Tawheed And Shirk-Qurb

“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)

TAUHEED AND SHIRK 29

(12/101) Sayyidina Yusuf (as) was a great Prophet of Allah and even he would pray that Allah Almighty join him with the righteous.

when Sayyidina Yusuf (as) asked to be with the righteous he did not mean people of a lower status than him, but to the Prophets senior than him.could only mean that this would enable Sayyidina Yusuf (as) to use Syayidina Ibrhaim (as) as a wasila to become closer to Allah.

(3/101) Firstly, the recitation of the Quran and secondly, the presence of the Messenger. Allah Almighty sent us the Revelation through the Messenger by using him as a wasila between mankind and Allah Almighty, so for this reason we should also use the Messenger as a wasila to approach Allah

(2/125) The Kabah is the house of Allah. Prayer can be performed anywhere near its surroundings although Allah Almighty has specified Sayyidina Ibrahim’s (as) place of prayer as a place of prayer for us because it has a direct connection with Sayyidina Ibrahim (as) as his footprint is imprinted at that place. This place becomes a place of wasila for our supplications to be accepted quicker.

If merely the place of a Prophet can be used as a wasila then why can’t the Prophets themselves be used as a wasila for our supplications to be accepted quicker.

(39/3) It is interesting to know why the polythiests used wasila as an excuse for their polytheism. polytheists knew their opponents (Muslims) believed in Wasila, they used wasila to justify their worship of idols. Allah Almigty commanded the polytheists not to worship their idols, although they justified their worship by claiming they were using their idols as a wasila between themselves and Allah.

Even the polytheists of Makkah knew that Muslims accept and use wasila.

(17/57) we should seek the way of approach to our Lord (wasila). Another interesting part of this verse is which of them shall be nearest, which informs us that they wanted to know which of them is nearest to Allah so that they can use the nearest one to Allah as a wasila! Otherwise there would be no need for them to find which of them is nearest to Allah. 17/57 is the famous verse which the polytheisst of Makkah heard and realised that the Muslims believed in Wasila. Even though the polytheists used the excuse of wasila to justify their worship, it does not mean that it is the same as ours or that we are committing shirk like them. Wasila does not justify their idol-worshipping!the polytheists used the good, permissible concept of wasila to justify their bad idol-worshipping, the idol worshipping cannot be justified by using wasila.

By worshipping idols you can never be close to Allah, although by using the Prophets and pious as a wasila you wil succeed in being close to Allah.

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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