Exaggeration in Visiting Graves and Warning Against Shirk (Associating Partners with Allah)

Question:
This is another questioner. May Allah bless you. He says: We are residents of the Kingdom, and in our country there are transgressions in visiting graves, namely exaggeration in them in various forms and types. We ask the Honorable Shaykh Salih to warn against falling into shirk (associating partners with Allah) through this act.

Answer:
Visiting graves is of two types: a forbidden, shirky visit, and a lawful visit. If the intention behind it is seeking aid from the dead, making du'a' (supplication) at their graves, or asking them for needs, then this is a shirky, kufr (disbelief) visit, may Allah protect us from it, because it is worship of other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic) or seeking blessing from the graves. As for the lawful visit, it is visiting the graves for the sake of taking a lesson from the state of the dead and remembering the Hereafter, as well as making du'a' for the dead for forgiveness and mercy. This is the lawful visit that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded, as he said: the Hereafter. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,