The Ruling on Supplicating to Allah at Graves and Supplicating to the Dead
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Question:
May Allah the Exalted reward you with good. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on supplicating to Allah the Exalted at graves? Is there a difference between supplicating to Allah the Exalted at graves and supplicating to the dead person himself? Please give us a ruling, and may you be rewarded.
Answer:
Supplicating to the dead person himself is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), and may Allah protect us from that. To ask the dead person for anything, such as fulfilling needs, is major shirk that takes one out of the religion. However, if you supplicate to Allah at the grave, that is a bid'ah (religious innovation) and a means to shirk. Therefore, one does not supplicate at graves, nor does one pray at graves, because this is a bid'ah and a means to shirk.
May Allah the Exalted reward you with good. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on supplicating to Allah the Exalted at graves? Is there a difference between supplicating to Allah the Exalted at graves and supplicating to the dead person himself? Please give us a ruling, and may you be rewarded.
Answer:
Supplicating to the dead person himself is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), and may Allah protect us from that. To ask the dead person for anything, such as fulfilling needs, is major shirk that takes one out of the religion. However, if you supplicate to Allah at the grave, that is a bid'ah (religious innovation) and a means to shirk. Therefore, one does not supplicate at graves, nor does one pray at graves, because this is a bid'ah and a means to shirk.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم دعاء الله تعالى عند القبور؟ وما الفرق بين دعاء الله تعالى عند القبور وبين دعاء الميت نفسه؟ — youtube.com
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