Authority Imams

“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)

TASARRUF AND IKHTIYAR(authority)

‘Allama ibn Hajar Makki writes:“Rasulullah ﷺis the Khalifa of Allah and the Lord Almighty has bestowed the treasures of his grace in the hands of Rasulullah ﷺand His blessings in Rasulullah ﷺ’s control. He has made everything obedient to Rasulullah ﷺ, therefore, Rasulullah ﷺhas the authority to allocate and to deny these blessings”. al-Jawahir al-Munazzam, p.42

‘Allama Qastalani, commentator of Bukhari, writes:“Rasulullah ﷺis the epicentre of all occurrences. Hence, whatever can occur can only do so from Rasulullah ﷺand whatever good takes place, it is by the permission of Rasulullah ﷺ”. Mawahib al-Ladunya, vol.1, p.34

Imam ‘Allama Zarqani writes:“When Rasulullah ﷺdecides something, this decision cannot be stopped. There is nothing in creation that can halt the decision of Rasulullah ﷺ”. Sharh Zarqani ‘ala al-Mawahib, vol.1, p.35 .

“In Sahih Muslim, one of the titles attributed to Rasulullah ﷺis “Shaafi”, ( شافى ) meaning he removes illness and difficulty and whatever complication befalls the ummah, Rasulullah ﷺremoves it”. Sharh Zarqani ‘ala al-Mawahib, vol.3, p.152  .

Due to his hadith that the Durood al-Taj contains the words“Daafiil balaa wal wabaa wal qahti wal maradi wal alam”.

 “I have been granted the keys to the treasures of the world”.Commentating on this hadith, ‘Allama Manawi writes:“By this it means the treasures of the universe. Rasulullah ﷺgrants as much as people require. Whatever transpires in the universe is due to Allah’s will and Rasulullah ﷺ’s granting because he has the keys. Just as the keys to ‘Ilm al-Ghayb Kulli are with Allah alone, similarly the keys to the treasures have been given to Rasulullah ﷺby Allah and whatever is given from these treasures is granted by the hand of Rasulullah ﷺ”. Faid al-Qadeer Sharh Jami’ al-Sagheer, vol.1, p.574

Imam Manawi also writes:“Allah gave the authority (ikhtiyar) to Rasulullah ﷺto choose whether he wants to be an ‘Abd Nabi or Baadshah (King) Nabi. Rasulullah ﷺchose the former(abd nabi) and forsake authority of the treasures of the world and due to this he was given authority (tasarruf) to the treasures of the heavens. Hence, the Sun was returned after it had set, the Moon was split into two, the Shayateen were pelted with stars, the doors to the skies were opened, rainfall was granted and stopped, the winds were blown then halted, the clouds offered their shade and many other unnatural occurrences transpired”. Faid al-Qadeer Sharh Jami’ al-Sagheer, vol.1, p.148

“I am the Sayyid (leader) of all people on the day of Judgement”.

Commentating on this, Imam Nawawi writes:“Qadi ‘Iyad says that a Sayyid is he who is the highest amongst his nation and to whom people turn towards in difficulty. Rasulullah ﷺis the Sayyid of all people in this world and in the hereafter. The day of Judgement has been mentioned specifically because on this day there will no other leader and all people will accept him”. Sharh Sahih Muslim, vol.1, p.11

Imam Ahmad Rida Barelwi(ra) says:It is from the Qasida Burda that:Our dear Prophet is the one who orders and also the one who prohibits.No one else is more honest in affirming or negating than him ﷺ.‘Allama Shihab ad-Din Khafaji writes in commentary of this

couplet:“This couplet means there is no other judge (hakim) in the whole of creation apart from Rasulullah ﷺ. Only he ﷺis the ruler and no-one from the creation rules over him. So whenever he says yes or no, then he will always be correct and will judge according the will of Allah. Only an enemy will oppose his ruling, though there is no other ruler apart from Rasulullah who can stop his judgement and refute it. Therefore, whatever Rasulullah ﷺsays, he is the most honest”. Naseem al-Riyad, vol.2, p.35

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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