The Four Foundations of Shirk - QSEP
The Four Foundations of Shirk - QSEP
The Four Foundations of Shirk - QSEP
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<strong>The</strong> author<br />
Shaikh Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab writes,<br />
<strong>The</strong> pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> the sun and the moon is, “From<br />
among His signs are the night and the day, and<br />
the sun and the moon. Do not prostrate to the<br />
sun or the moon…” [Soorah Fussilat (41): 37]<br />
EXPLANATION<br />
by Shaikh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan<br />
This (verse) proves that there were those who prostrated to the sun<br />
and the moon, and for this reason, the Prophet prohibited Salaat<br />
during sunrise and sunset. We are forbidden to pray at these two<br />
timings in order to close the door to shirk because there are those<br />
who prostrate before the sun during sunrise and sunset. Even if the<br />
prayer is directed towards Allah, we are forbidden from praying at<br />
these timings, because praying at these timings is an imitation <strong>of</strong> the<br />
mushrikeen – and therefore, we are forbidden from it in order to<br />
block the means that might lead to any form <strong>of</strong> <strong>Shirk</strong>. <strong>The</strong> Messenger<br />
came with the prohibition <strong>of</strong> <strong>Shirk</strong> and forbidding all means that<br />
might lead to it.<br />
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