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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)
To call ourself slave of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is allowed
It has been narrated in ‘Sharhus Sunnah’ from Ibne Munkadir that the slave of the Beloved Prophet ﷺ ‘ Hadrat Safina lost his companion in Rome or he was arrested. He escaped and was searching for his friends; at of a sudden he saw a lion in front of him, so he said, ” O Abul Harith (Lion) I am the slave of the Beloved Prophet ﷺ and I have faced such and such problem. Listening to this the lion came near him and stood by him. Whenever the lion heard a voice he went to that place and stood, again and again, he just used to walk up to Hadrat Safina (Radi Allahu ta’ala anhu) until he reached his companion.[Hadith in Mishkat Shareef Page 545]
There are three famous sayings regarding the saying of Allah i.e.
Then he approached and came closer
First: That is Allah Azza wajjal as it is narrated by Bukhari and Muslim in
“Sahihayn” the hadith from Sharik bin Ibn Numayr who heard from Anas bin Malik
(ra) who said: The Irresistible, the
Lord of Honor and Majesty approached and came closer till he was about two bow
lengths or (even) nearer [Sahih Bukhari Hadith # 7518, Sahih Muslim
Hadith # 162]
the second -Masbat (Proof) takes over
Nafi (rejection)…and It is narrated by Abu Salama from Ibn Abbas (ra)
that {He approached} refers to Allah coming near, this is adopted by Maqatil
(ra) who said: Allah came near to Muhammad ﷺ on the night of Isra And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths
or (even) nearer, however It is written in the book Al Mughni that this coming nearer does not refer to coming closer
in sense of bodies not distance as that is the case with bodily creations and Allah
is High of such thing being attributed to him. The Second: That It was Muhammad
ﷺ who went near Allah, this is said by Ibn Abbas (ra) and Qurzi(ra)
too.
The Third: It was Gibril and there is
Kalaam in this Qawl! Reference: Imam Ibn Jawzi in Zad al Maseer fi Ilm
at Tafsir, Volume No. 8, Page No. 65-66]
It is fundamental Usool of Hadith that If same sahabi says 2 contrary things then “Masbat (proof)” takes over “Nafi (i.e. rejection)”, so according to this Usool itself It is soundly established that the Prophet Peace be upon him did indeed see Allah and the Nafi of this has to be rejected
Imam Jalal ud din suyuti (rah) said: Translation: {You shall not see Me},which means you do not have the capability to see
me THE USE OF THE WORDING (LAN TARANI) RATHER THAN LAN URA (I.E. I SHALL NOT BE
SEEN) IMPLIES THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE ALLAH {But gaze at the
mountain} which is stronger than you are, {And if it stands still in its place}
then you shall see Me’, that is, [then] you shall remain fixed [able] to see
Me, otherwise, you will not have the capacity [for it]. {And when his Lord
revealed (His) glory to the mountain} i.e. When he manifested his light,
equivilant to half a nail of little finger as this is mentioned in the sahih
hadith of Hakim [Tafsir al Jalalyn, Page No. 167, Published by Dar Ibn Kathir,
Damascus]
The Anbiya never ask for Impossible!
Imam Qurtubi (rah) explains it as: The Imams are unanimous that (Musa
a.s) asking for Tawba does not refer to sins because the Anbiya are
infallible/Masoom, and in the opinion of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jammah the Sight of (Allah)
is possible[ Tafsir al Qurtubi, Under 7/143]
Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani (Rahimuhullah) says in his Fath ul Bari-
Maruzi (rah) said to Imam Ahmed (rah): People say that Aisha (ra) used to say
that whosoever says that the Prophet ﷺ saw his Lord has attributed a lie to Allah, so how shall this be
answered? (Imam Ahmed) replied: From the saying of Prophet (saw) [himself] “رأيت ربي” i.e. I saw my Lord, this will be an answer to Aisha (ra)’s Qawl because
the saying of Prophet ﷺ is far superior than saying of her (i.e. Aisha ra)[Fath ul
Bari, Sharah Sahih ul Bukhari, Volume No. 8, Page No. 494]Allah hu Akbar, may Allah
Bless Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal (rah) who gave the perfect answer in this regard.
Imam Nawawi (rah) the leading commentator on Sahih Muslim sheds more light on
this
He presents the case beautifully as:
When it is proven from Sahih ahadith of Ibn Abbas (ra) then we cannot
assume that he said it according to his own thinking, definitely he said it due
to his hearing from Prophet ﷺ, Ma’mar
bin Rashid (rah) said regarding the difference between Aisha (ra) and Ibn Abbas
(ra) that Aisha (ra) was not aware about this (completely) whereas Ibn Abbas
(ra) was, So when Ibn Abbas (ra) is proving it while some others are doing Nafi
of it then It is a (Principle) that
Masbat (Proof) takes over Nafi (rejection) [Sharah Sahih Muslim, Kitab
al Iman, Chapter in meaning of :He saw him at the second descent]Words cannot
comprehend this wonderful explanation!
Narrated by Sharik from Abu Dhar (Radhi Allaho Anho) who said in
Tafsir of the ayah (of Surah Najm):The Prophet ﷺ Saw his Lord [Qadhi Iyaad in as-Shifa, Page No. 105]
Ibn Shihab said: Ibn Hazm told me that Ibn ‘Abbas and Abd Habba
al-Ansari used to say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Thereafter he ascended with me till I was taken to such a
height where I heard the scraping of the pens (of Taqdir) Ibn Hazm and Anas
told that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah
then made fifty prayers obligatory for my Ummah and I returned with that and
passed by Moses. Moses, (peace be upon him) said: What has thy Lord enjoined on
thy people? I said: Fifty prayers have been made obligatory on them. Moses
(peace be upon him) said: Return to thy Lord(فراجع ربك), for thy Ummah would not be able to bear
this burden. Then I came back to my Lord(فراجعت ربي) and He remitted a portion out of thut. I then again went to
Moses (peace be upon him) and informed him about it He said: Return to thy
Lord(راجع ربك),, for thy Ummah shall not be able to bear this burden. I then
went back to my Lord(فراجعت ربي) and He said: They are five and at the same time fifty, and
what has been said will not be changed. I then returned to Moses and he said:
Go back to thy Lord. whereupon I said: I feel ashamed of my Lord(قد استحييت من ربي)[Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 313 – Agreed
upon]
This hadith decicively proves that Prophet
(Peace be upon him) saw Allah because everything Musa (a.s) told him to “RETURN
TO HIS LORD” and finally the Prophet said: “I FEEL ASHAMED OF MY LORD”
Ibn Abbas (ra) said that Muhammad ﷺ saw his
Lord, (Ikrama) asked: Hasn’t Allah said
that Eyes cannot “COMPREHEND” him, at this (Ibn Abbas) replied: Strange
that you have not understood, this is
when Allah shows glimpse of his own Nur (which cannot be comprehended), so
Prophet ﷺ saw Allah twice [Sunnan Tirimdh, Tafsir of Surah al-Najm, Hadith No. 3201] – Imam
Tirimdhi declared this hadith as “Hassan”
Tawajjua/attention e kaaba = qibla/direction .
Tawajjua/attention e maqam e Ibrahim =blessings (salaah after tawaaf)
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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