Imâm Sâlih bin Fawzân al-Fawzân
Question: Why is it worship to seek help from the dead, as opposed to the living?
Answer: The living are able to help, provided that the matter is related to something they are able to help with. As for the dead, they are incapable of providing help. If you seek help from a dead person day and night, is he going to come out of his grave and help you? That is unreasonable. He is dead. He may have turned into sand and dust. There is a difference between the living and the dead. The living are capable, as opposed to the dead.