Asking Help-Ibn Taymiya
“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)
Asking help –imam
Once Imam Ibn Taymiyyah was questioned whether it was valid or invalid to depend on the mediation of the Prophet ﷺ, he replied:
“All praise for Allah! By the consensus of the Muslims it is quite valid and proper to rely on the means of faith in the holy Prophet ﷺ, his obedience, his remembrance, his supplication and intercession, similarly his deeds and the deeds of his followers, which they have performed in obedience to the Prophet’s commands. And the Companions used to depend on his mediation during his life on earth and after his death, they depended on the mediation of his uncle, ‘Abbas as they used to rely on his mediation during his earthly life.” Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmu‘ fatawa (1:140).
Ibn Taymiyyah sums up the controversy at the end of his book al-‘Aqīdat-ul-wāsitiyyah:Ahl-us-Sunnah wal-Jamā‘ah are aligned (cling) to the faith of Islam, guarding themselves gingerly against all forms of doctoring. This includes the truthful, the martyrs and the pious (according to their grades). It also includes the people who are the source of guidance and the minaret of light. These are the people who have achieved distinction on the basis of a consistently virtuous mode of living. The Substitutes and the Imāms of dīn also belong to this category who rallied the Muslims to (the path of) their guidance. This is the group who received divine patronage to remain (truthful) and it was about this group that the holy Prophetﷺ had said: ‘a group of my Community, who have been divinely guided to stick to the path of truth, will not cease to exist till the Day of Judgement, and those who oppose them or degrade them will never be able to do them any harm.’ (Muhammad Khalīl Harās, Sharh al-‘Aqīdat-ul-wāsitiyyah (p.153).
Sheikh ul Islam Imam al- Subki said: It should be known that Tawassul, “ASKING FOR HELP” and intercession through the Prophet ﷺ in the court of Allah is not only allowed but is “RECOMMENDED” It being Legal and recommended is a known fact for everyone who has understanding of deen, this is a deed of Prophets/Messengers, the salaf-as-Saliheen, the Ulama and general public of Muslims….[Imam Taqi ud din as-Subki – Rahimuhulllah in his magnificent work called Shifa us Siqaam fi Ziyaratal Khayr al Anaam, Page No. 357]
Imam Ibn Hajr al Haythami (Ra) in Al-Jawhar al Munazzam fi Ziyaratil Qabril Muqarram, writes:….. Tawassul through Prophet ﷺ is Hassan (fair) in all conditions whether before his creation (i.e. him being sent to the world), after it (i.e. his death), also in this world and on Day of Judgment.[Al-Jawhar al Munazzam fi Ziyaratil Qabril Muqarram, Page No. 171, Published by Dar ul Hawi, Beirut, Lebanon
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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