Dars e Imam-Open Help
“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)
• The Scholar of Masjid an Nabawi, Shaykh Al-Jazari writes: The narration of Bilal bin Harith concerning going to the grave and asking our Prophet ﷺ to supplicate for the rain, is also recorded by Imam Bukhari in his book of Tarikh. Also, Hafidhh Asqalani recorded this in Fath al Bari; Imam al Bayhaqi included it in his Dala’il al -Nabuwat, and it also appears in the Musnaf of Ibn Abi Shayba, Ibn Abi Khusayama and in Ibn Abd al Barr – this narration has really surprised me. [Waja a-Yarkudun, page32 by Abu Bakr al-Jazari]
If Abu Bakr Al-Jazari knew that Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Kathir wrote this narration, he would not have been so bewildered
Belief of Ahl as-Sunnah
wa’l Jama’ah regarding Seeking Help through the Awliya
‘Allama Sa’eedi and ‘Allama ‘Abd al-Hakim Sharf Qadri write:”It is better that help is sought
directly from Allah, most High, and through the waseela of the anbiya or
awliya. If an individual seeks help from the anbiya or awliya by means
of achieving help from Allah, most High, the person is not committing
kufr.” [Sharh Muslim, ‘Allama Sa’idi, Nidaa-e-Ya Muhammad, page 30 by
‘Allama Sharf Qadri]
Shaykh al-‘Alawi al-Maliki, the Mufti of Makka writes: “When we ask help from the anbiya and awliya, as a means, it is through their supplication (du’a) that
they help us. Take for example the Day of Judgment when the umma will
benefit from our Beloved Prophet, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa ﷺ.This is called asking for help through the anbiya and awliya and
likewise to ask them to make du’a for
us can be called help or istishfah or tawasul. [Ziyarat of the Grave,
page 213, by the mufti of Makka, ‘Allama Shaykh Muhammad al-‘Alawi al-Maliki
al-Makki]
Ibn Taymiyya and Qadi Shawkani quote the following hadith: ‘Abd Allah bin Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with Him, reported that our Beloved
Prophet
ﷺ stated: “If you ever
find yourselves stranded alone in a desolate place or jungle, then say, ‘O
servants of Allah! Help me, Allah have mercy on you.'”
[Al-Kalim al-Tayyib, page 69, by ibn Taymiyya, and Qadi Shawkani in Tufhat
ad-Dhakireen, page 130. Ibn Sunni, Imam Bazaar, Hafidhh al Hasamim and Imam
Nawawi all quote this hadith also in their various books.]
This hadith, demonstrates that one can
ask help from those who one cannot see, like the angels, the friends of Allah,
the jinn, and that it cannot be said that it is a wrong act. Mullah ‘Ali
Qari writes that our Beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said that: If you are in the jungle alone say, “O servants
of Allah! Help me.” The servants
of Allah are the angels, Muslims, jinn, or ‘abdal. This hadith is useful for
travellers. [Al Hirzu al-ThAmin, page 378, by Mullah ‘Ali Qari]
Allah says, describing this in the Qur’an al-Kareem:An ifreet of the jinn said, ‘I will bring it to you before you get up from your seat. I am strong and trustworthy enough to do it.’ He who had knowledge of the Book said,’I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you.’ And when he saw it standing firmly in his presence,he said, ‘This is part of my Lord’s favour to me to test me to see if I will give thanks or show ingratitude’. [27/39-40]
Hafidh Ibn Kathir writes concerning this verse that the man who brought the throne was called
Asif bin Barkhiyah. [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]
Ibn Kathir writes:”During the khilafah of ‘Umar, may Allah be
pleased with Him, there appeared a fire in the desert. ‘Umar, may Allah be
pleased with Him, asked Tamim al-Dari, may Allah be pleased with Him, to assist
him. They approached the area of the fire and Tamim al-Dari, may Allah be pleased
with Him, began to gather the fire with
his hands and started shoving the fire into a hole in the ground. This was a
karamah of Tamim al-Dari, may Allah be pleased with Him.” [Tarikh
Ibn Kathir, Vol. 6, chapter on Miracles, and Sirat un-Nabi, Ibn Kathir, chapter
on Mu’jizat]
Elsewhere, Ibn Kathir writes: During the khilafah of ‘Umar, may Allah be
pleased with Him, the governor of Egypt wrote to ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased
with Him, asking for help as the river Nile had failed to flood. ‘Umar, may Allah
be pleased with Him, wrote a letter in
return and addressed the river itself. This was then placed in the Nile, and no
sooner as this was done, the Nile’s water began to flood. [Tarikh Ibn
Kathir, volumes 1 and 8, chapter on Rivers and chapter on Khilafah of ‘Umar,
may Allah be pleased with Him.]
Muhammad bin ‘Abd al-Wahhab writes that the people who claim that
it is permissible to seek help from the pious site the following evidence in
support of their argument:
When Ibrahim, peace be upon him, was
thrown into the fire, Jibreel peace be upon him, offered his help to free him.
If seeking help from other than Allah is shirk, then why did Jibril offer his
assistance to Ibrahim? The answer is that the help which was being offered, was
within his capability given by Allah, most High, and therefore not shirk.
[Kitab Kasfh al Shubhat, page 23]
The Pious can Help from Far Away Muhammad bin ‘Abd al-Wahhab
writes:
“One night, the Prophet of Allah ﷺ was in his house and was heard to proclaim ‘I am here!’ three times and ‘You have been
granted help’ also three times. Umm al-Mu’minin, Maymunah, may Allah be
well pleased with her, asked the Beloved Prophet, (May Allah bless him and
grant him peace), whom he had been talking to since there was no one present.
He ﷺ replied, ‘I was talking to a person called Rajiz from
the tribe of Bani Ka’ab. He asked for help from me against the Quraysh.’ Umm
al-Mu’minin, Maymunah, may Allah be well pleased with her, said that when she
finished reading the fajr prayer the next morning, she heard Rajiz calling out
the following in the streets of Madina: “Ya
Rasul Allah! Help us and call the servants of Allah to help us.”
[Mukhtasar Sirat ar- Rasul, chapter on the Conquest of Makka]
Taqwa=avoiding sins is to acquire taqwa (piety)
Prophet ﷺ is witness for Allah’s one ness (because only the first creation of Allah can be witness for Allah’s wahdaniat)
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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