Dars e Imam-Wasila Ghazali
“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)
Imam Qadhi Shawkani’s (rah) writes: Regarding what those who
forbid tawassul to Allah through the Prophets ﷺ and the Saint’s cite to support their position, such as Allah’s
sayings: “We only worship them in order that they may bring us
nearer” (39/3 and “Do not call on any other god with Allah, or you
will be among those who will be punished” (26/213 and “Say: Call on
those besides Him whom ye fancy; they have no power to remove your trouble from
you or to change them. Those unto whom they cry seek for themselves the means
of approach to their Lord, which of them shall be the nearest; they hope for
His mercy and fear His wrath: for the wrath of thy Lord is something to take
heed of” (17/57 These verses are
irrelevant. Rather: they support exactly the reverse of what the objectors to
tawassul claim, since the verses are related to another issue.
To wit: the verse “We only worship them in order that they may
bring us nearer” explicitly states
that they worship them for that purpose, “whereas the one who makes Tawassul through a scholar, for example,
never worships him, but knows that he has a special distinction
(maziyya) before Allah for being a carrier of knowledge; and that is why he
uses him as a means”. Similarly irrelevant to the issue is Allah’s saying:
“Do not call on any other god with Allah.” This verse forbids that one should call upon another together with
Allah, as if saying: “”O Allah and O So-and-so.” However, the one who
makes tawassul through a scholar, for example, never calls upon other than Allah.
He only seeks a
means to Him through the excellent works that one of His servants
achieved, just as the three men in the
cave who were blocked by the rock used their good works as a means to have
their petition answered”.Similarly irrelevant to the issue is Allah’s
saying: “Those unto whom they cry…” for it refers to people who call upon those who cannot fulfill their
request, at the same time not calling upon Allah Who can; whereas one who makes
tawassul through a scholar, for example, never called except upon Allah, and
none other besides Him. The above shows the reader that these objectors
to tawassul are bringing forth evidence that is irrelevant to the issue at
hand. Even more irrelevant is their citing of the verse: “The Day when no
soul shall have power to do anything for another: for the Command, that Day,
will be all with Allah.” (82/19 For
that noble verse contains nothing more than the fact that Allah alone decides
everything on the Day of Judgment, and that none other will have any say at
that time. However, the maker of tawassul through one of the Prophets ﷺ or one of
the scholars, never believes that the one through whom he makes tawassul is in
partnership with Allah on the Day of Judgment!
Whoever believes such a thing in relation to a Prophet or
non-Prophet is in manifest error. Equally irrelevant is their objection to
tawassul by citing the verses: “Not for you is the decision in the
least” (3/128″Say: I have no power over over good or harm to myself
except as Allah wills” (7/188for these two verses are explicit in that the
Prophet (Peace be upon him) has no say in Allah’s decision and that he has no
power to benefit or harm himself in the least, let alone someone else: but there is nothing in those two verses to
prevent Tawassul through him or any other of the Prophets or Friends of Allah
or scholars. Allah has given His Prophet ﷺ the Exalted Station (al-maqam al-mahmud) — the station of the
Great Intercession (al-shafa`a al-`uzma), and He has instructed creation to ask for that station for him and to request
his intercession, and He said to him: “Ask and you shall be granted what
you asked! Intercede and you shall be granted what you interceded for!”
And in His Book He has made this dependence on the fact that there is no
intercession except by His leave, and that none shall possess it except those
whom He pleases…
Reference: Abdur Rahim al-Mubarakpori, Tuhfatul Ahwazi ba-Sharah Tirmidhi
Volume 10, Page 36
Hujjat ul Islam Imam Al-Ghazzali
(Rahimuhullah)
Imam Ghazzali (rah) said that whenever
anyone is in some difficulty then he should ask the people of tombs for help,
who are of (sacred) souls but have passed away (i.e. transferred into another
dimension). There is no doubt in it that any person visiting (their tombs) gets
spiritual help plus benefit from them and many times when their Waseela is
presented in the court of Allah, the difficulties are removed [Tafsir
Ruh ul Ma’ani, Volume 30, Page No. 24]
Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal(RehmatuAllah
Alihe) intercession from pious muslims
Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Hanbal (rah) said that he heard his father (Imam
Ahmed – Rahimuhullah) saying: I performed Hajj 5 times, thrice on foot and
twice on ride or he said thrice on ride and twice on foot,once when I was on
foot I lost my way hence I started to exclaim this: O Allah’s servants show me the way (يا عباد الله
دلوني على الطريق), I
kept on repeating this until I came back on track. [Imam
Baihaqi in Shu’ayb ul Iman, Volume 6, Page No 128, Hadith No. 7697]
Hadrat Umar (RadhiAllah
anho) helping Sahabis (R.A) from 1000 miles away
When Umar ibn Khattab sent out an army, he appointed a man named
Sariyah as their leader. Then while Umar was delivering the Khutbah he started
shouting, ‘O Sariyah, the mountain! O
Sariyah, the mountain, the mountain!’ Then a messenger from the army came and
he questioned him [concerning the army], he said, ‘O Leader of the Believers!
We met with the enemy and they had [almost] defeated us, then a voice
proclaimed, ‘O Sariyah, the mountain!’ So we put our backs against the mountain
and Allah vanquished them.’► Ibn Taymiyyah, The Decisive Criterion
between the Friends of Allah and the Friends of Shaitain,(page 316)
Ibn Hajar `Asqalânî(RehmatuAllah Alihe)
writes about this Tawasul of Ibn e Abbas (R.A)”The episode
involving `Abbâs makes it clear that to
seek intercession from the virtuous, the pious and members of the Prophet’s
family is a desirable act. In addition, this event proves the high
status of `Abbâs as well as reveals `Umar’s respect for him and the
acknowledgement of his status.” ►Ibn Hajar `Asqalânî, Fath-ul-bârî, 2:497
►Zurqânî, Sharh-ul-Mawâhib, 11:152
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