Is calling for aid from an absent person or a deceased person disbelief?

The questioner : Yes. May Allah bless you. This questioner asks: Is calling for aid from an absent person or a deceased person disbelief?

The Shaykh : Yes, calling for aid from an absent person who cannot hear your call for aid is disbelief, and calling for aid from the dead is also disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). As for an absent person who can hear your call for aid via the telephone, there is nothing wrong with it, because he is like one who is present, since he hears your words and may be able to rescue you by contacting the person you called for aid from, so that he may relieve you of the hardship that has befallen you. May Allah bless you.