Tathirul Itiqad (Purifying the creed) - Part 20

Author: Imaam Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Sana'ani In recent times, a deviation has appeared amongst some Muslim communities whereby they show veneration, to an extreme, of Muslims saints and righteous personages; they erect mausoleums on their graves, they go to them in times of need and adversity, they supplicate to them and they hold beliefs concerning them that border on the superstitious. Distressed at this gross deviation, al-Sana’ani penned this treatise expounding on the belief of Ahlul-Sunnah in its pristine purity. The issues he tackled were the concept of worship and grave-worship, supplication to Allah, relying on Allah and resorting to Him at times of need.