Istighatha (Seeking Help from the Creation)

Question

[ar]الِاسْتِغَاثَةُ إِلَى الْمَخْلُوقِ، وَالِاسْتِغَاثَةُ فَوْقَ الْأَسْبَابِ، وَدُعَاؤُهُ دُعَاءً غَيْبًا — حَيًّا كَانَ الْمَدْعُوُّ أَوْ مَيِّتًا — إِشْرَاكٌ بِاللهِ تَعَالَى.[/ar] Istighatha (seeking help) directed to a creature, seeking help beyond the [natural] means, and calling upon him in absence — whether the one called upon is living or dead — is associating partners with Allah the Exalted (shirk).

Answer

[ar]يَكْفُرُ بِقَوْلِهِ: أَرْوَاحُ الْمَشَايِخِ حَاضِرَةٌ تَعْلَمُ.[/ar] “He becomes a kafir by his saying: ‘The souls of the shaykhs are present and know.’”

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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