In the Name of Allah, the Entirely Gracious, the Exclusively Merciful


📩 Question:

The questioner says: Is taking a vow minor shirk, if it is directed to other than Allah?

📝 The answer:

Taking a vow is worship from the various acts of worship, compelling oneself to it is worship, fulfilling it is worship, and to direct this to other than Allah is major shirk, there is no minor shirk to it.

Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says:
{ثُمَّ لْيَقْضُوا۟ تَفَثَهُمْ وَلْيُوفُوا۟ نُذُورَهُمْ وَلْيَطَّوَّفُوا۟ بِٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْعَتِيقِ}
"So let the pilgrims perform their acts of cleansing, fulfil their vows, and circle around the Ancient House".

And He (تعالى) says:
{وَمَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّن نَّفَقَةٍ أَوْ نَذَرْتُم مِّن نَّذْرٍۢ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُهُ}
“Whatever you may give, or vow to give, Allah knows it well”.

And the people of knowledge did not mention regarding taking vows, that it is minor shirk, rather if it is directed to other than Allah, it is major shirk.

May Allah grant us and you success.

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📩 Question:

The questioner says: What is intended by Taghut which has been mentioned in many ayat of the Qur’an?

📝 The answer:

The best definition for Taghut is that which was mentioned by ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله تعالى) in i'lam al-Muwaqi'in (1/40), whereby he said: ‘Taghut: That which is exceeded by the servent beyond its limit, whether it be with respect worship, obedience or following.

So, Taghut are individuals whom legislation and judgement is refered back to them, and not to Allah and His Messenger, or they are worshipped besides Allah, or they are followed without knowledge from Allah, or they are obeyed in that which is not known to be obedience to Allah. So these are the Taghuts of the world. If you were to ponder over it, and pondered over the situation of the people, then you will come to know that the majority of them have turned away from the worship of Allah towards the worship of Taghut, and from referring judgment to Allah and His Messenger, to referring judgement to Taghut, and from His obedience and following His Messenger to obedience and following of Taghut.’ End of speech.

So the one who is worshiped besides Allah is from the greatest of Taghuts, and the greatest of them is Iblis, the outcasted shaytan, the greatest of Taghuts. So the one who is worshiped besides Allah whilst he is pleased, he is a Taghut.

All deities which are worshiped besides Allah are Taghuts. Except for those whom are from the righteous and the Prophets, those who are not pleased with being worshiped. Or the angels aswell, who are not not pleased with being worshiped, they are allies of Allah, and not Taghuts.

Verily, a Taghut is the one who is worshiped whilst being pleased. So the idols are Taghuts, and the one who is worshiped whilst he is pleased is a Taghut, or he is followed upon other than truth whilst being pleased, he also has traits of Taghut in accordance to the level.

Allah (the Most High) says:
{ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَـٰنَهُمْ أَرْبَابًۭا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَسِيحَ ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ}
“They have taken as Rabbs beside Allah their rabbis and their monks and the Messiah son of Mary”

And the majority of the times it is mentioned in the Qur’an, the intent is the one who is worshiped besides Allah. And sometimes it may refer to what we mentioned before with regards to exceeding the boundaries in obedience and following, even if it doesn’t reach the level of Major Kufr, however the speech of the leader was given precedence to over the Qur’an and the Sunnah, so he was turned into a Taghut for his followers.

Allah (the Most High) says:
{أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوٓا۟ أَن
يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِهِ}
“Have you not seen those (hypocrites) who claim that they believe in that which has been sent down to you, and that which was sent down before you, and they wish to go for judgement (in their disputes) to the Taghut while they have been ordered to reject them.”

May Allah grant us and you success.

Original Fatwa:
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📩 Question:

The questioner says: It has come in a hadith:
لا يقولن أحدكم: اللهم اغفر لي إن شئت اللهم ارحمني إن شئت
"One of you should not say (in his supplication): O Allah, forgive me if You please.”

And it has come in another hadith that the Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon a sick man whom he was visiting, and said:
لا بأس عليك طهور إن شاء الله
“Do not worry, it will be a purification (for you), Allah willing.”
So how do we reconcile between these two?

📝 The answer:

The hadith of visiting the sick was narrated by Bukhari on the authority of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbaas (رضي الله عنهما). And the reconciliation is that in the hadith of ibn ‘Abbaas, the Prophet (ﷺ) is informing that illness is a reason for the forgiving of sins, and then he said:
لا بأس عليك طهور إن شاء الله
“Do not worry, it will be a purification (for you), Allah willing.”
i.e. Allah will make it a means of purification for you. So he is informing him, and asking him to be patient by it. So this information includes requesting of patience, and a reminder that illnesses are a reason for the forgiving of sins.

As for the supplication, then if one is to supplicate, he must have determination in his request, as has come in the hadith:
لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ : اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي إِنْ شِئْتَ، اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي إِنْ شِئْتَ، لِيَعْزِمِ الْمَسْأَلَةَ ؛ فَإِنَّهُ لَا مُكْرِهَ لَهُ"
"One of you should not say (in his supplication): O Allah, forgive me if You please, show mercy to me if You please.' Rather, be firm in your asking, for no one can force Him."
Agreed upon by Bukhari and Muslim, on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه).

And in another narration of Imam Muslim:
وَلْيُعَظِّمِ الرَّغْبَةَ ؛ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَتَعَاظَمُهُ شَيْءٌ أَعْطَاهُ.
"And one should persistently express his desire (before Allah) in his supplication, for no bounty is too great for Allah to bestow (upon his slaves)."

Hence, if one was to supplicate for the ill person to be cured, then he should say: “O Allah, make this a means for him to be purified” and do not say ‘Allah willing’ in this instance.

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This way is contrary. There is no intercession for a mushrik, and Allah is not pleased with the mushrikoon.

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📩 Question:

The questioner says: Is tawaf (circumambulation) around the graves Major Shirk?

📝 The answer:

If he intentionally does tawaf for the dead in the grave, then this is Major Shirk, for he is worshiping the dead by doing tawaf, and tawaf is worship for Allah جل وعلا, so it is not permissible to be done for other than Allah. If he does tawaf in worship, or to gain nearness for the one in the grave, then this is Major Shirk.

If he does tawaf, worshiping Allah by way of tawaf in that specific place, then this is Minor Shirk, a heresy, and a pathway to Major Shirk. For verily he is worshiping Allah with tawaf in the graveyards, and this is from the great heresies.

Tawaf in the graveyards is not worship, this is from the major heresies, and this is from the heretic actions which exits one from the Sunnah, it is an action, and it is in opposition with a principle from the principles of Ahluh-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah. And for this reason the fundamental principles of Ahluh-Sunnah wa al-Jam’ah are not restricted to ‘Aqeedah! Because the evidences are clear cut and obvious that this action is Haram (impermissible).

And similar to this is praying by the graves, praying to Allah by the graves. The evidences are mass transmitted in the impermissibility of this action, and this person goes and worships Allah with this action. This heresy is also a major one and it leads to Major Shirk. It is not except footsteps from Shaytan, and before he knows it he is gaining nearness to the one in the grave, and he falls into Major Shirk.

Devoting oneself by the graves is also from the major heresies, and it is Minor Shirk, and Shaytan will cause him to slowly progress until he gains nearness to the one in the grave due to this devotion. Or he does certain acts of worship for the one in the grave, and by it falling into Major Shirk.

Shaytan comes to people through these methods; methods of gradual progression, footsteps, until he causes them to fall into Major Shirk. May Allah protect us and all the Muslims from this.

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📩 Question:

The questioner asks: what is the ruling of following the scholars or the leaders in making halal that which Allah has made haram, or making haram what Allah has made halal?

📝 The answer:

If he follows them in that, whilst believing that which is haram is still haram, however he follows in action and did not change his beliefs with regards to it, and he believes the halal is still halal however he is merely following in action to please the creation, or to attain the worldly life by way of it, or the likes of this, then he is committing a great, major sin, however with the condition that it is in his actions and that he doesn’t verbalise disbelief, and he does not say that this is halal, and verbalise that it is halal, for if he says it is halal with his tongue, e.g. he says: intoxicants are halal, or riba is halal, this becomes apostasy. Rather that which is intended is following in actions only, the following is in action, such a person is committing a major sin.

As for if he becomes a follower of him in permitting and forbidding, and he makes haram that which Allah has made halal, or makes halal what Allah has made haram, so he follows him in this, making halal what Allah made haram, or making haram what Allah made halal, then this is major disbelief.

In regards to this Allah سبحانه states:
﴿اتَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ﴾
“They have taken their rabbis and monks as well as the Messiah, son of Mary, as Arbaab besides Allah”

So them taking other Arbaab besides Allah, by making halal what Allah made haram, and making haram what Allah made halal, and they followed them in that. And it suffices that he verbalises with his tongue, if he enunciates with his tongue, and says with regards to what Allah has made haram: it is halal, and its imermissibility is from the clear cut well known rulings, and he makes it halal, then this suffices to excommunicate him from the religion. You should not say, what is his aqeedah? Rather the ruling is based on that which he made apparent.

May Allah grant us and you success.

Original Fatwa:
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📩 Question:

The questioner says: What is intended by Taghut which has been mentioned in many ayat of the Qur’an?

📝 The answer:

The best definition for Taghut is that which was mentioned by ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله تعالى) in i'lam al-Muwaqi'in (1/40), whereby he said: ‘Taghut: That which is exceeded by the servent beyond its limit, whether it be with respect to worship, obedience or following.

So, Taghut are individuals whom legislation and judgement is refered back to them, and not to Allah and His Messenger, or they are worshipped besides Allah, or they are followed without knowledge from Allah, or they are obeyed in that which is not known to be obedience to Allah. So these are the Taghuts of the world. If you were to ponder over it, and pondered over the situation of the people, then you will come to know that the majority of them have turned away from the worship of Allah towards the worship of Taghut, and from referring judgment to Allah and His Messenger, to referring judgement to Taghut, and from His obedience and following His Messenger to obedience and following of Taghut.’ End of speech.

So the one who is worshiped besides Allah is from the greatest of Taghuts, and the greatest of them is Iblis, the outcasted shaytan, the greatest of Taghuts. So the one who is worshiped besides Allah whilst he is pleased, he is a Taghut.

All deities which are worshiped besides Allah are Taghuts. Except for those whom are from the righteous and the Prophets, those who are not pleased with being worshiped. Or the angels aswell, who are not not pleased with being worshiped, they are allies of Allah, and not Taghuts.

Verily, a Taghut is the one who is worshiped whilst being pleased. So the idols are Taghuts, and the one who is worshiped whilst he is pleased is a Taghut, or he is followed upon other than truth whilst being pleased, he also has traits of Taghut in accordance to the level.

Allah (the Most High) says:
{ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَـٰنَهُمْ أَرْبَابًۭا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَسِيحَ ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ}
“They have taken as Rabbs beside Allah their rabbis and their monks and the Messiah son of Mary”

And the majority of the times it is mentioned in the Qur’an, the intent is the one who is worshiped besides Allah. And sometimes it may refer to what we mentioned before with regards to exceeding the boundaries in obedience and following, even if it doesn’t reach the level of Major Kufr, however the speech of the leader was given precedence to over the Qur’an and the Sunnah, so he was turned into a Taghut for his followers.

Allah (the Most High) says:
{أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوٓا۟ أَن
يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِهِ}
“Have you not seen those (hypocrites) who claim that they believe in that which has been sent down to you, and that which was sent down before you, and they wish to go for judgement (in their disputes) to the Taghut while they have been ordered to reject them.”

May Allah grant us and you success.

Original Fatwa:
https://t.me/ibnhezam/14797

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