What is the ruling on asking the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for intercession?

The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. One of them says that asking the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for intercession is forbidden (haram) and not disbelief (kufr), even though, O Shaykh, the disbelievers of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) had this characteristic: they asked their idols to intercede for them with Allah?

The Shaykh : No, no, they invoked them, and they prostrated to them, and they bowed to them. Yes.