Some of them (1) prefer visiting the graves of their spiritual masters to performing Hajj. Some experience at the grave of a person they venerate a tenderness of heart and reverent humility that they do not experience in mosques or homes, besides other practices also found among the Shi'a.

They transmit fabricated reports akin to the lies of the Rāfidah, such as:

“If any one of you were to think well of a stone, Allah would benefit him through it.”

And:

“When affairs overwhelm you, turn to the occupants of the graves.”

And:

“The grave of so-and-so is the proven antidote.”

They also relate that one of their spiritual masters told a companion:

“If you are in need of something, come to my grave and seek my aid.”

They relate similar things, claiming that some spiritual masters continue after death to act as they did during their lives. A person may seek aid from one of them, whereupon Satan appears to him in that master’s likeness—whether the master is alive or dead—and may fulfill his need or [fulfill part of his need] (2). Similar things happen to Christians with their religious masters and to idol worshippers among the Arabs, Indians, Turks, and others.

It is said in reply:

All of this is among what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden. Everything that Allah and His Messenger have forbidden is blameworthy and prohibited, whether the person who does it affiliates himself with the Sunnah or with Shiism. However, such blameworthy practices that contravene the Quran and the Sunnah, in this and other matters, are more prevalent among the Rāfidah than among the adherents of the Sunnah. [Whatever evil is found among the adherents of the Sunnah] (3) is found in greater measure among the Rāfidah, while whatever good is found among the Rāfidah is found in greater measure among the adherents of the Sunnah.