What is the ruling on asking a deceased person for supplication?
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Question:
Going to the grave of a deceased person and asking him to ask Allah the Exalted to supplicate for him, is this considered shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
This is considered asking the deceased, and nothing is asked of the deceased. One does not ask him, nor seek his help, nor seek knowledge from him, nor ask him for anything. His deeds have been cut off. Whoever asks him is misguided; this is misguidance, a means to shirk.
Going to the grave of a deceased person and asking him to ask Allah the Exalted to supplicate for him, is this considered shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
This is considered asking the deceased, and nothing is asked of the deceased. One does not ask him, nor seek his help, nor seek knowledge from him, nor ask him for anything. His deeds have been cut off. Whoever asks him is misguided; this is misguidance, a means to shirk.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم طلب الدعاء من الميت؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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