Re: Split: Religion vis a vis Shrine/Buildings/graves
Peace
I think you have borrowed views from different sources. That’s why I could not make proper sense of what you were saying. I mean saying Laa Hawla wala quwwata illa billa regards the help of the Deceased and then going on to confirm the living and dead are both unable to help is contradictory. You left me hanging as to which way you were going. With the two options being whether you would put a fatwa of shirk upon me or your own self! Yeah the issues are this cut throat.
The help of the Deceased is something confirmed by Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah, the Prophetic Narrations, and the narrations from the Salaf and the Consensus of the Scholars [of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah]. This is one of the reasons behind popularity of Mazaars
If a person is unable to gain something they feel is needed for them they go to Awliya to get for them
This is Islam
Forcing people to have the view of only asking directly to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala and other options are shirk is not Islam. these are creedal innovations. In Islam we have Islamic needs which Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala does not fulfill till you go to His People. One of these is even Hellfire, another is Islam [to be counted as a Muslim] itself, another is Forgiveness
We even have narrations of the deceased companions asking the living for help. We probably give more help to the deceased then we ask. The interaction is used both ways
All of it is Worship, Worship of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala