What is the ruling on those who resort to the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous?

Question:
The questioner says: Those who resort to the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous, who make vows to them and rely on them in difficult matters, what is their ruling?

Answer:
This is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic. This is major shirk. It is not forgiven except by repenting from it.
So seeking needs from the dead righteous and the awliya (close friends of Allah) is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic, because the dead person is unable to do anything. As for the living person, one only asks him for what he is able to do if he is present, asking him for what he knows . So they cooperate in sin and transgression. It is obligatory for the Muslim to know this. As for slaughtering, making vows, and supplication, these are for Allah Blessed and Exalted is He alone. They are for Allah alone, because they are types of worship, and worship is the right of Allah; it is not permissible to direct it to other than Him. So whoever worships other than Allah has committed shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic, major shirk, whether he slaughtered for him, made a vow for him, called upon him for aid, or supplicated to him other than Allah. He becomes a disbeliever by that. And if he was a Muslim, he becomes an apostate, leaving his religion. So one must be cautious of these matters, not be lenient in them, and be cautious of sorcerers and fortune-tellers.
Because their task is to misguide people, and they receive from the Shayatins (Satan). The messengers receive from the angels and from the messengers of Allah Mighty and Majestic, while these receive from the Shayatins (Satan). So one must follow the messengers, believe in them, act upon their call, and leave going to the sorcerers and fortune-tellers. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: