Authority Ask

“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)

It is in a hadith from Rabeeah (ra) that Rasulullah ﷺsaid to him:“Sal” (ask). Commentating on this hadith, Mulla ‘Ali Qari writes:….Rasulullah ﷺtold Rabeeah to ask and did not lay down any conditions or boundaries.From this we learn that Allah has granted him the power to distribute anything from the bounties. This is why the Imams have said that from the many unique qualities (khusisiyat) of Rasulullah ﷺ, one is that he can single out anyone for anything For example, as Imam Bukhari narrates that Rasulullah ﷺsingled out Khuzaima ibn Thabit and made his witnessing equal to two witnesses and as Imam Muslim narrates that Rasulullah ﷺsingled out Umm Atiya to partake in the Nauha(mourning) of a certain clan.

Imam Nawawi writes: It is permissible for Shaari’ to make a general ruling obligatory like when he allowed Abu Burda bin Niyaz to sacrifice an animal which was less than six months old.

Ibn Saba’ narrates another unique attribute of Rasulullah ﷺis that Allah has granted him ownership of the land of Jannah (paradise). Rasulullah ﷺcan give as much of this land to anyone he wishes”.al-Mirqat Sharh Mishkat, vol.2, p.323

Shah Abdul Haque Muhaddith Dehlvi( ra) states:

1. ‘The Prophet ﷺ has the authority to exempt specific people from certain commands. Ashi’atul Lum’aat Sharh Mishkat. Ashi’atul Lum’aat, vol.1, p.39

2. ‘The accepted Madhab is that Commandments are within the control of the Prophet ﷺ, he can do whatever he wishes. He can withhold implementing them upon whoever he wishes and specify them for whoever he chooses’. Ashi’atul Lum’aat Sharh Mishkat. Ashi’atul Lum’aat, vol.1, p.39

3. ‘The Sahih and preferred Madhab (opinion) is that the Ahkaam (commandments) are within the control of the Prophet ﷺ, he can command whatever he wishes for whoever he wishes. He can make the same act haraam for one person and permissible for another. There are numerous examples of this which are not hidden from those who seek them. Allah created and made the Shariah and then placed it all within the control of his beloved Prophet’ (Madaarij uNubawwa)

Hafiz Ibn Hajar Asqalaani states:….he can verily specify a command for any one follower and prohibit it for another, even if there is no (apparent) reason.’ (Fath ul Baari Shar ul Bukhaari)

Imam Nawawi states:‘The Shaare (legislator) has the discretion to make anything specic from general (universal) commandments as he wishes’ (Nawawi Shara Muslim)

Imam Abdul Wahhab Sha’raani states: ‘He (the Prophet) has the right to specify any commandment he wishes for whoever he wishes’ (Kashf ul Gumma)

Imam Mulla Ali Qaari writes:‘It is for this reason that our Imams have mentioned this as a specific attribute (Khasaais) of the Prophet, he can specify whatever(command) he wishes for whoever he wishes’ (Mirqaat Shara Mishkaat)

Imam Qastalaani writes:‘The Prophet had the the authority to specify whatever he wished for whoever he wished’. (Al Muwaahib uDuniya) An example of this is the Prophet excluding Syeduna Abu Bakr Siddiq from the prohibition of extending the trousers below the ankles.(This was because) through the Nur of Prophethood he saw that Abu Bakr’s heart was void of pride and arrogance and consequently the need for raising trousers above the ankles was void.

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

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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