Circumambulating graves: When is it a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), and when is it major shirk?

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, when is circumambulating graves a means to shirk, and when is it major shirk? What?

Answer:
If he intends by his circumambulation of the graves to draw near to the dead, then it is major shirk; because he worships them instead of Allah in the circumambulation. But if his intention in the circumambulation is for the sake of Allah, then it is bid'ah (religious innovation), because the place is not a place for circumambulation. There is no place on earth that is circumambulated except the Noble Ka'bah, which is the place of circumambulation, because Allah commanded circumambulation of it. And He said, "Circumambulate the ancient House. Purify My House for those who circumambulate it." So nothing is circumambulated other than the Noble Ka'bah, because it is the House of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. If his intention in the circumambulation is to draw near to the dead, then it is major shirk. If his intention in the circumambulation at the grave is to draw near to Allah, not to the dead, but he thinks that circumambulating the grave is prescribed, then it is bid'ah. Yes, and it is one of the means to shirk. Yes.