The ruling on asking a living person to ask a deceased person to make du'a for them
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on a living person asking a deceased person to make du'a to Allah the Exalted for him, by saying to the deceased, "Ask Allah the Exalted for me"?
Answer:
This is shirk (associating partners with Allah), because asking for something that only Allah is able to do is shirk, and the deceased is not able to make du'a. To ask him for something he is not able to do. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on a living person asking a deceased person to make du'a to Allah the Exalted for him, by saying to the deceased, "Ask Allah the Exalted for me"?
Answer:
This is shirk (associating partners with Allah), because asking for something that only Allah is able to do is shirk, and the deceased is not able to make du'a. To ask him for something he is not able to do. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1753- 4717] حكم طلب الحي من الميت أن يدعو له - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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