If a person goes to the owner of a grave and asks him to supplicate to Allah for him, is that considered shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person goes to the owner of a grave and asks him to supplicate to Allah for him, is that considered shirk? Because some people have reported from Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) that that act is a bid'ah (religious innovation),
Answer:
This is shirk. Asking the dead for one's needs is shirk, whether it is supplication or anything else. The one who excludes supplication and says it is not shirk must provide the evidence for that. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person goes to the owner of a grave and asks him to supplicate to Allah for him, is that considered shirk? Because some people have reported from Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) that that act is a bid'ah (religious innovation),
Answer:
This is shirk. Asking the dead for one's needs is shirk, whether it is supplication or anything else. The one who excludes supplication and says it is not shirk must provide the evidence for that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [60 /1350] إذا ذهب الإنسان إلى صاحب القبر وطلب منه أن يدعو الله له، هل يعتبر ذلك شركًا؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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