The ones who verbally ask prophets
or sâlih persons who are dead or far away for help become mushriks
(ploytheists) according to these âyats,” (Pages 98, 104).
Muslims do not believe that awliyâ’ (rahimahum-Allâhu
ta’âlâ) will do anything or help by themselves. We believe that Allâhu ta’âlâ, because He loves them very much, accepts their prayers and creates their wish for their sake. Worshipping a human being means to dissent from Islam by obeying him and to esteem his words as higher than the Book (the Qur’ân al-karîm) and the Sunna (the Hadîth ash-sharîf). Obeying the one who orders us to obey Islam is not so. Obeying him is obedience to Islam. ’Alî (radî-Allâhu ’anh) had an eye-ache during the Khaibar Battle. Rasûlullâh (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam) put his blessed saliva on his eyes and prayed. His eyes got well. Allâhu ta’âlâ bestowed recovery for love of the Prophet. This event is written in detail on page 91 of the Wahhâbite book where it also gives the references that the Sahîhain of al-Bûkhârî and Muslim narrated it.[1]
[1] See also the 18th article below.