The Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah denied seeking blessing from the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) grave, but he did not deny seeking blessing from the pulpit

The questioner: Here he saysThe questioner : He says: The Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah denied seeking blessing from the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) grave, but he did not deny seeking blessing from the pulpit, based on what he transmitted from Imam Ahmad from Ibn ‘Umar that he did so. What is the ruling on this? He mentioned this in his answer to...?

The Shaykh : Did he mention the ruling, or did he mention the narration from Ibn ‘Umar?

The questioner : But he mentioned this statement that he transmittedThe questioner .

The Shaykh : What is it? Repeat it.

The questioner : He says: The Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah denied seeking blessing from the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) grave, but he did not deny seeking blessing from the pulpit, based on what he transmitted from Imam Ahmad from Ibn ‘Umar that he did so. What is the ruling on this?

The Shaykh : My answer to this is that I believe I mentioned it in my remarks at the beginning of this session: that this is prohibited in the context of blocking the means to harm. Although we perceive a great difference between seeking blessing from his grave (peace and blessings be upon him), because it suggests that the one seeking blessing is asking him for aid and the like of meanings that are not permissible to direct to anyone but Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), whereas seeking blessing from the pulpit does not evoke such a meaning of associating partners with Allah. It is like the other types of seeking blessing mentioned at the beginning of this session. So I say that all these things are prohibited in the context of blocking the means to harm, and because people do not have the precision that would lead them to distinguish between seeking blessing from the grave and seeking blessing from the pulpit.