When some people feared mongols and started to visit grave of Abu Umar, Ibn Taymiyah taught them tawheed.

When some people feared mongols and started to visit grave of Abu Umar, Ibn Taymiyah taught them tawheed.

Ibn Taymiyah said:
، وقال بعض الشعراء:

يا خائفين من التتر … لوذوا بقبر أبي عمر

أو قال:

عوذوا بقبر أبي عمر … ينجيكم من الضرر

فقلت لهم: هؤلاء الذين تستغيثون بهم لو كانوا معكم في القتال لانهزموا.

Some poet said:

O you who fear Mongol (Tataar), go to the grave of Abu Umar.

Or He said:

You will be saved from the harm at the grave of Abu Umar.

I said to them: The people you ask help from would be defeated if they were with you. (Meaning going to graves and asking help will not be a reason of victory, victory is due to doing Jihad).

Kitab al Istigatha fe Radd al Bakri 1/412, 413.