Seeking aid from one whom one believes has the power, but whose inability is then revealed
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Calling for aid from a living person who is present, regarding something he is capable of doing, is permissible. So, if one calls for aid from a person whom he believes is capable of a specific thing, and it turns out that he is not capable, and that he is unable,
The Shaykh:
He has become mistaken, he has become mistaken, yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: What is the ruling if one knows that so-and-so is incapable of this thing, yet he calls for aid from him regarding it?
The Shaykh:
If one seeks aid from him in something that only Allah is able to do, that is shirk (associating partners with Allah); because this is one of the types of worship, and seeking aid is one of the types of worship.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Calling for aid from a living person who is present, regarding something he is capable of doing, is permissible. So, if one calls for aid from a person whom he believes is capable of a specific thing, and it turns out that he is not capable, and that he is unable,
The Shaykh:
He has become mistaken, he has become mistaken, yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: What is the ruling if one knows that so-and-so is incapable of this thing, yet he calls for aid from him regarding it?
The Shaykh:
If one seeks aid from him in something that only Allah is able to do, that is shirk (associating partners with Allah); because this is one of the types of worship, and seeking aid is one of the types of worship.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب : من الشرك أن يستغيث بغير الله أو يدعو غيره — islamhouse.com (45:54)
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