What is the ruling on making du'a' (supplication) with this wording: “O Allah, I seek nearness to You through Your love for Your servant so-and-so”?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the ruling on making du'a' with this wording: “O Allah, I seek nearness to You through Your love for Your servant so-and-so”?

Answer:
What is this talk? O Allah, I seek nearness to You through Your love for Your servant. What does so-and-so have to do with you? Does Allah love you? Or is it His love for so-and-so? For so-and-so, she has what she earned and she has what she acquired So every person’s deeds are his own. Therefore, seek nearness to Allah through your own deeds; do not seek nearness through the deeds of so-and-so. Or seek nearness to Allah through your love for Allah or for His Messenger, saying, “Through my love for You” or “Through my love for Your Prophet.” This is worship, and there is no harm in seeking nearness through it, provided it is something from you. You seek nearness through the acts of obedience that are yours; what belongs to others is for them, and you do not seek nearness through it. Yes.