The reason why seeking intercession from the dead is major shirk
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Question:
May Allah reward you, our honorable Shaykh. The questioner asks: Why is seeking intercession from the dead major shirk?
Answer:
Because intercession is not sought from anyone but Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and it is not sought from the dead.[Yunus 10:18]. Yes, this is what they use to justify their actions: they have taken them as intercessors. And now, at the graves of some of the dead, there are caretakers who face the people and accept donations for the dead, and they eat them. But they use the graves as means to take from people, and may Allah protect us, as sources of income for them, which is unlawful income. We ask Allah for safety. Yes.
May Allah reward you, our honorable Shaykh. The questioner asks: Why is seeking intercession from the dead major shirk?
Answer:
Because intercession is not sought from anyone but Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and it is not sought from the dead.
And they worship other than Allah that which neither harms them nor benefits them, and they say, "These are our intercessors with Allah
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ شُفَعَاؤُنَا عِندَ اللَّهِ
Source
شرح القواعد الاربعة، شرح كتاب القواعد الأربع الدرس السادس 28-03-1444 هـ — alfawzan.live (7:56)
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