The Ruling on Seeking Blessing from the Graves of Prophets and Righteous People, Their Traces, and the Places Where They Lived or Passed Through

Question:
May Allah reward you and do you good. We say, in a third question: Is it permissible to seek blessing from the traces of the righteous, with mention of the evidence for that?

Answer:
It is not permissible to seek blessing from the traces of the righteous; because that is one of the means of shirk (associating partners with Allah), and because the Companions, who were the most eager people for good, did not seek blessing from the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), nor from the graves of the Companions. Likewise, the practice of the Muslims across the different centuries was that they did not seek blessing from the traces of the righteous, whether their houses, their graves, the mosques in which they prayed, or the places in which they sat. They did not do that, even with the traces of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) where he sat or prayed. They did not go to them. They did not go to the Cave of Hira or the Cave of Thawr. They did not go to the place of the tent of Umm Ma'bad on the path of the Hijrah, in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat. They did not seek out the places in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed on his way. They used to revive them and make them into mosques. This is not the practice of the Muslims, due to the fear of shirk arising, because this is among the closest means to shirk. Rather, it is permissible to seek blessing from what separated from his body (peace and blessings be upon him), such as hair, sweat, or saliva, and this is specific to him (peace and blessings be upon him), or from his clothes that he used to wear. This is specific to him (peace and blessings be upon him). And this has ceased with his death, so no traces of his remained after his death (peace and blessings be upon him), meaning separated from his body. As for his chamber, his house, or the places where he used to sit, the Muslims did not intend them or seek blessing from them, because that is among the means. Yes.