#ashari #shirk #salaf
Going to a grave and performing tawassul (having du’a answered by Allah swt, through the piety of a Muslim Saint or Prophet and Istigatha (directly asking for something from a Saint or Prophet) are practiced to a lesser or greater degree among those who follow the Islamic theological school of Ash’arism & The Ash’ari community as a normative act of ibada.
But is this an act of Shirk? What does real islam say? And how do we sort this mess out?