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#1 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd June 2014 07:48

Assalamualikum.

My room mate who is an Indian muslim but not very well versed with Islamic principles have couple of days ago been to his hindu friends house for some pooja. He later felt guilty about it and asked me how much of a sin is it and showed me pictures from the pooja. He had a teeka on his forehead, did aarti to the hindu god/s. To me, it looked like shirk...but I do not have enough knowledge to tell him what to do next so inshaAllah the people here can help me out.

Please reply asap.

Jazak Allah khair.

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#2 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd June 2014 07:54

First and foremost, your friend needs to make tawbah and take the shahada again with full belief that there is no God worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad (saw)

is his servant and final messenger.

Then I would advise you to take your friend to the local Masjid and get some advise from the Imam. Ramadhan is fast approaching, make the most of it.

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#3 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd June 2014 07:59

first and foremost tell him to recite kalima shahadat, and do sincere repentance and and make firm intention to never repeat the same.
It does like what he did was kufr as in doing hindu poojas. But nevertheless Allaah is most forgiving and inshaAllaah He will forgive him

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#4 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd June 2014 09:03

Send him with a 3 days' Jama'at and prepare for spending 4 months or at least 40 days afterwards.

This is URGENT!

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#5 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd June 2014 13:29

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Insha Allah. I don't know how inclined he will be though he is a working professional so all he gets is friday off and half days on Saturday.

What this has shown me though is how important the company we keep is. All of his friends are hindus, who work in the same profession as he is. And his boss is a Sikh who has taken him to Gurudwara in Dubai too.

May Allah keep us firm.

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#6 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd June 2014 13:50

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

What if we have friends who belong to another religion which has beliefs constituting shirk (under the Islamic way of perceiving things), and if they invite us to come and attend a ceremony with them or just sit and see how their religion works (prayer and other aspects of their religion)?

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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Walaikum assalam,

One may visit their temples when there is a need or genuine benefit to be achieved.

However, one may not be present when their idolatrous religious ceremonies are taking place. It is not allowed to be present in a place where sinful actions take place, so how about shirk, which is the one sin that is not forgiven (without complete repentance)?

even though in our hearts we do not ascribe to those beliefs, and out of curiosity we just feel that we should attend to know and be aware of how things such as prayer are done in other religions ......would it be shirk on our part as Muslims to go with our friends and sit through such prayer sessions (for the sake of knowing and becoming more accustomed to another culture/religion).

One can find out far more about other religious, their customs, and practices by reading... The fiqhi principle states that while, "Necessity dictates exceptions," but, "Exceptions are limited to the extent of the need."

And not to mention promote a feeling of good will between people of two religions, to show that we respect their beliefs, even though our own conflict greatly with theirs....?

There is a difference between respectfully tolerating others' beliefs and, "leaving them to that which they believe," as Sayyiduna Umar (Allah be pleased with him) expressed it, and respecting their actual beliefs, which we don't (though there is no reason or wisdom in telling them that).

Good will is cultivated by being realistic and working together on matters of common concern. Many great Indian scholars have cooperated with Hindus, especially from the lower social castes, in common causes. There are countless moral and social issues and causes that we can (or, rather, should) work with others for. This is meaningful. Sitting through a ceremony in which shirk is being committed is intolerable.

And Allah alone gives success.

Walaikum assalam,
Faraz Rabbani.

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#7 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd June 2014 13:59

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Advise him to pray Salah and if he prays encourage him to spend more time in the Masjid. It is clear that someone in that condition won't really care about Fatwaas because he will be looking at this "(according to his logic)" and saying I know I am a Muslim and I have no plans of becoming a Hindu. I know because I used to do this (not Hindus only) and it was just a happy-go-lucky phase and I laughed at people when they showed me Fatwaas etc.

Once my spirituality built up I quit doing this automatically.

There are tons of people who this sort of stuff with friends, Girl-Friends etc...

OR if you are very close to him then defeat him in an intellectual argument

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#8 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd June 2014 14:02

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The good thing is he was feeling guilty about it himself. And kept telling me that ramadans around the corner. I need to be regular in my prayers.

Jazak Allah khair for the replies. Its been helpful and may Allah guide us all.

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#9 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd June 2014 14:04

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He is like an elder brother though we are from different countries. Defeating him intellectually isn't much of a problem to be honest... its just his heart needs to be turned to islam and only Allah can do that.

Again it becomes a problem when the only people he hangs out with or spends most of his time with, aren't muslim.

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#10 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd June 2014 14:10

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Definitely not the right way to go. Spend an hour with a local Jamaa'ah maybe, or even learned friends or best of all with an Alim. Look at the situation of the individual. If Allah wills, he will recognise Shirk and maybe the company with those in Tableegh will ignite a zeal to learn more as has been proven many times after which he can spend any amount of time he is capable of.

The "guilt" is the most positive sign meaning he is already on the right path, stick to the speed limits of the path and the car :)

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