The Rule of Prohibiting a Thing and Then Doing It

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person calls upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he is not at his grave, is this act

Answer:
(peace and blessings be upon him) may prohibit a thing, or prohibit its doing, and then do it or say it, in order to clarify permissibility, to show that the prohibition is not for the sake of prohibition (haram) but rather for the sake of permissibility and that it is better to do so. This is a rule: that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) may prohibit something and then do it or say it. This is not a matter of contradiction, but rather a matter of clarifying that it is disliked (makruh), and that the prohibition is for the sake of dislike, not for the sake of prohibition (haram). Yes.