Some of the Sufi students ask Allah to guide them through their shaykhs; is this permissible?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: We are students from Britain, and we have found some of the Sufi students among us asking Allah to guide them through their shaykhs; is this permissible?

Answer:
May Allah guide their shaykhs first. They say, “O Allah, guide our shaykhs.” They ask for guidance for their shaykhs, but they do not certify them or rule that they are already guided. Rather, they ask for guidance for them, for every person needs guidance, and every one of us needs guidance. You ask for guidance and success for him. Yes. In every prayer you recite, “Guide us to the straight path.” Do you recite this verse and say, “We are guided”? No, you ask Allah for guidance, my brother, and you also ask Him to keep you firm upon it. How many who were guided have fallen into apostasy and gone astray? So ask Allah for firmness upon guidance. Yes.