Dua-from-the-dead

Is requesting du'a from the dead Major or Minor Shirk? Question: "What is the speech of the scholars regarding someone who requests du'a (supplication) from the dead? Does this action enter into Major or Minor Shirk?" Answer: "There is no doubt that this enters into Major Shirk. Because he believes that the dead person can hear him. And Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) informs us that the dead can't hear: {But you cannot make hear those who are in the graves} [Surah Al-Fatir 35:22] This one requests from the dead and thinks that he can hear him. Furthermore he believes that he is able to do that action. And this is something which is falsehood, rather it is Major Shirk which takes one out of the fold of the religion. The one who holds this belief with regards to the dead, leaves the fold of the religion." Shaykh Ahmad bin Yahyaa an-Najmee, may Allah have mercy upon him Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī. ​Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.