The Ruling on Supplication at the Graves of the Awliya and the Righteous

Question:
What is the ruling, may Allah protect us, regarding entering the graves of the righteous awliya and the ascetics? They say that this is supplication to Allah at the graves of the righteous awliya and the righteous, for the sake of the virtue of the awliya and the righteous.

Answer:
Supplicating to Allah at the graves of the awliya and the righteous is a bid'ah (religious innovation), and every bid'ah is misguidance, because Allah has not prescribed for us supplication at graves. This is from one aspect. The second aspect is that this is a means to worshipping the dead, because at first one supplicates to Allah at the graves and commits an innovation, then the matter continues until Satan puts it in his heart that this dead person benefits him and harms him, so he then supplicates to the dead person, calls out to him, and seeks his aid. This is haram (forbidden), not permissible, and a clear evil.

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