Some of the Sufis spread among the people the permissibility of prostrating to other than Allah, and they cite the prostration of the angels to Adam!

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some of the Sufis spread among the people the permissibility of prostrating to other than Allah, and they cite the prostration of the angels to Adam (peace be upon him). They say: If we see someone prostrating to a grave, we do not declare him a disbeliever until we know what is in his heart. How do we respond to these claims?

Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) commanded the angels to prostrate to Adam as a prostration of greeting, not a prostration of worship; a prostration of greeting and honor. So they prostrated in obedience to the command of Allah. Allah has forbidden us from prostrating to other than Him, so we do not disobey Allah by prostrating to other than Him. We do not cite the story of the angels and Adam as evidence, because the command was from Allah. Allah commanded the angels, so they obeyed Him. And Allah has forbidden us from prostrating to other than Him, so we obey Him and do not prostrate except to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Yes.