Definition

Permitted only through legislated means (Qur'an recitation, righteous companionship). Seeking blessings from graves, trees, and similar is prohibited and a path to shirk.

In classical books

Kitab at-Tawheed

Chapter: Chapter — Seeking Blessings (Tabarruk) Through Trees, Stones, and Similar

كتاب التوحيد

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In the Qur'an In Hadith

Related Terms

ShirkالشركBid‘ahالبدعة

More from General Terms

Akhlāqالأخلاق

Character and manners.

Khuṭbahالخطبة

A sermon — particularly the Friday sermon.

Jinnالجن

Beings created from smokeless fire.

Ka‘bahالكعبة

The cubic structure in the Sacred Mosque, Makkah.

Al-Ḥamdu lillāhالحمد لله

All praise belongs to Allah.

Islāmالإسلام

Submission to Allah upon tawheed.

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