he asks from the occupant of that grave something that none but Allāh, glorified be He, can grant, thus becoming one of the polytheists. This shirk may occur to him at the first sight of that grave, which has been adorned in such a manner, and during his first visit, as it inevitably crosses his mind that such extensive care by the living for this deceased person must be for some benefit they hope to gain from him, whether worldly or in the hereafter. He belittles himself in comparison to those he sees, resembling scholars, visiting that grave, devoting themselves to it, and rubbing against its corners. The devil may employ a group of his human brethren to stand by that grave, deceiving those who come to visit, exaggerating the matter, fabricating acts themselves, and attributing them to the deceased in a way that the naive do not perceive. They may fabricate lies containing things they call miracles of that deceased, spreading them among the people, repeating them in their gatherings, and when meeting others, until they become widespread and well-known. Those who hold a favorable opinion of the dead and whose minds accept what is narrated about them from lies will relay them as they heard, discussing them in their gatherings. The ignorant fall into a great calamity of polytheistic belief, dedicating the finest of their wealth to that deceased, and endowing their most beloved properties to his grave, believing that through the status of that deceased, they will attain great good and immense reward. They consider this a great act of devotion, a beneficial obedience, and an accepted good deed,