The Ruling on Calling the Absent and Seeking Aid from Them

Question:
The Shaykh’s daughter, may Allah protect you, we hear often the story of the woman who was stranded in al-Murtiq, and she said, “O Mu’tasil, O Mu’tasil.” Is this practice forbidden? Is the act of calling out to the absent one who is not dead at that time, but rather she is lamenting and calling out to him, is this something Allah knows best regarding its authenticity? Did it actually happen? This phrase is said, but did it actually happen? And also, from

Answer:
a woman who did not know the rulings of the religion, and perhaps she said it in a state of distress and hardship, driven by the circumstances she was in. She had her own conditions and specific circumstances. The important thing is that we do not take her as a model, we do not take her as a model and use her as evidence. It was a word that came from a woman in a special state and in a special circumstance that we do not know about, so we do not take it as an established fact. Yes, and calling the absent one is a known thing that is prohibited in Islam. It is not permissible to call the absent one or the dead one, and one does not seek aid from the absent one, but rather one seeks aid from the present, living person who is capable of rescue and assistance, . So the present one is capable, yes, he sought his aid as much as he could, but the absent one, no, yes.