Dars e Imam-Intentional Ziyarath
“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)
Hujjat ul Islam Imam Al-Ghazzali (RehmatuAllah aliye)
Imam Ghazzali (rah) said that whenever anyone is in some difficulty then he should ask the people of
tombs for help, who are of (sacred) souls but have passed away (i.e.
transferred into another dimension). There is no doubt in it that any person
visiting (their tombs) gets spiritual help plus benefit from them and many
times when their Waseela is presented in the court of Allah, the difficulties
are removed [Tafsir Ruh ul Ma’ani, Volume 30, Page No. 24]
Imam Shafi(RehmatuAllah aliye)
He describes his own experience about the blessings of the tomb of Imam Abū
Hanīfah: I derive blessing from the person of Imam Abū Hanīfah and I visit his
grave everyday. When I face a problem,
I offer two optional cycles of prayer and visit his grave and (while standing)
I pray to Allah to solve my problem. And I have not even left the place that my
problem is solved. Khatīb Baghdādī has related the incident with a sound
chain of transmission in his Tārīkh Baghdād (1:123)Ibn Hajar Haythamī,
al-Khayrāt-ul-hisān fī manāqib-il-imām al-a‘zam Abū Hanīfah (p.94)
Sheikh ul-Islam al-Hafiz al-Imam Nawawi(RehmatuAllah aliye)
In his Kitab ul Adhkaar: Section:
Chapter regarding Visit to the Tomb of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Dhikr made there”
It should be known that “EVERYONE” who
performs the hajj should set out to visit the Messenger of Allah ﷺ “WHETHER IT
IS ON ONE’S WAY OR NOT” because visiting him is one of the most important acts of worship, the most rewarded of
efforts, and best of goals. When one sets out to perform the visit, one should do much of the blessings and peace
upon him on the way. And when one’s eye falls on the trees of Medina,
and its sanctum and landmarks, one should increase sending the blessings and
peace upon the Prophet asking Allah
Most High to benefit one by one’s “VISIT TO HIM”…and grant one felicity in
this world and the next through it. One should say,”O Allah, open for me the doors of Your
mercy, and bestow upon me, through the visit to the Grave of Your prophet (Allah
bless him and give him peace), that which You have bestowed upon Your friends,
those who obey You. Forgive me and show me mercy, O Best of Those Asked”
(Imam Nawawi in Kitab ul Adhkaar, Page No. 178)
Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah(Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah is the top ranking scholar of
–s, He passionately supported, defended and advocated the ideas of his teacher
Ibn Taymiyyah due to which he came to be known as his best disciple)
“The First Matter”: Do the dead recognize those who visit them and also hear
their greetings or not? Ibn Abdul Barr said that It is proven from Prophet
(saw) that he said: Any Muslim who
passes by the grave of his brother whom he knew in the worldly life and says
Salam to him then Allah grants Ruh to him and he even returns the greeting.
Hence It is proven that the deceased recognizes the visitor and also replies to
the greeting.It is narrated with multiple chains in Sahihayn (i.e.
Bukhari and Muslim) that on order of Prophet (Peace be upon him) a well was dug
for the dead of Badr, after which Prophet (saw) stood nearby and called them
out as: “Ya Fulan ibn Fulan (i.e. O Son of so-and-so”) wa-Ya Fulan ibn Fulan,
have you not found what your Lord had promised with you to be correct? As for
me, I have found the promises of my Lord to be (perfectly) correct…Umar
listened to the words of Allah’s Apostle ﷺ and said: Allah’s Messenger, how do they listen and respond to you when they are dead and their bodies
have decayed. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: By Him who has sent me with truth, what I am
saying to them, even you cannot hear more distinctly than they, but they lack
the power to reply.[Agreed upon]…
It is also proven from Prophet (SalAllaho alaihi wasalam) that
when people return after burying the dead then he even hears their footsteps.
Other than this Prophet (saw) has taught his Ummah to say Salaam to the dead by
addressing them (directly) i.e. O Momineen may peace be upon you. This type of
addressing is only done to a person who can hear and understand you otherwise this
address would have been as if its addressed to someone who is not present and
cannot hear (which ofcourse is false).It has come as “Tawatur (i.e. definitely
known)” from Islaaf that dead recognize those who visit them and also get happy
on their visit. [Kitab ar Ruh Page No. 53 (After this Ibn Qayyim quotes sayings
of many Islaaf as proof of deceased hearing us in ther graves)]
It is narrated from Ibn Uyaina (rah)’s meternal cousin Fudayl (rah) that he got
very sad on death of his father and he used to do Ziyarah of his Qabr everyday,
however by the will of Allah after sometime he did not visit it often.once when
he came and sat near the grave he fell asleep and saw in the dream that his
father’s grave has been opened and he is covered in a sheet with a look which
is of dead people. Seeing this he started to cry. (His father) asked: My son
why didn’t you visit me everyday? He replied: Are you aware of my visitation?
(His father) said: I was aware of your arrival every time,your visitation and
your Dua is source of happiness not only for me but also those who are buried
near me. After this I (again) started to visit his Qabr very often.
Note: Ibn Qayyim has himself answered a doubt which might arise in somebody’s
mind i.e. how could dreams be proof of something?, Ibn Qayyim said dreams are
indeed not proof, however in this case the dreams have reached us in great
number and that too from righteous people therefore this will be equivalent to
their literal narration because a thing which is great in their sight is also
great in sight of Allah, other than this it is also proven from explicit
proofs.[Kitab ar Ruh]
Ibn Qayyim wrote: Since old times till today the tradition of people addressing
the deceased has been going on at their graves, this proves that the deceased
hears us and also takes heed, if not then the (Talqeen) would have been
worthless.
ABDIAT/SLAVERY(Shawur e abdiat/being slave of Allah)
1.Husn e adab/obedience
2.Nafi e zaat/negation of self (Iam nothing, everthing is his)
3.Aiming raza/pleasure of 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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