QUESTION: Some people light a(oil lamp)in their homes on certain days or for pious people, believing it brings blessings They also claim that Allah mentions lamps in the Qur’an and that the Prophet used lamps, Is lighting a lamp with the belief of gaining blessings or as a religious act something proven from the Qur’an or authentic Sunnah? Did the Prophet or the Sahabah ever do this as an act of worship?
QUESTION: Some people light a(oil lamp)in their homes on certain days or for pious people, believing it brings blessings They also claim that Allah mentions lamps in the Qur’an and that the Prophet used lamps, Is lighting a lamp with the belief of gaining blessings or as a religious act something proven from the Qur’an or authentic Sunnah? Did the Prophet or the Sahabah ever do this as an act of worship?
08May
ANSWER:
This is totally baseless and fabricated and not from Islam!
This is sinful and can mount to shirk!
QUESTION: Some people light a(oil lamp)in their homes on certain days or for pious people, believing it brings blessings They also claim that Allah mentions lamps in the Qur’an and that the Prophet used lamps, Is lighting a lamp with the belief of gaining blessings or as a religious act something proven from the Qur’an or authentic Sunnah? Did the Prophet or the Sahabah ever do this as an act of worship?