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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)

Imam Qastallani (RA)(b.851AH/ 1448AD – d.923AH/1517AD)

I (Imam Qastallani) got so sick once that the doctors failed to provide any cure and I remained sick for many years. I sought help from Prophet (Peace be upon him) on 28th Jamad ul Awwal 893 AH when I came to Makkah Mukarmah, may Allah increase the status of this city and May Allah do Ihsan on me by granting me another chance of visiting it without any difficulty. I went to sleep and then a man came with a piece of paper which said:This is for the “disease of Ahmed bin Qastalani” through the “IZN-E-NABWI” and from the court of Allah. When I woke up “I TAKE AN OATH UPON ALLAH THAT I FOUND PERFECT CURE AND I GOT CURED DUE TO BLESSING OF PROPHET (PEACE BE UPON HIM)”[Imam al-Qastallani in his magnificent al-Muwahib al-Laduniya (3/419), Published by Dar ul Kutb al iLmiyyah]

Imam Nawawi rahimahullah says:I was too once with a group of people and their animal escaped. They were unable to stop it. I called out immediately just as it is stated in the hadith. The animal just stopped although there was no reason other than this word [my calling]. (al-Azkar, 362)


Imam Ibn Hajr al Haythami (Rahimuhullah) who requires no introduction, he allocates a whole chapter with title: Intermediation “BESEECHING FOR HELP” or Intercession through the Prophet ﷺ” in his book called Al-Jawhar al Munazzam fi Ziyaratil Qabril Muqarram,

there he further writes:Amongst the evil deeds of Ibn Taymiyyah, something which nobody before him in this world proclaimed is his rejection of Istighatha (Beseeching for help) and Tawassul through Prophet ﷺ.This 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]Hence rejection of Istighatha and Tawassul is amongst the evil deeds of Ibn Taymiyyah otherwise Ahlus Sunnah allowed it.

• Ibn Khathir writes that: ‘Uthman Ghani, may Allah be pleased with Him, said that when the enemy surrounded his house and stopped the household from receiving water, they were thirsty for many days. ‘Uthman said: One day I saw that the Messenger of Allah,  ﷺ, give me some water from my window. Some days later my roof parted, and the Prophet of Allah ﷺ accompanied by Aby Bakr and Umar (May Allah be pleased with them, entered and gave me some water to drink, and enquired: You will break your fast with us tomorrow [Tarikh Ibn Kathir, Chapter on the death of ‘Uthman, may Allah be pleased with Him]

• Imam al Waqdi writes that: Abu Ubaidah, may Allah be pleased with Him, was the leader of the army of Damascus and was in Jihad. In his dream he saw the Prophet of Allah  ﷺ inform him that ‘ Tomorrow Damascus will be defeated,’ and He  ﷺ departed quickly’. I asked the Prophet ‘ Why are you returning so hastily?’ He replied ‘ Abu Bakr has died and I am going to attend his Janaza’ (funeral) [Futuh as sham, Allama Waqdi]

• Imam al Waqdi writes; In the battle of Damascus, a kafir became a Muslim, and began to speak Arabic in an instant. Abu Ubaidah asked him ‘ you do not know Arabic, how is it that you speak so fluently? He replied ‘Last night I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, in my dream. I asked him, if you are the messenger of Allah, then supplicate for me that I may speak Arabic. When I woke up in the morning I found that I could speak Arabic’.

[Futuh as Sham, Chapter on Fath ad Dimishk, Allama Waqdi]

• Ibn Kathir writes that In the 18th year of the Hijra during the Khilafa of ‘Umar,may Allah be pleased with Him, there was a famine. ‘Umar and Bilal, May Allah be well pleased with them, went to the blessed grave of the Prophet ﷺ and said ‘Ya Rasul Allah! Your Umma is dying (from hunger), pray for us that Allah sends us rain’. Later, Bilal, may Allah be pleased with Him, had a dream in which the Prophet of Allah ﷺ told Bilal to go to ‘Umar, and convey his salaam, and to inform him that there will be rain and that he should perform Salaah Istisqa’. This is a very authentic narration.

[Tarikh Ibn Kathir, chapter Khilafa of ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with Him]  

” Ibn Taymiyya says that: In the time of a drought, a person came to our Prophet’s grave and complained about the drought. He then saw our Prophet ﷺ who said go to ‘Umar and tell him to perform the Salaah of Istisqah. There are numerous true narrations similar to this.

[Iqtisa Sirat al Mustaqim, page 373, Also Imam Bukhari has mentioned about this in his book, Tarikh al Kabir, biography of Malik al dar]

• Ibn Hajar al Asqalani writes: A person came to the grave said: ‘Your Umma is dying; supplicate to Allah to send rain. Sayf says: The person who made this supplication to the Messenger of Allah, his name was Bilal Ibn al- Harith, may Allah be pleased with Him. This narration is authentic. [Fath al Bari, Chapter on al Istisqa, Hafidhh Asqalani]

Darood o salaam guaranteed to be accepted because it’s a sunnah of Allahﷻ.

Ibadat =religious /secular/social/economical/political/military/rights(adab) of Allah and his creation etc etc are included in ibadat for example loving ambiya/awliya for his sake is also ibadat.

Sins = that which Allah has asked us to do (if its not done) and those deeds which he has prohibited (if its done) considered as sins

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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