Visiting the graves of the righteous to circumambulate them and offer sacrifices to them

Question:
There are some questions, Your Excellency the Shaykh. The questioner says: What is the ruling on visiting the graves of the righteous to circumambulate them, offer sacrifices to them, or rub against them?

Answer:
This is major shirk (associating partners with Allah); it is circumambulation as an act of worship. Circumambulation is only for the Noble Ka'bah, the House of Allah. Allah commanded that His House be circumambulated in obedience to Him and to draw near to Him. It is not drawing near to the Ka'bah, but rather drawing near to Allah. The Ka'bah is merely a place for the worship of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Therefore, nothing on the face of the earth is to be circumambulated except the Noble Ka'bah, to draw near to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) .
As for circumambulating graves, it is worship of other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And more severe than that is slaughtering for a grave, making vows for a grave, and calling upon the dead for aid. These are types of shirk (associating partners with Allah), refuge is sought in Allah from that.
Graves are only visited if they are the graves of Muslims, visited for the sake of greeting them, making du'a' (supplication) for them, and seeking forgiveness for them. They are visited for this purpose. And the graves of disbelievers are visited for the sake of taking a lesson only; no du'a' is made for them and no forgiveness is sought for them. They are only visited for the sake of taking a lesson and being admonished. Yes.