Asking One’s Needs from the People of the Graves

Question

[ar]قَصْدُ قُبُورِ الْعِبَادِ الصَّالِحِينَ لِغَرَضِ الْحَاجَاتِ إِلَيْهِمْ وَطَلَبِ الشَّفَاعَةِ مِنْهُمْ لَيْسَ أَمْرًا مَشْرُوعًا، بَلْ هُوَ شِرْكٌ بِاللهِ أَوْ بِدْعَةٌ مُحَرَّمَةٌ[/ar] “Setting out for the graves of the righteous servants [of Allah] for the purpose of [presenting] needs to them and seeking intercession from them is not a legislated matter; rather, it is shirk with Allah or a forbidden innovation (bid‘a).”

Answer

[ar]قَصْدُ الْقُبُورِ وَزِيَارَتُهَا لِتَذَكُّرِ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْمَوْتِ مَنْدُوبٌ كَمَا وَرَدَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ، وَطَلَبُ الْحَاجَةِ مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى مُتَوَسِّلًا وَمُتَشَفِّعًا بِأَوْلِيَائِهِ مُبَاحٌ، وَطَلَبُ الْحَاجَةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُبُورِ بِدْعَةٌ لِأَنَّهُ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ[/ar] “Setting out for the graves and visiting them for the remembrance of the Hereafter…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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