Salam-Valid

“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 STANDING (SALAAMI)

A blind man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “Invoke Allah for me that he help me.” He replied: “If you wish I will delay this, and it would be better for you, and if you wish I will invoke Allah the Exalted (for you).” He said: “Then invoke Him.” The Prophet said to him: idhhab fa tawadda’, wa salli rak`atayn thumma qul — “Go and make an ablution, pray two rak`at, then say: “O Allah, I am asking you (as’aluka) and turning to you (atawajjahu ilayka) with your Prophet Muhammad (bi nabiyyika Muhammad), the Prophet of mercy; O MUHAMMAD (YA MUHAMMAD), I am turning with you to my Lord regarding my present need / I am asking my Lord with your intercession concerning the return of my sight (inni atawajjahu bika ila rabbi fi hajati hadhih — another version has: inni astashfi`u bika `ala rabbi fi raddi basari) so that He will fulfill my need; O Allah, allow him to intercede (with You) for me (allahumma shaffi`hu fiyya).” Ahmad (4:138 #17246-17247), Ibn Majah (Book of Iqamat al-salat wa al-sunnat, Ch. on Salat al-hajat #1385)

1.carries legislative force for all Muslims and is not limited to a particular person, place or time;

2.It is valid for all generations until the end of time unless proven otherwise by a subsequent indication from the Prophet himself, ﷺ.

3. The Prophet ﷺ was not physically present at the assigned time of the invocation, since he said to the blind man: “Go and make ablution,” without adding: “and then come back in front of me.” With regard to physical absence, the living and the dead are exactly alike, namely: absent.

(Absent in the physical sense but present in the spiritual sense(prophethood))

4.Despite the Prophet’s ﷺ physical absence, the wording (sigha) for calling upon his intercession is direct address: “O MUHAMMAD.” Such a wording — “O So-and-So” — is only used with someone present and able to hear.

The above invocation was also used after the Prophet’s ﷺ lifetime—- Mundhiri (Targhib 1:473-474), Haythami, and Tabarani in the Kabir (9:17-18) and the Saghir (1:184/201-202) on the authority of `Uthman ibn Hunayf’s nephew Abu Imama ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf: A man would come to `Uthman ibn `Affan for a certain need, but the latter would not pay him any attention nor look into his need, upon which he complained of his condition to `Uthman ibn Hunayf who told him: “Go and make ablution, then go to the mosque and pray two rak`at, then say (this Du’a),” and he mentioned the invocation of the blind man, “then go (to `Uthman again).” The man went, did as he was told, then came to `Uthman’s door, upon which the door-attendant came, took him by the hand, and brought him to `Uthman who sat him with him on top of the carpet, and said: “Tell me what your need is.” After this the man went out, met `Uthman ibn Hunayf again, and said to him: “May Allah reward you! Previously he would not look into my need nor pay any attention to me, until you spoke to him.” He replied: “I did not speak to him, but I saw the Prophet when a blind man came to him complaining of his failing eyesight,” and he mentioned to him the substance of the previous narration.

Rasoolullah (ﷺ) declared, “Any person who has lost his animal should say, ‘O Allah’s slaves ! Help me ! And may Allah Ta’ala help you !’” (Hisn-ul-Hasin)

Imam Allama Khairudeen Ramli (rahmat allaih ‘alaih) states in Fatawa Khayria, “People who proclaim, Ya Abdul Qaadir (are merely emulating) a call. What therefore, is the reason for it not to be permissible”.

It is recorded in the Fatawa of Hadhrat Shahaab Ramli Ansari (ra), whether it was permissible for the people to invoke the names of Prophets, Saints and ‘Ulama in times of difficulty as they normally did. The great scholar replied, “Undoubtedly, it is permissible to seek the assistance of great Prophets, Saints and ‘Ulama. They do, in fact, assist after they have departed from this world.”

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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