What is the ruling on declaring the grave-worshippers disbelievers?

The questioner : Now, the other type is the one who has, for example, shirk (associating partners with Allah) in al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), meaning they worship, they visit graves and seek blessing from them, and so on?

The Shaykh : There is no doubt that this is a type of shirk (associating partners with Allah), but declaring someone a disbeliever is not resorted to until the proof is established. So, for example, if you see an imam who does not believe in tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), meaning he worships others besides Allah, he calls upon other than Allah, for example, in times of hardship, and he makes vows and slaughters for other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in times of joy, this is disbelief, there is no doubt in it. But we cannot say that he is a disbeliever until he is admonished, especially if he is from the non-Arabs, because our problem today is with the Arabs, who are supposed to understand the Qur'an as its Revealer from the sky intended. What about the non-Arabs? What about the Arabs who have become like non-Arabs? They are like the non-Arabs; they do not understand the language of the Qur'an. So, these people and those people, it is obligatory to establish the proof against them before rushing to declare them disbelievers and expel them from the circle of their religion. If they deny it and the saying of our Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He) becomes true of them: , at that time we expel them from the circle of Islam and we do not care.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.