Is it grammatically incorrect to use 问 with the prepositions 向 or 对?

Question

The grammar surrounding 问 seems to be a gap in my knowledge. Using "two objects" seems okay:

我问了他一个问题。
他问那女孩：“你结婚了吗？”

But judging from a lack of examples online, using the prepositions 向 and 对 seem wrong:

我对孩子问：“你几岁了？” (“我对孩子问”: Google; Baidu; YouDao)
“你喜欢我吗？”我向他问道。 (“我向他问道”: Google; Baidu; YouDao)

I don't really understand why. I noticed this warning on the Chinese Grammar Wiki for 对:

Note that you shouldn't be plugging in just any old verb here; the ones that work with 对 are limited.

This indicates the error lies with the prepositions 向 and 对. But it feels rather arbitrary, since it seems it's okay to use 向 and 对 as prepositions for other similar verbs 我向他道歉。我向他解释我的情况。我对他说“我爱你。” and so on.

Question: Is it grammatically incorrect to use 问 with the prepositions 向 or 对?

I'm hoping to understand this better than "对……问 and 向……问 are wrong because I say so".

Answer 1

In my opinion, 问 itself already denotes the sense 向 or 对, so most of time we don't have to clarify using 对 or 向. It's also worth to note that 向 works better with 问 than 对 because 对 also implies face to face.

E.g. 我向他问你的事情.

In this case, 我问他你的事情 might not work very well. We'd better say 我问他关于你的事情.

As for 我向他问道, we take 问道(the whole) as a verb.

Answer 2

When using "问" directly, the person you ask is worked as subjective(may imply "向",may imply "关于" or other meaning). When using "向" or "对", this part works as the adverbial.

The two usage are all correct.