Seeking blessings {tabarruk} from the sacred stones Another...
Seeking blessings {tabarruk} from the sacred stones Another case highlighted by the Wahhabis and with which they have found fault is the consideration of some stones as sacred and making tawassul to them because they equate this recourse with a sort of idol-worship.
As such, they believe that anyone, who takes recourse to these stones, makes a vow upon them, and takes them as intercessors, is a polytheist { mushrik }: ﴿وَيَقُولُونَ هَؤُلاَءِ شُفَعَاؤُنَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ.﴾ And they say, 'These are our intercessors with Allah' . [^6] And with this belief, they have thus written: It is not…
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