Is asking the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplicating at his grave for intercession in the Hereafter considered major shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner asks: Is asking the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplicating at his grave for intercession in the Hereafter considered major shirk?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Is asking the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplicating at his grave for intercession in the Hereafter considered shirk?
The Shaykh:
Oh.
The questioner:
For intercession in the Hereafter.
The Shaykh:
Does he call upon the Messenger? No, he calls upon Allah the Mighty and Majestic, saying: “O Allah, grant intercession to Your Messenger and Your righteous servants.” He seeks intercession from Allah, not from the Messenger or the righteous, but only from Allah the Mighty and Majestic, because intercession belongs to Allah,[Az-Zumar 39:44] so it is sought from Allah,
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner asks: Is asking the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplicating at his grave for intercession in the Hereafter considered major shirk?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Is asking the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplicating at his grave for intercession in the Hereafter considered shirk?
The Shaykh:
Oh.
The questioner:
For intercession in the Hereafter.
The Shaykh:
Does he call upon the Messenger? No, he calls upon Allah the Mighty and Majestic, saying: “O Allah, grant intercession to Your Messenger and Your righteous servants.” He seeks intercession from Allah, not from the Messenger or the righteous, but only from Allah the Mighty and Majestic, because intercession belongs to Allah,
Say, "To Allah belongs [the right to allow] intercession entirely.
قُل لِّلَّهِ الشَّفَاعَةُ جَمِيعًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل سؤال الرسول ودعاؤه عند قبره بالشفاعة في الآخرة يعد شركا أكبر؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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