Is asking by the status of a person an innovation or a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah)?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is asking by the status of a person considered an innovation, or is it considered a means to shirk?

Answer:
It is an innovation. Asking by status, whether it is the status of the Messenger or that of anyone else, is an innovation. The status of the Messenger, even though the Messenger has status with Allah, it is not permissible to ask by the status of the Messenger. Because this is an innovation for which there is no evidence. Yes. As for the hadith, "When you ask Allah, it will come in this book: When you ask Allah, ask by my status, for my status with Allah is broad," this hadith is fabricated, invented, and has no basis. Yes.