Sacrificing to other than Allah - Sheikh Salim Al-Taweel

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رد على قول: الذبح لغير الله ليس بشرك لأنه قال: (لعن الله من ذبح لغير الله) وما قال: "فقد أشرك‎"‎ Response to those claiming sacrifice to other than Allah is not _shirk_ ‏____________‏ طبعا هنا فيه الشبهة دائما يطرحها بعض الناس There is this misconception that some people have, ‏ أن الرسول ﷺ لم يقل من ذبح لغير الله فقد أشرك which is that the Prophet Mohammad—peace and blessing be upon him—didn't say that whoever sacrifices animals for the sake of other than Allah has fallen into _shirk_ “polytheism” ‏ وإنما قال لعن الله من ذبح لغير الله ‏ but rather said that whoever sacrifices animals for the sake of other than Allah is cursed by Allah. فيقولون نحن نقول لعن الله من ذبح لغير الله لا نضيف لا نزيد So they say that Allah cursed those who sacrificed animals for the sake of other than Allah, and nothing more. ‏ ما كان الرسول عليه الصلاة والسلام عاجزًا أن يقول من ذبح لغير الله فقد أشرك لكن ما قال The Prophet—peace and blessing be upon him—wasn’t unable to say "Whoever sacrifices animals for the sake of other than Allah has fallen in _shirk_,” but he didn't say that. ‏ فنرد على هؤلاء بماذا؟ أولا لماذا هذا ملعون؟ So we respond by asking ourselves, “Why would such a person be cursed?” ‏ ملعون لأنه تقرب لغير الله عز وجلّ بذبيحة يجب أن يتقرب بها إلى الله,‏ He is cursed because instead of offering a sacrifice to Allah, he did so to other than Him. ‏ ماذا فعل هذا؟ هذا يتعبد لغير الله ولذلك الذبح عبادة لله What did he commit? He performed an act of worship for the sake of other than Allah; sacrifice is an act of worship that has to be offered to Allah. ‏ قال جل وعلا: { فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ},‏ Allah the Almighty says, "Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice (to Him only)." ‏ وقال: { قُلْ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي –يعني: وذبيحتي- وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ ‏وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِين }‏ And he also says, "Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): 'Verily, my Salât (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).’” ‏ فكون الرسول ﷺ والصحابة والمسلمون يتقربون إلى الله بالذبائح قربة إلى الله ‏ If the Prophet, his companions and Muslims have been sacrificing animals seeking Allah's satisfaction, كذلك الذي يتقرب بالذبائح لغير الله معناه تقرب للعبادة لغير الله then anyone who sacrifices animals for other than Allah actually seeks the satisfaction of other than Him. ‏ فإذا كانت الذبح لله عبادة لله فالذبح لغير الله عبادة لغير الله فهذا شرك, هذا شرك,‏ And if offering a sacrifice to Allah is an act of worshipping Him, then offering a sacrifice to other than Allah is an act of worshipping other than Him. This is shirk. This is shirk. ‏ كون الرسول ﷺ ما قال من ذبح لغير الله فقد أشرك ‏ As for the fact that the Prophet—peace and blessing be upon him—didn’t say that he who offers a sacrifice to anyone besides Allah has committed shirk, كثير من العبادات ما قال فيها الرسول ﷺ ذلك many acts of worship were not given such a description by the Prophet—peace and blessing be upon him. ‏ أيضا ما نجد من سجد لغير الله فقد أشرك, من توكل على غير الله فقد أشرك, من ركع لغير الله فقد أشرك, ما في ‏ We do not find in his sayings “He who prostrates in submission to other than Allah has committed shirk”; “He who trusts on other than Allah has committed shirk”; or “He who bows in submission to other than Allah has committed shirk;” no such thing. لكن هي عبادات إذا تعبد بها العبد لله فقد عبد الله إذا تعبد بها لله ولغير الله فقد أشرك بالله However, these are acts of worship. If a servant offers them to Allah, they are then acts of worship to Allah; if he offers them to Allah in addition to someone/something else, he has fallen into shirk. ‏ فليس بالضرورة أن تأتي كل عبادة بعينها يقول فيها الرسول ﷺ: من فعل لغير الله فقد أشرك,‏ It is not necessary for each act of worship to be described by the Prophet as shirk if offered to other than Allah, ‏ بل أخبر بأن من عبد غير الله فقد أشرك but the Prophet told us that whoever worships other