There is not a single authentic report that any prophet ever instructed people to call upon the angels, seek their intercession, call upon the dead—whether prophets or righteous people—or seek their intercession, let alone to invoke their statues or seek intercession through them. Such practices lie at the very root of polytheism (shirk), a danger against which all the messengers warned, and they were the first cause of polytheism among the children of Adam in the time of Noah, peace be upon him.

Allah, exalted is He, says about the people of Noah:
“Do not abandon your gods; do not abandon Wadd, nor Suwāʿ, nor Yaghūth, Yaʿūq, and Nasr—for they have already led many astray.” (Qur’an 71:23)

Many scholars—including Ibn ʿAbbās and others—have said: “These were a people…"