The ruling on asking the awliya (close friends of Allah) for needs after their death
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Question:
Isam from Tanta in the Republic of Egypt says: Do the awliya benefit people after their death? We see some people asking for needs at the shrines, saying that they benefit by the permission of Allah, and that they are merely an intermediary or a means to Allah?
Answer:
This is not permissible, and this is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), may Allah protect us from it. So this is not permissible.[Yunus 10:18] This is not permissible. Yes.
Isam from Tanta in the Republic of Egypt says: Do the awliya benefit people after their death? We see some people asking for needs at the shrines, saying that they benefit by the permission of Allah, and that they are merely an intermediary or a means to Allah?
Answer:
This is not permissible, and this is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), may Allah protect us from it. So this is not permissible.
And they worship other than Allah that which neither harms them nor benefits them, and they say, "These are our intercessors with Allah
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ شُفَعَاؤُنَا عِندَ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7500 — youtube.com (6:40)
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