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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)

TASARRUF AND IKHTIYAR(authority)

No creation, including the Prophet ﷺ himself (Iktiyaaraat e Mustafa), owns any thing or has any authority except through the bestowment and mercy of Allah. Whatever authority or power the creation has is all due to the bestowment of Allah. It is fact that no one can benefit or harm anything without Allah’s permission and no one has any authority except through His bestowment.

However, universally rejecting this God given authority is incorrect.

Mukhtaar-e-Kull refers to the fact that the Prophet, as Allah’s deputy and final Prophet, has complete authority within his specified sphere(this does not mean that he also has the authority which only belongs to Allah).

‘The Prophet is closer to the believer than their own selves’33/6

 ‘He who obeys the Messenger has indeed obeyed Allah’ (4/80)

‘Verily those who give Bai’ah (pledge) to you (O Muhammad) they are giving Bai’ah (pledge) to Allah’ (48/10)

‘And you (O Muhammad) threw not when you did throw, but Allah threw’ (8/17)

‘Say (O Muhammad to Mankind): If you (really) love Allah then follow me. Allah will love you and forgive you of your sins. (3/31) .

‘It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and his Messenger, he has indeed strayed into a plain error’ (33/36)

‘And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad) gives you, take it,and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it).’ (59/7)

‘We sent no messenger, but to be obeyed by Allahs permission (4/64)

‘But no, by your Lord, they can have no faith, until they make you (O Muhammad) judge in all disputes between them(4/65)

Allah devised His Shariah. He then placed it within the conrol of His Prophet ﷺ and sent him (to the people) as His deputy and authorised agent. It is for this reason that obedience to the Prophet ﷺ is a means to forgiveness and closness to Allah (because it is essentially obedience to Allah).

Ibn Taymiyya had to admit:‘Verily Allah made the Prophet his deputy (viceroy) in Amr (Commandments), Nahy (Prohibitions), Ikhbaar (News) and Bayaan (statements).’ (As Saarim ul Maslool p41)

 “By Allah! I do not give anything to anyone neither do I deny anything to anyone. I am only the distributor and I allocate the treasure where I have been ordered to”.Commentating on this hadith, ibn Qayyim writes:“For these treasures, Rasulullah ﷺonly exercises his authority (tasarruf) according to the will of Allah just as a slave whose job it is to undertake all that his master orders”. Tareeq al-Hijratain, p.17 – Qatar

Nawab Siddiq Hasan Bhopali writes: Rasulullah ﷺasked Rabeeah “Sal”, this means:“Whatever good you wish for in this world or the hereafter, ask me for it! Rasulullah ﷺdid not lay down any conditions. From this we know that all things are under his control. He can grant anything to anyone by the will of Allah” Mask al-Khatam, vol.1, p.276

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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