Question:
May Allah be good to you, Your Eminence Sheikh, this questioner says: In their country, some people invoke the graves and seek deliverance (istighathah) from them. He asks: Do I treat them with the ruling given to polytheists (mushrikeen)?
Answer:
Yes. Clarify the matter to them, for perhaps they are ignorant. Clarify it to them; but if they persist and continue, then they are polytheists and you treat them with the ruling given to polytheists, because the matter was made clear to them and they refused to accept it.