Ask for something to a Wali:
It is not shirk/comparison with god, to ask for something to the friends of Allah
As Allah himself said, a moomin's hand is my hand, a moomin's leg is my leg and when he asks for something to me; i cannot avoid;
So, if an ordinary person asks for something to a wali/moomin/friend of Allah; it is similar with asking to Allah
we ask mum for food and mum gives it and i take;
But the owner of the food is Allah and he is giving it too;
process is, mom is cooking by her hand with hardship and a waasila/medium;
and usually we ask for food to a mom;
we never directly ask for food to Allah who is the real owner;
Let's the wali are acting as mom did; so what?
when you ask for something to a wali; then and then he pleads to Allah for the thing;
And Allah cannot drop the matter of his favorite person;
WE directly can ask for something to Allah
but we have not reached to the point to be granted;
That's why we search a waasila
(collected the iDEA))