Does the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) take offense at what the ignorant do at his grave?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) take offense at what the ignorant do at his grave?

Answer:
There is no doubt that this is contrary to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed, and there is no doubt that he takes offense. Allah the Exalted said:

Indeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ

[Al-Ahzab 33:57]

, and He the Exalted said:

O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ وَلَا تَجْهَرُوا لَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ

[Al-Hujurat 49:2]

So one does not raise his voice, even in supplication to Allah or in the salam at the grave of the Messenger; one does not raise his voice with that, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) does not have his voice raised in his presence, whether alive or dead. His sanctity in death is like his sanctity in life, (peace and blessings be upon him). So one should conduct oneself with divine etiquette toward the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) when offering the salam to him.
And more severe than that is when one commits shirk (associating partners with Allah) and contradicts what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought regarding the prohibition of shirk. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [346 /1350] هل النبي ﷺ يتأذى بما يفعله الجهال عند قبره؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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