Dars e Imam-Fathiha Grave

“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)

Al-Qurtubi (in his Tafsir vol.3 p.247) and Ibn Katheer (in his Al-Bidayah vol.1 p.8),
write that the Jews, before embarking on a battle, would put this Chest in front of them and Pray, and they would then be victorious through the Barakah of that Holy Chest! Ibn Katheer (in his Tafsir vol. p.313) narrates that this Holy Chest (Tabut), carried respectfully by the very Mala’ika of Allah, contained the Sandals, Clothes, Sticks and other blessed Relics of Nabi Musa and Nabi Harun, `alayhi-s-salam.One need not to think that if the Relics of the Prophets of Bani Israel are so Honourable and Blessed in the Eyes of Allah, how Honourable and Blessed then are the things related to The Master of all Prophets, Muhammad, sall-Allahu `alayhi wa sallam!!!

Summary:The Holy Quran clearly supports the Veneration of the Relics of the Nabis and that they are a source of security and Barakah..

All the Sahabah always sought Tabarruk from any object connected to the pious. Nabi Muhammad, sall-Allahu `alayhi wa sallam, was first and foremost in teaching us to receive blessing from him as illustrated by the fact that He distributed his Hair and Wudu water.

It is important to note that the learned ‘Ulama such as Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, radi Allahu `anh, and Imam Nawawi, radi Allahu `anh, etc. approved of the concept of Tabarruk. Maybe our contemporary local ‘uluma are more learned than them?

To those who say that only Allah, subhanaHu wa Ta`ala, gives Barakah – not people, we agree, but we hold that people are able to share the Barakah that Allah, subhanaHu wa Ta`ala, gives them. All Barakah comes from Allah, subhanaHu wa Ta`ala: the Barakah of the Qu’ran, of Islam, of the Ka’bah, of Madinah, of voluntary charity, of Zamzam water.Every Muslim knows that these are only “Means” and “Attractors” and that the real Source of Barakah is only Allah, subhanaHu wa Ta`ala.
If anyone wants to proclaim a limit upon Allah, subhanaHu wa Ta`ala, and His Barakah by saying that Allah, subhanaHu wa Ta`ala, cannot bestow Barakah upon individuals and objects whom He wants to, that person has a serious misunderstanding of the Attributes of Allah, subhanaHu wa Ta`ala.

Allah (subhanu wa taala) says in the Holy Qur’an about the qabr of the munafiq (hypocrite): “do not stand at his grave” ( Wa la Taqum ala Qabrihi   ). From this the `Ulama have deduced that we should visit the graves of the mu’minin, i.e. our Muslim brothers and sisters..

Also, it is narrated in Sahih Muslim, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasai and Musnad Ahmad (Bab al-Jana’iz) that Nabi Muhammadﷺ said:”I had previously forbidden you to visit graves, but I now permit you to visit them, for it will remind you of the Akhira.”Even the Nabi Muhammad ﷺ used to visit the graves of his companions who had passed away at that time.

It is narrated in the six authentic compilations of Hadith that the Nabi Muhammad ﷺ used to regularly visit the graveyard of Madinah, Jannatul-Baqi and make Du`a there (Muslim and Tirmidhi). 

Al-Bayhaqi, narrates that he used to visit the graveyard of the martyrs of Uhud annually (Ala r’a s kulli Hawl). So, besides merely visiting the graves, in some cases, the Nabi Muhammad ﷺ, also did so at specific periodic intervals, e.g. annual commemoration, for visiting certain graves, as is the custom of many Muslims all over the world today.

We also know that the Nabi Muhammad ﷺ visited the Jannat al-Mua’lla graveyard in Makkah, where his dear wife Sayyidah Khadijah is buried and called the whole place a blessed graveyard “Ni’m al-Maqbarah Hazihi” .Narrated by al-Bazzar.

Imam Muslim narrates that the Prophet ﷺ even visited his honourable mother’s grave, which is in a place between Makkah and Madinah. He cried there and made everybody else also cry.

Bayhaqi narrates in Shu’ab al-Iman that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever visits the grave of his parents or the grave of one of them, every Friday, he will be forgiven and his name will be written among the pious ones”(Man zaara qabra abawayhi au ahadihima fi kulli Jum’ah, ghufira lahu wa kutiba barran).If visiting the graves of one’s parents can result in such a blessing, what about visiting the graves of the esteemed friends of Allah (subhanu wa taala)?

It is narrated in Sharhus Sudoor by al-Imam al-Suyuti that Nabi Muhammad ﷺsaid that when you visit the graveyard, you should read Suratul-Ikhlas, Suratut-Takathur and Suratul-Fatiha, and present the reward of the recitations as a gift to the inhabitants of the graves. Nabi Muhammadﷺ explains that these souls will then make du’a for you, asking Allah (subhanu wa taala) to forgive you and bless you.So this then is a command of the Nabi Muhammad ﷺ. We learn from this Hadith that the souls of the departed have the ability to make Du’a for the living, asking Allah (subhanu wa taala) to help the living who are visiting them.

In another Hadith in (Kanzul Ummal by al-Imam al-Muttaqi) it is narrated by Sayyidina ‘Ali (r) that the Nabi Muhammad ﷺ said: “Whoever goes to a graveyard or passes by a graveyard and recites surat al-Ikhlas eleven times and gives the thawab (reward) of the recital to the dead buried there, will receive the same thawab for it as the dead people. In fact the Nabi Muhammad ﷺ is encouraging us to recite surat al-Ikhlas and present the thawab of  it as a gift to the dead when we visit them.

TASAWUFF

1.iqlas e niyyat (sincerity and purity –seeking only allah and his pleasure)

2.ilm e nafae (profitable knowledge- quran and sunnah )

3.amal e saleh (good deeds/taqwa –avoiding sins)

4.ahklaq e hasana (building good character- free from diseases of heart)

5.salamate sudur (protecting living heart -by sohbate awliya)

Spend time/wealth/life for the promotion of aqidah of ahle sunnat wal jamaat (complete balanced moderate deen)

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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