Is asking a deceased person for intercession so that Allah will cure him considered shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the one who asks a deceased person for intercession, without approaching him with any act of worship other than the request mentioned, considered to be committing shirk (associating partners with Allah)? They say, “O friend of Allah, intercede for me with your Lord so that He will cure me of my illness or grant me victory?”
Answer:
Asking the dead for one’s needs is shirk (associating partners with Allah); this is shirk, and there is no distinction. Whoever asks the dead for his needs and calls upon them for aid is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the one who asks a deceased person for intercession, without approaching him with any act of worship other than the request mentioned, considered to be committing shirk (associating partners with Allah)? They say, “O friend of Allah, intercede for me with your Lord so that He will cure me of my illness or grant me victory?”
Answer:
Asking the dead for one’s needs is shirk (associating partners with Allah); this is shirk, and there is no distinction. Whoever asks the dead for his needs and calls upon them for aid is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [684 /1350] هل من طلب الشفاعة من الميت بأن يشفيه الله يعد فعله شركا؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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