Seeking Nearness to Allah in Supplication Through the Status of a Person
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The questioner:
Our Shaykh. The truth, the truth, that Allah dictated it to him
Another questioner:
toward the noble Messenger.
The Shaykh:
It invalidates the latter part of this, and there is no harm in the first part, but he invalidated it with this phrase: "through the status of this person." This is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and is not permissible. It is not permissible to seek nearness to Allah through status, nor through truth, nor through a person. Yes.
Our Shaykh. The truth, the truth, that Allah dictated it to him
Another questioner:
toward the noble Messenger.
The Shaykh:
It invalidates the latter part of this, and there is no harm in the first part, but he invalidated it with this phrase: "through the status of this person." This is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and is not permissible. It is not permissible to seek nearness to Allah through status, nor through truth, nor through a person. Yes.
Source
شرح عمدة الأحكام، باب الرّبا والصّرف - باب الرّهن وغيره — islamhouse.com (1:16:20)
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