and His Messenger abandon what Allah and His Messenger have prescribed, only to adopt an innovation for which Allah has sent down no proof—an innovation that merely imitates the religion of the idolaters and the Christians?

If anyone claims that such practices have satisfied his need, or that his shaykh, and the like, appeared to him, then let him remember that the same occurs to the worshippers of the stars, the idols, and similar objects of polytheism. This has been repeatedly reported about the pagans of the past and those alive today; were it not for such experiences, idols and the like would never have been worshipped at all.

Abraham, the close friend of Allah, said:

“Keep me and my offspring away from worshipping idols. My Lord, they have indeed led many people astray.” (Qur’an 14:35–36)