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“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

 

To Call the Auliyah ALLAH

• Ibn Kathir also recorded this event, he writes; When an Arab came to our Prophet’s grave and said “I repent from my sins through you and ask for forgiveness, I would give my life for you”. Afterwards our Prophet, (ﷺ), appeared in the dream of Utba’, (ra), and informed him to go to the Arab and convey the message that there is a good news for him that Allah had forgiven his sins. [Tafsir Ibn Kathir, under 4/64]

• Ibn Taymiyya writes: A person came to the blessed grave of the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), and requested food from the Prophet and sat down. After a while a Hashmi [a member of the Prophet’s (ﷺ] family came to him. He had with him a tray of food, and said, “this food has been sent by the Prophet, (ﷺ), and with it he gave a message: eat it and leave from here because whoever loves us does not make this kind of desire”. [Iqtida as Sirat al Mustaqim, page 290 by Ibn Taymiyya]

• Ibn Kathir and Ibn Hajar al Asqalani both write: Imam Bukhari had lost his sight in his days as a youth, and his mother used to pray to Allah vigorously for the return of her son’s sight. One night in her dream, she saw the Prophet Ibrahim, upon whom be peace, who told her that Allah had accepted her prayers because of her tears in them in front of Allah and her son’s sight would be return’. When Imam Bukhari awoke in the morning, his eyesight had returned. [Tahrikh Ibn Kathir, under biography of Imam Bukhari, and Muqadimah Fath al Bari, biography of Imam Bukhari]

Imam Daarmi writes: ” When Yazid bin Mu’awiya attacked Madinah, there was no adhan or Jam’at in Masjid an-Nabawi for three days. Sa’eed bin Musayab states, ‘I stayed in Masjid an-Nabawi for the three days and pretended to be Majnun, (mad) and for every prayer, I heard the adhan from the blessed grave of the Prophet, (ﷺ). [Daarmi, chapter on Fada’il e-Nabi]

• Ibn-e-Taymiyya writes that: Ibn Musayab’s listening of the adhan from the Prophet’s grave or the returning of salaam from the graves of the Awliya, is haqq and we believe in it. [Iqtida as Sirat al-Mustaqim, page 373]

• Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani writes: Abd al-Wajid says that I saw the Prophet, (ﷺ), in a dream with his companions waiting at this place, like they were waiting for someone. I said, “As Salaam ‘alaykum,” after the reply to the salaam I asked “what or who are you waiting for?” The reply was we are waiting for Imam Bukhari, and that was the day Imam Bukhari passed away. [Fath al Bari, chapter on the death of Imam Bukhari, and Tarikh Baghdad by Hafidhh Asqalani, and Khatib al Baghdadi]

• Asqalani writes: Hafidhh Marwazi says that I was in the Ka’ba and I fell asleep. I then had a dream and in that dream I saw the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ). Our Prophet, (ﷺ), said that you have read Imam Shafi’s book and why not mine? I asked which one is yours and the reply was Imam Bukhari’s book is my book. [Fath al Bari, Hafidhh Asqalani under Biography of Imam Bukhari] [Mizan al Ta’dil, biography of Simaq Dhahabi]

From all the above narrations, it should be sufficient proof that to do Istishfah (to make a request) from the Pious is permissible. They are able to help us and they are fully aware of matters that occur on the earthly plain, and this includes the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ). From the above examples, we have proof of the Prophet, (ﷺ) Asking for forgiveness on the behalf of others; informing of an impeding victory; consoling ‘Uthman, (ra), at the time of great suffering, and many others.

• Ibn Taymiyya writes: Some people came to the grave of our Prophet, (ﷺ), and requested something, and their needs were fulfilled. In the like manner, the pious people can also fulfill the needs of people – and we do not deny this [Iqtida as Sirat al-Mustaqim, – page 373, Ibn Taymiyya]

• Ibn al Qayyim writes: After dying, the Ruh (Spirit) can do those things that it cannot do when the person is alive in the dunya, (world) just as one or two Ruhs defeated a large army. Many companions relate that they saw the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, May Allah be well pleased with them, in their dreams at night fighting with them against the kuffar and winning the battle. Then it became a reality: on the following day a small army of Muslims defeated an army of many, many kafirs. [Kitab ar-Ruh, chapter 15, Ibn al Qayyim] From the above statements, they prove that the pious are able to help after their death. Their spiritual powers increase after their death.

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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