The Ruling on Calling for Aid and Making Supplication at Graves Before Repentance

Question:
He says: Sometimes in my country, I used to visit graves, pray at them, make du'a' (supplication) for them, and make du'a' through them, and I would call for aid from them. This was in the past. Am I sinful for that? And has Allah wiped away those sins?

Answer:
Yes, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Making du'a' to the dead and calling for aid from the dead is shirk. And making du'a' at graves and praying at graves is for Allah the Exalted and Majestic; this is bid'ah (religious innovation). All of it is rejected and not accepted by Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So as long as you have repented from this and returned to the right path, Allah accepts the repentance of whoever repents. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.