The Ruling on Visiting the Graves of the Awliya and Seeking Their Help
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Question:
This man is asking, Shaykh, about reciting al-Fatihah and visiting the graves of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous. He says: I do not want to commit shirk (associating partners with Allah), but if I do not visit this wali (close friend of Allah), he comes to me in a dream and asks me, “Why did you not visit me? Why did you not come to me?” What is the ruling on this? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
It is not the wali (close friend of Allah); rather, it is Shaytan. Shaytan is the one who comes to him and says, “Why did you not visit me?” As for the wali (close friend of Allah), a close friend of Allah, it is not possible for him to ask to be visited. He does not ask people to visit him. Rather, this is Shaytan calling to Shaytan. So you must leave this matter and stay away from it. Visiting graves, the prescribed visit, is a sunnah (recommended practice) and mustahabb (recommended) for the sake of greeting them and making du'a' (supplication) for them. As for visiting them for the sake of tabarruk (seeking blessing from a thing or person) from the dead and seeking needs from them, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) and is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This man is asking, Shaykh, about reciting al-Fatihah and visiting the graves of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous. He says: I do not want to commit shirk (associating partners with Allah), but if I do not visit this wali (close friend of Allah), he comes to me in a dream and asks me, “Why did you not visit me? Why did you not come to me?” What is the ruling on this? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
It is not the wali (close friend of Allah); rather, it is Shaytan. Shaytan is the one who comes to him and says, “Why did you not visit me?” As for the wali (close friend of Allah), a close friend of Allah, it is not possible for him to ask to be visited. He does not ask people to visit him. Rather, this is Shaytan calling to Shaytan. So you must leave this matter and stay away from it. Visiting graves, the prescribed visit, is a sunnah (recommended practice) and mustahabb (recommended) for the sake of greeting them and making du'a' (supplication) for them. As for visiting them for the sake of tabarruk (seeking blessing from a thing or person) from the dead and seeking needs from them, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) and is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/089 — archive.org (13:26)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.