IS PRAYING FROM A SHRINE JUSTIFIED IN ISLAM?

Our society has fallen into many practises and rituals which are propagated many a times by so called religious people like mullahs and babas as islamic these people themselves have little knowledge as to what islam commands and what it condems. Islamic religion and its practises are derived from two sources "QURAN" and "SUNAH". As far as the topic is concerned Praying,intercessing or even building a shrine upon a grave is condemed in the sources of islam. Some may justify the act by saying that "they are our awliyas and murshids, they are so pious and rightious that praying or intercesseing through them bring us near to Allah".
It has indeed always happened that when some true and pious servant of Allah Subhanah died, some people declared him after his death as a Wali (plural Awliya) from themselves, and shared some of Allah Rights and Attributes with this departed person! Some made images and worshipped them, some made idols and invoked them, and some turned their graves into places of worship and invocations! Allah Alone is All-Hearing, All-Knowing and All-Seeing; but some ignorant people shared this Noble Attribute of Allah with their Awliyaas and stared falsely assuming that those buried in their graves can hear, see and know their condition and respond to their supplications and invocations; this is precisely what is termed as manifest shirk in the Glorious Quran!

Lets analyse firstly in the "Quran" and then the "Sunah" to reach a conclusion that does the sources of islam justify the act? (NOTE: Muslims believe in Quran and Sahih hadiths as authentic authority when dicussing religious matters)

QURAN:
Is it not to Allah that sincere devotion is due? But those who take for "awliyas" other than Allah (say): "We only serve them in order that they may bring us nearer to Allah." Truly Allah will judge between them in that wherein they differ. But Allah guides not such as are false and ungrateful.(surah az-zumar 39:3) They serve, besides Allah, things that hurt them not nor profit them, and they say: "These are our intercessors with Allah." Say: "Do ye indeed inform Allah of something He knows, not in the heavens or on earth? Glory to Him! and far is He above the partners they ascribe (to Him)!"(surah yunus 10:18) Say: "Do ye see what it is ye invoke besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a Book (revealed) before this, or any remnant of knowledge (ye may have), if ye are telling the truth!" (4) And who is more astray than one who invokes, besides Allah, such as will not answer him to the Day of Judgement, and who (in fact) are unconscious of their call (to them)? (5) And when mankind are gathered together (at the

Resurrection), they will be hostile to them and reject their worship (altogether)!(surah al ahqaf 46:4-6) Do the Unbelievers think that they can take my servants as "Awliyas" besides Me? Verily We have prepared Hell for the Unbelievers for (their) entertainment.(surah kahf 18:102) Thus did We make their case known to the people, that they might know that the promise of Allah is true, and that there can be no doubt about the Hour of Judgment. Behold, they dispute among themselves as to their affair. (Some) said "Construct a building over them": their Lord knows best about them: those who prevailed over their affair said "Let us surely build a place of worship over them."(surah kahf 18:21)

SUNAH:
Jabir reported: "The Prophet(saws) forbade the whitewashing of a grave, sitting on it, or erecting any structure on it." (Reported by Ahmad, Muslim, Nasa'i, Abu Daw'ud, and Tirmidhi.) Abu Hurairah reported: "The Prophet (saws) said: 'May Allah destroy the Jews, because they used the graves of their prophets as places of worship (shrines).'' (Bukhari and Muslim) Aishah reported: "Umm Habibah and Umm Salamah mentioned to Allah's Messenger (saws) a church in which they saw drawings while in Abyssinia, whereupon he said: 'Those people used to build a place of worship (shrine, tomb, etc.) over the grave of a righteous man among them when he died, and make such drawings in it. These will be the worst of people in the Sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection.'' (Bukhari and Muslim)

In light of the above absolutely clear guidance of the Messenger of Allah (saws), it is absolutely prohibited in Islam to make a shrine over the dead, leave alone visiting or invoking those buried in the shrines! It is indeed unfortunate and absolute and utter ignorance, that after being specifically warned by the Messenger of Allah (saws); some people who profess their belief in him and his message start making and using the dargahs of the deceased pious slaves of Allah Subhanah as places of worship and invocation! It is the strict command and sole Right of Allah Subhanah, as the Creator and Sustainer of the World, that He and He Alone should be invoked for anything one desires and needs; for there is none in the Universe who can give anything if Allah does not will to give, and there is none in the Universe who can stop Allah if He wills to show mercy on His slaves! If Allah helps you, none can overcome you: if He forsakes you, who is there after that that can help you? In Allah, then, let believers put their trust.(surah al-e-imran 3:160) If one so much so as even tries to invoke someone or something other than Allah Subhanah in the unseen, he will be committing the most heinous of crimes in the sight of Allah Subhanah; that is, shirk!!! "Whoever commits shirk (invoking anything with Allah), Allah shall forbid for him Paradise, and Hell shall be his abode. And for such wrong doers there will be no one to help."(surah maidah 5:72)