Ziyārat al-Qubūr - Ibn Taimiya - (6)

A group of the early scholars said:
“There were people who used to invoke the Messiah, Uzayr, and the angels. Allah, Exalted be He, declared: ‘Those whom you call upon are My servants just as you are My servants; they hope for My mercy as you hope for My mercy; they fear My punishment as you fear My punishment; and they strive to draw near to Me just as you strive to draw near. If this is the condition of those who appeal to prophets and angels, then what can be said of those who call upon anyone beneath them?’”

The Most High also says:

“Did those who disbelieve imagine that they could take My servants as protectors besides Me? We have indeed prepared Hell as a lodging for the disbelievers.” ⦗al-Kahf 102⦘

And He says:

“Say, ‘Call upon those whom you claim besides Allah. They do not possess even the weight of a speck in the heavens or on the earth, nor have they any share in either, nor is He supported by any of them. No intercession is of any avail with Him except for those to whom He gives permission.’” ⦗Sabaʾ 22–23⦘

Thus the Exalted has made clear that whoever

قالت طائفة من السلف: كان أقوام يدعون المسيح وعزيرا والملائكة، قال الله تعالى: هؤلاء الذين تدعونهم عبادي كما أنتم عبادي، ويرجون رحمتي كما ترجون رحمتي، ويخافون عذابي كما تخافون عذابي، ويتقربون إلي كما تتقربون إلي، فإذا كان هذا حال من يدعو الأنبياء والملائكة، فكيف بمن دونهم؟ ! . وقال تعالى: {أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنْ يَتَّخِذُوا عِبَادِي مِنْ دُونِي أَوْلِيَاءَ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ نُزُلًا} [الكهف: ١٠٢] وقال تعالى: {قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِيهِمَا مِنْ شِرْكٍ وَمَا لَهُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ ظَهِيرٍ - وَلَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ} [سبأ: ٢٢ - ٢٣] فبين سبحانه أن من