Shaykh AbdulMuhsin: In the tashahhudd is the dalil against the polytheist. In the Tashahhudd, we supplicate for the righteous who are present and those who have passed away. This is clear proof that we do not ask anything from the dead but supplicate for them.
[Taken from the lessons on “Conditions, Pillars and Obligation of Salah – Shaykh ul Islaam Muhammad bin Abdil Wahhab رحمه الله Explanation by Shaykh Abdul Muhsin al abbaad حفظه الله Taught by: Abdulilah Lahmami]