“They have taken their scholars and monks as lords apart from Allah, and also the Messiah, son of Mary, even though they were commanded to worship only one God. There is no deity but Him—transcendent is He above all that they associate with Him.” (Qur’an 9:31)

As for things that a human being is able to provide, it is permissible to ask another person for them in some situations but not in others, for “asking a creature” may at times be lawful and at times forbidden. Allah the Exalted says:

“So when you have completed your duties, devote yourself [to worship], and turn with longing to your Lord.” (Qur’an 94:7–8)

The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him and his family peace—advised Ibn ʿAbbās: “When you ask, ask Allah; and when you seek help, seek help from Allah.” He also instructed a group of his Companions not to ask people for anything, to the point that if the whip of any one of them fell from his hand he would not say to someone, “Hand it to me.” It is authentically reported in the two Ṣaḥīḥs that he, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: “Seventy thousand of my community will enter Paradise without reckoning; they are the ones…"