it is 𝐧𝐨𝐭 shirk to seek help from creatures under the following conditions:

The Salafi position is that it is 𝐧𝐨𝐭 shirk to seek help from creatures under the following conditions:

1) The one being called upon must be 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭.
2) They must be 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 of fulfilling the request.
3) When it comes to 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 like angels, we cannot just assume their presence—there must be specific 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 affirming their presence in that particular situation in a way that makes them capable of responding.

𝐈𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐝’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞:

1) He acted based on a 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 he believed to be authentic.
2) The hadith indicated that the angels were both 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 and 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 to assist in such situations.

Since the criteria of 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 were known and met 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, this does not meet the Salafi definition of shirk.

Forget whether this position is right or wrong for a second, because you need to first accurately represent it for any meaningful critique to be possible.

Hopefully, this makes it clear for those sincerely seeking to understand.