The Ruling on Dialogue with the Grave Worshippers and Publishing the Words of the Scholars

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there is a person who calls for dialogue with the grave worshippers who claim that their ancestors intercede for people, and he says that the words of the scholars are to be kept hidden and not published. So clarify the truth, may Allah reward you.

Answer:
If there is hope that he will accept and return to the truth, then engage in dialogue with him. But if there is no hope that he will accept the truth and they will persist in what they are upon, then there is no benefit in dialogue with him. As for the words of the scholars, if they are the truth, they are to be published. The truth is to be published and not kept hidden; it is the falsehood that is to be kept hidden. As for the truth, it is obligatory to publish it, it is obligatory to proclaim it, and it is obligatory to make it clear to the people. The truth, in its generality, is not to be kept hidden or not published. That is, we do not make peace with them while not declaring their evil and hiding the words of the people of knowledge regarding the major shirk (associating partners with Allah). May the blessed peace be upon you. Yes.