We do not worship the grave, we worship the alive (according to our aqeedah) person/s within that grave eg Data saab Khwaja Ajmeri etc this is indeed a greater means of thawaab than doing sujood direct to Allah. It is all upon intention; ours is worshipping Allah swt and his great pious saints/walis. --According to the brailvi school of thought. Please reply**

Asalam alaykum

In reference to what Ishti has written, this is a complete misrepresentation of what the Ahle Sunnah Wal Jamaat believe and is non-compliant with the tenets of Islam.

Firstly worship is to Allah (SWT) alone, what you have is a mis-alignement in understanding the difference between worship and asking for help. In essence all help is from Allah (swt), nothing or no-one can exist without Allah (swt). Also Im assuming you are not Sunni, as your subject title leads me to believe,so im probably thinking that you are a wahabi (a bidatti group created about 100 years ago)!!!

Now the objection your indirectly trying to represent is, why do we ask someone for help other than Allah (swt). If this is truly shirk, then tell me what your thoughts are about Hazrat Musa (as) who asked Allah,

"And give me a minister from my Family. Haroon, 'my brother'. Add to my strenght through him". (20:29)

Why did Hazrat Musa (as) not ask Allah for help directly, why through Harron (as)... Please answer?

In Ashatullumas'at (chapter) Ziarat -ul-Qaboor, Imam Ghazalee says:"The person who is asked for help in his life may be asked for help even after his death".

Imam Shafee says,"The grave of Musa Kazim is a tested antidote for the acceptance of prayers".

So tell me what with the above references, what do you say about the personalities in question? Please reply then we can move onto my next point!