[Intory]

When I hear this whole issue of asking the dead for help like asking them to make du'a for you, I get reminded of the mushriks of makkah who used the idols as intercessors instead of going to Allah directly. They would say, we only use these idols as intercessors between us and Allah because we are too inpure, and the idols are more closer to Allah. Something along these lines they would say.

this is completely correct, and this is the theme of shaikh muhammad ibn abdul wahhabs book qawaid al arba'ah (4 principles). I really recommend every to read the shaikhs work as he covers all of these topics related to tawheed in worship.

Brother hussain, alhamdulillah the deobandi scholars dont permit shirk akbar, hence why even the salafi scholars say you can pray behind a deobandi but not a barelwi.

Im planning to post up some articles from the official deobandi website. What is apparent from the site os that the deobandis are reaching out to the salafis while rejecting the barelwis and i hope inshallah this effort will be reciprocated. I intend to post more on this inshallah