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this conviction lodged in the hearts(1) is what sustains all of these practices; were it to fade, they would all disappear. Hence, if the very aim of visiting the graves for supplication(2) drags along such evils, the act is forbidden—indeed, even more emphatically so than praying at the graves themselves. It becomes a trial for the people, opens the gate to polytheism, and shuts the gate to genuine faith.
(1) In MS B the word is erased.
(2) MSS J and D add the phrase “indaha” (there).
هذا الاعتقاد بالقلوب انمحى
(١)
ذلك كله، فإذا كان قصدها للدعاء
(٢)
يجر هذه المفاسد كان حراما، كالصلاة عندها وأولى، وكان ذلك فتنة للخلق، وفتحا لباب الشرك، وإغلاقا لباب الإيمان.
(١) في (ب) : محي.
(٢) في (ج د) : زاد: عندها.