A student of knowledge says: One who seeks intercession from a deceased person without directing worship to him is not called a shirk (associating partners with Allah)
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A student of knowledge states in one of his books that one who goes to a deceased person and asks him for intercession, without directing worship to him, is not called a shirk (associating partners with Allah), and that this is a point of disagreement among scholars.
The Shaykh:
This is worship. Going to the deceased and asking him for intercession is worship. This is worship. How can he say that he did not direct any worship to him? This is a contradiction.
The questioner:
And he attributes this, he says, to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah.
The Shaykh:
Bachelors. A lying wretch, yes. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah forbids this, but now everything is attributed to Shaykh al-Islam. Everything now. If we were to verify with them, we would find that most of them are liars, yes. Because they see that the Shaykh has a status, and when it is said "Shaykh al-Islam," they appease the people and want the people to believe them. And to that he says, "Shaykh al-Islam said," yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A student of knowledge states in one of his books that one who goes to a deceased person and asks him for intercession, without directing worship to him, is not called a shirk (associating partners with Allah), and that this is a point of disagreement among scholars.
The Shaykh:
This is worship. Going to the deceased and asking him for intercession is worship. This is worship. How can he say that he did not direct any worship to him? This is a contradiction.
The questioner:
And he attributes this, he says, to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah.
The Shaykh:
Bachelors. A lying wretch, yes. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah forbids this, but now everything is attributed to Shaykh al-Islam. Everything now. If we were to verify with them, we would find that most of them are liars, yes. Because they see that the Shaykh has a status, and when it is said "Shaykh al-Islam," they appease the people and want the people to believe them. And to that he says, "Shaykh al-Islam said," yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [341 -939] أحد طلبة العلم يقول: من طلب الشفاعة من الميت دون أن يصرف له عبادة لا يسمى شركا .. — youtube.com
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