What is the ruling on one who seeks the help of the jinn and calls out to them, and when he is advised, he says: “Actions are by intentions,” and I did not intend shirk?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some ignorant people among us seek the help of the jinn, saying, “Take him” or “Go out with him,” and he says this to people he dislikes. When we rebuke him and say this is shirk in worship, he says, “Actions are by intentions,” and I did not intend shirk. So is intention required?

Answer:
It is not permissible for him to do this, and fatwas have been issued prohibiting it because it is calling out to an absent one and commanding an absent one. It has passed you in your reading of tawassul (seeking nearness to Allah through a means) and wasilah (the means of approach) that it is not permissible to seek the help of an absent one from the jinn or from the shayatin (devils), or that this is not permissible, or from human beings; it is not permissible to call out to absent ones and seek their help. And they say, “I did not intend this.” That is a lie from him, meaning he is insane, saying words he does not intend. No one speaks in raving nonsense except a madman. Yes.