Asking the deceased for supplication at his grave
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on going to a grave and saying to the deceased, “Ask Allah for me for such and such,” where he says some people do this among us?
Answer:
He calls upon Allah. No one said this is a buried dead person. So he does not supplicate and does not do anything, and he is dead. This is from ignorance. Nothing is ever asked of the dead person, nothing is asked of him, neither supplication nor seeking forgiveness. Rather, he is in need of people supplicating for him and seeking forgiveness for him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on going to a grave and saying to the deceased, “Ask Allah for me for such and such,” where he says some people do this among us?
Answer:
He calls upon Allah. No one said this is a buried dead person. So he does not supplicate and does not do anything, and he is dead. This is from ignorance. Nothing is ever asked of the dead person, nothing is asked of him, neither supplication nor seeking forgiveness. Rather, he is in need of people supplicating for him and seeking forgiveness for him. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أبلغ كيد الشيطان وسخريته بالمفتونين بالصور — islamhouse.com (1:17:06)
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