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Sacrifice other than Allah ?

Sacrifice is an act of worship and worship is only allowed for Allah. As it is mentioned in quran


“Say (O Muhammad): Verily, my Salaah (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allaah, the Lord of the ‘Aalameen (mankind, jinn and all that exists)”


[Surah al-An’aam 6:162] 


 


Also in Surah Al-Kawthar,


“Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice (to Him only)”


[al-Kawthar 108:2] 


 


A hadith Narrated by Ahmed clearly shows that a man sacrificing other than Allah goes to hell.


 


"A man entered Paradise because of a fly, while another entered the Fire because of a fly." They asked: "How was that possible, oh, Messenger of Allah (saas )?" He replied: "Two men passed by a people who had an idol, which it was not permissible for anyone to pass without making a sacrifice to it. They (the people) said to the first man: "Sacrifice (something)." He said: "I have nothing with which to do so." They said: "Sacrifice some-thing, even if it were only a fly," and so he did so, and they allowed him to continue on his way and so he entered the Hell-fire. Then they said to the second man: "Sacrifice (something)." But he said: "I will not sacrifice anything unless it be to Allah (swt ), the Almighty, the All-powerful," so they struck his neck (and he died) and entered Paradise." (Narrated by Ahmad)


 


Every act by means of which a person seeks to draw closer (to his Lord) is an act of worship. So if a person offers a sacrifice to someone other than Allaah as an act of veneration and humility, seeking thereby to draw closer to him, as he seeks to draw closer to his Lord and venerate Him, then he is a mushrik who associates others in worship with Allaah. And if he is a mushrik, then Allaah has stated that He has forbidden Paradise to the mushrik and his abode is Hell.