Is it permissible for a poor person to ask Allah and seek nearness to Him through the prophets and the righteous by asking them to intercede with Him so that He will provide for them?

Question:
Is it permissible for a poor person to ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and seek nearness to Him through the prophets and the righteous by asking them to intercede with Him (Mighty and Majestic) so that He will provide for them? And what is the ruling on seeking intercession through the status of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the awliya (close friends of Allah), and the righteous?

Answer:
Supplication is worship, and the greatest type of worship is supplication. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He did not say, "Call upon Me through the status of anyone" or "Seek nearness to Me through the status of anyone," but rather He said, "Call upon Me." So why do you change the worship by introducing something that is not part of it, which Allah has not commanded you to do and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has not commanded you to do? Turn to Allah directly in supplication, without making intermediaries, status, or the like. Yes.