah to the utmost degree and that is from the Shirk which Allah has prohibited, they would not advance towards it. And thus all of the scholars declared them to be disbelievers and did not excuse them for ignorance, like some of the astray people say: "Indeed these people are excused because they are ignorant." And this is speaking about (the religion of) Allah without knowledge and opposing the likes of His statements:
{A group He has guided, and a group deserved to be in error; (because) surely they took the Shayatin (devils) as Auliya' (protectors and helpers) instead of Allah, and consider that they are guided.} [Surah Al-A'raaf 7:30]
and
{Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds? Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds!} [Surah Al-Kahf 18:103-104]"
Shaykh 'Abdullaah bin 'Abdur-Rahmaan Abaa Butayn, may Allah have mercy upon him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Source: Ad-Durar As-Sanniyyah 10/405.
قال الشيخ عبد الله أبا بطين رحمه الله بعد أن ذكر ما يفعله عباد القبور عند الأضرحة من ذبح ونذر ودعاء واستغاثة بأصحابها: "كل من فعل اليوم ذلك عند هذه المشاهد، فهو مشرك كافر بلا شك، بدلالة الكتاب والسنة والإجماع؛ ونحن نعلم أن من فعل ذلك ممن ينتسب إلى الإسلام، أنه لم يوقعهم في ذلك إلا الجهل، فلو علموا أن ذلك يبعد عن الله غاية الإبعاد، وأنه من الشرك الذي حرمه الله، لم يقدموا عليه، فكفرهم جميع العلماء، ولم يعذروهم بالجهل، كما يقول بعض الضالين: إن هؤلاء معذورون لأنهم جهال. وهذا قول على الله بغير علم، معارض بمثل قوله تعالى: فَرِيقًا هَدَى وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الضَّلَالَةُ إِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ. سورة الاعراف . قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِالْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالًا *الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا. سورة الكهف
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