The Ruling on Seeking Supplication from the Occupant of a Grave

Question:
This questioner says: My question is regarding 'aqidah. Honorable Shaykh, I am asking about the ruling on seeking supplication from the occupant of a grave? Some people say that seeking supplication from the prophets, the righteous, and the angels is not major shirk (associating partners with Allah), but rather minor shirk. We ask that you guide us in light of this question.

Answer:
It is not permissible to ask the deceased for anything, whether supplication, intercession, or anything else, nor any matter of this world or the Hereafter. Nothing is asked of the deceased; because he possesses nothing. He is in need of being supplicated for, of seeking forgiveness for him, and of giving charity on his behalf. The deceased is the one who needs the living, or a righteous son to supplicate for him. As for the reverse, that the living needs the deceased and asks him for things, this is not permissible. This is forbidden (haram) and it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). And if one calls upon the deceased for aid and asks him for his needs, this is major shirk. Yes.