“And he would never command you to take the angels and the prophets as lords. Would he bid you to disbelief after you have already submitted?” (Qurʾān 3:80)

If someone is deemed a disbeliever for taking the angels and prophets as lords, then what should be said of a person who makes others lower than them—such as shaykhs and the like—into lords?

To spell the matter out: whenever a servant seeks something that only Allah can accomplish—such as asking for the recovery of a sick human or animal, the repayment of his debt without specifying a source, wellbeing for his family, deliverance from the trials of this world and the next, victory over his enemy, guidance for his heart, forgiveness of his sins, admission into Paradise, rescue from the Fire, or—