The ruling on seeking supplication, intercession, and aid from the deceased
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The questioner:
May Allah bless you. Does this include, may Allah preserve you, seeking supplication, aid, and good from the people of the graves or from some of the awliya (close friends of Allah)?
The Shaykh:
Seeking supplication is permissible from the living, from the righteous living servants of Allah; there is nothing wrong with it.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Seeking supplication from the dead, or seeking intercession from the dead, or calling for aid from them, or slaughtering animals and making vows for them—this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), and may Allah protect us from it. It takes one out of the religion because the dead person is not able to do anything for himself, so how can he do it for others? The dead person needs the living to supplicate for him, greet him, and give charity on his behalf. How can the living person be the one in need of the dead, when the dead person possesses nothing? Yes.
May Allah bless you. Does this include, may Allah preserve you, seeking supplication, aid, and good from the people of the graves or from some of the awliya (close friends of Allah)?
The Shaykh:
Seeking supplication is permissible from the living, from the righteous living servants of Allah; there is nothing wrong with it.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Seeking supplication from the dead, or seeking intercession from the dead, or calling for aid from them, or slaughtering animals and making vows for them—this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), and may Allah protect us from it. It takes one out of the religion because the dead person is not able to do anything for himself, so how can he do it for others? The dead person needs the living to supplicate for him, greet him, and give charity on his behalf. How can the living person be the one in need of the dead, when the dead person possesses nothing? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1917 - حكم طلب الدعاء والشفاعة والمدد من الميت - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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