Seeking Forgiveness and Intercession from the Deceased
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a visitor asks the deceased to seek forgiveness from Allah for him, is this considered shirk (associating partners with Allah) because he sought intercession from the dead?
Answer:
This is considered bid'ah (religious innovation) and misguidance. Nothing is sought from the dead, nothing is sought from the dead. So if he asks him to intercede for him or to make du'a' (supplication) for him, this is misguidance. But if he asks him for his need, asking the deceased for his need, for him to fulfill his need, this is kufr (disbelief). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a visitor asks the deceased to seek forgiveness from Allah for him, is this considered shirk (associating partners with Allah) because he sought intercession from the dead?
Answer:
This is considered bid'ah (religious innovation) and misguidance. Nothing is sought from the dead, nothing is sought from the dead. So if he asks him to intercede for him or to make du'a' (supplication) for him, this is misguidance. But if he asks him for his need, asking the deceased for his need, for him to fulfill his need, this is kufr (disbelief). Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل في الفرق بين زيارة الموحدين للقبور وزيارة المشركين — islamhouse.com (1:00:25)
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