The Ruling on Seeking the Aid of Jinn and Absent Persons in Supplication

Question:
The questioner says: Some people invoke the spirits of the dead and the like of that among poets and others, so what is the ruling on their saying this? And what is the ruling on their deeds, such as prayer and zakah? And what is the ruling on those afflicted with calamity?

Answer:
It is obligatory for them to repent to Allah and to leave this, because it is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Seeking aid from the jinn and absent persons, and the khuluf, is shirk with Allah the Exalted, because it is calling for aid from the jinn and calling for aid from absent persons. Fatwas have been issued by the Department of Ifta on this topic, and advice from His Eminence Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz on this topic. So all you have to do is request copies of them and distribute them to these people, because they may be ignorant of these matters, thinking there is nothing wrong with them, and they imitate others in this, and it is very dangerous. So it is obligatory for you to request what has been issued on this topic and distribute it to them. Yes.