Awliya Help Iyaka Nabudu

“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

Istighatha/Isti’ana/Istamdad(“Beseeching for Help”)

In Light of Qur’an{إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ}

Thee do we worship, “AND” Thine aid we seek. [1/5]

There are three very important points derived from this verse of Glorious Qur’an

(A) Allah differentiated between “worship” and “asking for help” by putting “AND (و)” in-between the two, so had worship and asking for help been the same things then Allah would not have differentiated between them.

Therefore different ruling shall apply on Istighatha depending on the nature of it whereas worship of any kind directed towards anyone other than Allah is an absolute Shirk/Kufr.

(B) Real help is from none but Allah azza Wajjal, whosoever believes that someone/something other than Allah provides “Haqeeqi (real)” and “independent” help then such a person is Mushrik.

Should always be embedded in hearts and minds that the cause and effect is only created by Allah in all cases.

(C) Does not differentiate between seeking help from an alive or dead. those who say that you can ask alive people for help but not pious people who have passed away.

Remember false interpretation to Qur’an can lead to hell fire. If their logic was true then according to this verse even asking for help from alive should be shirk.

we make only your (Allah’s (swt)) worship and only you do we beseech for help.” 1/4-5

Help here refers to actual help, meaning, “Believing You (Allah (swt)) to be the true Maker (of affairs to occur), we ask only you for help.”

With regards to seeking assistance from the servants of Allah (swt), they are only asked for it with the sole belief that they are the means of Divine guidance

(27/40)–Solomon (AS) asked for help from his assembly of “Jinn and Men” then a man (saint called Asif) who had knowledge of the book brought it in “BLINK OF AN EYE”. it all happened with the will of Allah and Istighatha with this firm belief is perfectly allowed whether we are asking someone alive or a pious personality who has passed away

(5/110)—-It is our firm belief that Only Allah brings back from dead, It is our firm belief that only Allah cures the lepers, It is our firm belief that only Allah blows life into bodies, so why has Allah made these as “Granted” qualities of Jesus (AS) too? The simple answer is given in verse itself i.e. all of this happens with the “Will of Allah” hence Istighatha (help) from Prophets and Awliya is not their personal power but in reality power of Allah. With this belief seekingtheir help could never be Shirk rather this is highest stage of Irfan (deep knowledge).

(66/4)–Here Allah has Himself applied the word “MAWLA (PROTECTOR)” with Himself, also Gibriel and other believers.

(43/45)– Here Allah is directly teaching the Prophet (ﷺ) to ask previous Messengers, interpretation that this verse refers to asking the knowledgeable Jews and Christians of his time does not do justice to the clear wording of Qur’an itself.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Sayyidna Ka’b (RA): Ask for something. Ka’b (ra) said: I ask for your companionship in Jannah. The Prophet said: Do you want something else? He replied: Just this, the Prophet (saw) then said: help me by doing more prostrations – Taken from (Sahih) Muslim [Mishqat ul Misabih, Volume No. 1 Page No. 156, Published by Maktaba al Mishkaat]

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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