Subul al-Salam — Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam by Ibn Baz (شرح نواقض الإسلام) — Page 73

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النَّاقِضُ الثَّانِي: هَذَا زَادَ عَلَى الْأَوَّلِينَ حَيْثُ اعْتَقَدَ بَعْضُ الْمُتَأَخِّرِينَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْوَسَائِطَ تَنْفَعُ وَتَضُرُّ وَتَصْرِفُ الْكَوْنَ وَتُدَبِّرُ أُمُورَ الْعَالَمِ، فَكَانُوا بِهَذَا أَقْبَحَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ، كَانُوا بِهَذَا الِاعْتِقَادِ الْأَخِيرِ أَقْبَحَ مِنْ شِرْكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ فِي شِرْكِهِمْ وَضَلَالِهِمْ، لَكِنْ قُصَارَى هَؤُلَاءِ، قُصَارَاهُمْ إِذَا تَحَسَّنُوا بَعْضَ التَّحَسُّنِ، قُصَارَاهُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَوا مِثْلَ الْأَوَّلِينَ يَعْتَقِدُونَ فِي هَذِهِ الْوَسَائِطِ أَنَّهَا تَشْفَعُ، وَأَنَّهَا تُقَرِّبُ لَا أَنَّهَا تُدَبِّرُ وَلَا أَنَّهَا تَتَصَرَّفُ فِي الْكَوْنِ، أَمَّا بَعْضُ هَؤُلَاءِ الصُّوفِيَّةِ الْمُتَأَخِّرِينَ وَبَعْضُ عُبَّادِ الْقُبُورِ فَلَهُمُ اعْتِقَادَاتٌ عَرِيضَةٌ فِي هَؤُلَاءِ الْمَعْبُودِينَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ: مِنْ تَصْرِيفِ الْكَوْنِ، وَتَدْبِيرِ الْأُمُورِ، وَالتَّصَرُّفِ فِي ذَرَّاتِ الدُّنْيَا، وَهَذِهِ مِنَ الْمَصَائِبِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.

The second nullifier: This exceeds the former [polytheists], as some of the later generations believed that these intermediaries benefit, harm, control the universe, and manage the affairs of the world; thus, they were worse than the former ones, and with this latter belief, they were worse in their polytheism and misguidance than the polytheism of the former ones. However, the utmost of these people—if they improve somewhat—is that they become like the former ones, believing that these intermediaries intercede and bring one closer, not that they manage or control the universe. As for some of these later Sufis and some grave-worshippers, they hold broad beliefs regarding these beings worshipped besides Allah, such as controlling the universe, managing affairs, and acting upon the atoms of the world, and this is among the great calamities.

مَسْأَلَةٌ: سُئِلَ: مَا حُكْمُ مَنْ يَقُولُ: مَدَدٌ يَا فُلَانُ، وَيَقُولُ: أَنَا لَا أَطْلُبُ مِنْهُ الْمَدَدَ هَلْ هَذَا الَّذِي تَلَفَّظَ يَكْفُرُ بِهَذَا؟

Issue: It was asked: What is the ruling on someone who says, 'Help, O so-and-so,' and says, 'I am not asking him for help'; does this person who uttered this commit disbelief by it?

فَأَجَابَ: نَعَمْ؛ هَذَا عَمَلُ قُرَيْشٍ يَقُولُونَ: هَؤُلَاءِ شُفَعَاؤُنَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ.

He answered: Yes; this is the action of the Quraysh, for they used to say: 'These are our intercessors with Allah.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (20 verbs · 44 nouns)

• زَادَ — to exceed
• اعْتَقَدَ — to believe
• نَفَعَ — to benefit
• نَاقِض — nullifier
• ثَانِي — second
• أَوَّل — first