Is it true that asking a deceased person to make du'a' (supplication) for you is a bid'ah (religious innovation) and not shirk (associating partners with Allah)?

Question:
Our dear Shaykh, he says: Is this statement correct? Those who say that if you ask a deceased person to make du'a' for you, it is an innovated form of du'a' and not shirk. Is this statement correct?

Answer:
This is a batil (invalid) statement. Asking the dead for needs is shirk. No one disputes this. As for asking a living person who is capable of fulfilling them, there is no harm. This is a form of assistance. Cooperation in righteousness and piety. As for the dead, nothing is asked of them. Rather, things are asked for them. The deceased is in need of having du'a' made for him, being supplicated for, charity being given on his behalf, Hajj being performed on his behalf, and 'Umrah being performed on his behalf. He is in need of these things, but nothing is asked of him, for he is dead. Yes.