Considering the Ibn Taymiyyah's view on labeling the appealing for aid from someone other than God as polytheism

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1 دانشجوی دکتری دانشگاه ادیان و مذاهب (نویسنده مسئول)؛
2 دانشیار دانشگاه ادیان و مذاهب
3 استادیار دانشگاه ادیان و مذاهب
Abstract
Ibn Taymiyyah divide the acts into two wide category: achievable by God and achievable by Humans. He classifies appealing for aid from someone other than God, as an achievable act by God, and if some do that act, he will be considered as a polytheist. We must know that this division has many problems: 1- it is not a comprehensive division. 2- The criteria is irregular 3- the criteria is close to paganism rather than faith. 4- There is no unity in context of this division. This unbalanced view will lead to polytheism and Takfir, denying the Quranic verses which attributes the supernatural acts to the prophets and saints and will decrease the position of humanity. It will hamper the human capabilities and degrade its position at the level of animals. Therefore, the Salafi ideology collected an amalgam of paganism, anti-human and polytheism. 
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