بَرْكَاتُ
اْلإمْدَاْد
ِلأهْلِ
اْلاِسْتِمْدَاد
BEACONS OF HOPE
Translated by
Durwesh Abu-Muhammad Abdul-Haadi
Al-Qaadiri
Published
by
Imam
Ahmed Raza Academy
(Durban.
South Africa)
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Name
of Original Kitaab: Barkaatul-Imdaad Li-Ahlil-Istimdaad
Translator:
Durwesh Abu-Muhammad Abdul-Haadi Al-Qaadiri
First edition: Muharram
1421 - April 2000
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Dedication
This
book is
dedicated to
my
Master, the
Beacon of
Salvation,
the Divinely appointed
Supreme
commander in the Kingdom of
Allah, the
Axis of all Mankind, the Minaret of
Sharee’ah,
the Manifestation of Haqiqah, the Cup-bearer
of Maarifah,
the Imam of Tareeqah, the King of the Awlia,
the Dynamo of
Love, the Lamp of the People of Devotion,
Torch of the
Spiritual Path, the Sign of
Recognition,
the Chief of
the Pious, the King of Kings,
the
Solicitor of
Hope, the Leader of the Abdaals,
the Adviser
of the Afraad, the Helper of
the
Agh’yaath, the Sayyid of the
Sadaat,
the Fountain of
Sublime
Inspiration,
the Grand
Ghous,
the Murshid,
the Sheikh,
Sayyid
Muhiyyudeen Sheikh
Abdul-Qaadir Hasani Al-Husaini Jilaani Ghousal
A’zam Dastageer
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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ll Praises are due to ALLAH, the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful, and Choicest Salaams and Salutation
upon His Beloved Rasool, the Habeeb, the Mustafa, Sayyiduna
Muhammad e, his illustrious Ahle-Bay’t, the noble Sahaba, the
dignified Awliya and eminent Ulama of his beloved Ummah.
May the Gracious
ALLAH
sanctify their Souls. Aameen.
O Allah I!
I sincerely thank You for granting this weak and insignificant servant the honor
of serving the Deen.
الحمدلله
وشكر لله
I am grateful to my beloved wife,
Faatima, for her strenuous and dedicated effort in the typing and layout
of this valuable document. Above all, I thank her for her patience and
co-operation with me in my endeavor to complete this book.
To brother Nazir Ahmed for
his valuable contribution of effort in the technical side of hardware and
software for the computers. To brothers Hafiz Abu-Bakr Walibhai, Sayyid Abdul
Azeez and Junaid Yaseen Raza for proofreading of this book.
May Almighty ALLAH
spare you all for the service of the Maslak of Imam Ahmad Raza(Radi ALLAH Anho)
and grant you courage to uphold the banner of the Ahle-Sunnah-wa-Jamaah. Aameen.
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
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hough great precautions have been
taken in translating this book from the original Urdu text, which is
generally a very difficult task, it is hoped that the present translation is
free of errors. If there are any, then it is certainly not the errors of the
original works of the Great Mujaddid(Radi ALLAH Anho) as his research is flawless. Please inform us of any errors.
The English medium cannot fully
express the richness of the Arabic, Persian and Urdu languages. In
trying to do justice with this translation, we tried to do our very best in
preserving the richness of the Urdu language and communicating the
teachings of the Great Imam(Radi ALLAH Anho).
The concise and systematic arguments as found in the original book were fully
covered to the best of our ability.
We humbly request the reader to
adopt an unbiased approach and to read this book sincerely and accept the Truth
of Islam. We trust that the guidance of the Holy Quran, Sunnah and
comments of the illustrious Imams remove all clouds of doubts and
illuminate your hearts with the Light of Truth. More than a hundred years have
passed since the Great Imam and Aarif compiled this book
and to this day no one has come forward to refute its contents. Truth shall
always remain outstanding and dominant and falsehood shall always perish.
و قل
جاء الحق و زهق
الباطل إن
الباطل كان
زهوقا
(القرآن
الكريم)
INTRODUCTION
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he distinguished Prophets and
illustrious Awliya enjoy a very special proximity with ALLAH
and are therefore, Divinely blessed to assist fellow creation. This assistance
can be of a spiritual or physical nature and can be rendered while they are
alive and even after their death. These Elite Servants of ALLAH offer their help only by the Command of Almighty ALLAH.
They do not do anything without the Consent of their Sublime Lord and
are always obedient to Him.
The Gracious ALLAH
always Showers His Choicest Blessings on His special servants. He addresses them
as “His Friends” and no one can imagine or understand this Divinely
blessed relation between them. ALLAH
States in a Hadith-al-Qudsi:
اوليائي
تحت قبائي لا
يعرفهم غيري *
My Awliya
are hidden in My Divine Garb and no one
knows them
besides Me.
There are numerous Ayahs
of the Holy Quran and other Ahadith that speaks about the
excellence and powers of the Ambiya and the Awliya. They are
Divinely appointed representatives and commissioned by ALLAH
to perform special duties in His Kingdom. Since they are the distributors of the
Bounties of ALLAH, therefore to seek help from them is actually and in reality seeking the Help of
ALLAH.
This is so because they are not the enemies of ALLAH
but the Friends of ALLAH.
Unfortunately, the Wahabies
and Deobandies ignorantly oppose this help as Shirk and regard it
as an erroneous belief. This problem did not exist in the long past and peaceful
history of Islam. Ibne Abdul Wahab of Najd introduced it a few hundred
years ago. It was then imported to the Indo/Pak sub-continent and propagated by
the Deobandi/Tableeghi cult. This caused a great deal of confusion in the
Ummah and also divided the Muslim community. The Wahabi/Deobandi
scholars have written extensively and vehemently condemned the seeking of help
from anyone other than ALLAH
as Shirk. They claim with
baseless proof that such help seeking is Shirk. To this day, many Muslims
are still confused on this subject and some have adopted this Wahabi/Deobandi
belief in sheer ignorance.
Many Ahle-Sunnah scholars
have refuted this corrupt belief in their respected capacities. Similarly, a
question was posed in 1311 Hijri (1893) to the Great Mujaddid and
Aarif of Allah, Ala’Hadrat Imam Ahmad Raza Al-Qaadiri Barkaati Muhaddith
Barellwi(Radi ALLAH Anho) in this regards. It was the noble nature of the multi-faceted Imam to
answer all inquires in the language addressed to him. This question
was posed in the Urdu language, and hence, the Imam replied in Urdu.
Since he was a Mujaddid (Revivalist) and an extraordinary genius of this
era, he compiled a very scholastic answer in light of the Holy Quran, Hadith
and proofs from the illustrious Jurists of Islam. No intellectual or
scholar can dare to reject or refute it.
There were three unique qualities
about the books of Imam Ahmad Raza(Radi ALLAH Anho).
Firstly, the contents are encyclopedic. They are set out in a
sequence of collaborated facts that finds a unique place in the library of
Religious Sciences as well as it will be an armory of the faithful layman. Secondly,
the title name of each book clearly speaks of the subject matter and contents. Thirdly,
the name of every book can give the reader an indication of the year it was
written. Each book was named on the principles of the numerical key “Abjad
Hawwaz etc.” that is, all the title names are “Ismut-Taaree’kh”
or based on Numerology. Hence the numerical value of the title will total to the
year in which it was written. For example, in this case, the great Mujaddid
named this book بركلت
الامداد لاهل
الاستمداد which means, Good fortune Help from the
Solicitors of Divine Support. The title informs us of the contents and
subject matter of the book. If the numerical value of each alphabet is taken, it will total to 1311,
the year of compilation, which is 1311 A.H.
Ala’Hadrat Imam Ahmad Raza
Al-Qaadiri(Radi ALLAH Anho) has fulfilled the obligation entrusted to his Holiness. Evidence and recognition
of the Noble Imam being a Mujaddid is conclusive in his
unfaltering stance against falsehood. The treatise before the reader is only a
glimpse of the Imam’s literary contribution to the Ummah in
disseminating his oceanic spectrum of Divinely Blessed Knowledge (Ilme-Ladunni).
His insight in matters will always shine forth over the descendents of
generations still to come.
The Imam Ahmad Raza Academy
proudly presents the Beacons of Hope in English as a service to A’la
Hadrat(Radi ALLAH Anho) and for the benefit of the Muslim public. Read along and strengthen your Emaan
and we are certain that many misled souls will be saved from the deceit of the
venomous Wahabi/Deobandi spell. This treatise demolishes another spoke in
the wheel of deception of the Wahabi/Deobandi who constantly direct a
conspiracy against the innocent Muslim. The concept of Tawassul and Isti’aanat
is gifted to the reader.
We pray that Almighty ALLAH
leads us on the righteous Sunni Path and save us from the deception of
the Wahabies and Deobandies. Aameen.
Durwesh
Abu-Muhammad Abdul-Haadi
Al-Qaadiri
Radawi
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إفتاء
ISLAMIC INQUIRY
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his
inquiry came to the great Mujaddid Imam Ahmed Raza Al-Qaadiri(Radi ALLAH Anho)
from Ahmad Nabi Khan of Mohalla Shabaazpura Saheswan on the 14th Shabaan
Al- Mo'azzam 1311 Hijri.
QUESTION
What
is the ruling of the Ulama of Deen regarding the Ayah
إياك نستعين A person interprets this Ayah saying that it is Shirk (Polytheism) to seek assistance from anyone other than ALLAH. He quotes the following:
Look at the Hasr
(restrictions) of the pure Deen, that it is not permissible to seek assistance
from other than ALLAH.
He also quotes the
beliefs of the illustrious Sufiyya as follows:
Sheikh Maslihudeen
Saadi Shiraazi(Radi ALLAH Anho) held the same
belief. Hence, he states:
There is none besides You that can assist me and it is You
Who forgives the sins of the servants.
Hadrat Moulana Nizaami Ganjawi(Radi ALLAH Anho)
also says the same in his Du’a:
O Master! Oh Bestower of excellence! It is only You Who
can help me and save me.
He
also quotes an interesting and thought-provoking incident of Sheikh Sufyaan
Thouri(Radi ALLAH Anho) recorded in Toh'fatul-Aashikeen. One day, while performing Salaah,
Sheikh Sufyaan Thouri(Radi ALLAH Anho) fell unconscious while reciting the Ayah
إياك
نستعين. When he gained consciousness
he said: “I must be the most disrespectful person to ask assistance from
other than ALLAH
while the Sublime Lord U states, إياك
نستعين”
He then quotes a similar incident of Sayyiduna Nabi Ibraheem u concerning the Ayah إني وجهت وجهي للذي. He says that there are numerous other Ayahs, Ahadith and sayings of the Ulama and Sufiyya that reject seeking assistance from creation.
I hereby request of your august self of a refutation of this belief. Your
answer must be based according to the quotations presented, Quran with Quran,
Hadith with Hadith and sayings of Sufiyya with sayings of Sufiyya.
Your answers should have literal meanings.
بينوا
و توجزوا
Solicitor of Hope
(Sultaanul-Awlia
Sheikh Abdul-Qaadir Jilaani t)
الجواب
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الحمد
لله وبه
نستعين
والصلوة
والسلام على
اعظم غوث و
اكرم معين
سيدنا
محمد وآله و
صحبه أجمعين *
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lhamdulillah,
every Muslim believes in the Ayahs of the Holy Quran. The
statements of Hadrat Moulana Saadi(Radi ALLAH Anho) and Moulana Nizaami(Radi ALLAH Anho)
are all correct and true but the misled and corrupt try to deduce erroneous
beliefs from them. This will never happen, as truth will always prevail.
The Ayah
إني
وجهت وجهي
has no relevance in the matter concerned. This Ayah speaks of
concentration in worship, that is: “I turn (concentrate) to Him Who Created
the skies and earth”.
It does not refer to absolute concentration that includes seeking assistance
from the Prophets and Awliya. Jalalain Shareef commentates on this
Ayah as follows:
قالوا
له ما تعبد قال
إني وجهت وجهي
قصدت بعبادتي
الخ *
The
Kuffaar asked Sayyiduna Ibraheem u, “Whom do you worship?” He replied, “I turn to Him with my
worship that
created
the skies and earth”.
If we
take the meaning of “absolute concentration” in this Ayah then
it will be Shirk to face and talk to anyone. The Qibla (direction)
is also not ALLAH but the Quran Orders:
و
حيثما كنتم
فولّوا
وجوهكم شطره *
Wherever you are, turn your face to the direction of the Qibla.
ALLAH
forbid! This will be a command of Shirk according to the Wahabies.
The Ayah إياك نستعين and the Du’as of assistance of Saadi(Radi ALLAH Anho) and Nizaami(Radi ALLAH Anho) are directed to Almighty ALLAH and do not reject the seeking of assistance absolutely. There is no doubt about the reality these and every excellence. In fact, the mere existence is all from the Unique Creator of the Universe.
The reality of assistance is that ALLAH must be regarded as the All- Powerful, the Sovereign, the Absolute, the Non-dependent and Infinite Affluent. He has the Power to independently do as He pleases. It is the belief of every Muslim that to attribute these unique qualities to anyone other than ALLAH is Shirk. Surely, no Muslim will attribute this to anyone, other than ALLAH. In fact, he regards certain creations as a medium or Waseela to achieve blessings and fulfillment of desires. This is certainly correct and in order. ALLAH Himself Orders in the Holy Quran:
وابتغوا إليه الوسيلة *
Seek the
Waseela towards ALLAH.
By
this we understand that إياك
نستعين
does not reject the seeking of assistance from other than ALLAH. Similarly, in the reality of existence, it is only
ALLAH Who exists without assistance and birth. Then how can it be Shirk
if we believe in our existence by His Divine Grace?
حقائق الأشياء ثابتة
The reality of things is established.
This
is a basic and fundamental article of faith in Islam. Likewise, is the
state of the reality of knowledge. Only ALLAH
Possesses Absolute and Personal Knowledge and none of His creation possesses the
same. All of creation seek from Him and are dependent on ALLAH to inspire them with knowledge. So, if we call a knowledgeable person
an Aalim or seek knowledge from an Aalim, is it Shirk? This
is not so unless both ALLAH
and an Aalim be regarded as the same in status. ALLAH Himself Addresses His servants in the Holy Quran as Aleem
and Ulama. Almighty ALLAH
refers to Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him) in this Ayah:
يعلمهم
الكتاب و
الحكمة *
The Nabi(Peace Be Upon Him)
teaches them the Kitaab and wisdom.
The same is the situation of seeking assistance (استعانت) because the intention is to use a beloved of ALLAH as a Waseela to beg for His Mercy and Bounties. There is no prohibition in this act because only the creation can be a Waseela and not ALLAH. A Waseela is used to reach someone higher. Who is higher than Allah U, that his Waseela is to be used? Who is above Him to fulfill desires and ambitions? ALLAH is pure from being used as a Waseela because nothing is higher than He is. Therefore, it is stated in the Hadith Shareef that a Bedouin came before the Holy Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) and said, "Ya Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him)! We make you a Shafee (intercessor) in the Court of ALLAH and present ALLAH to you as a Shafee (intercessor)". The Beloved Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) was very displeased with this and repeated سبحان الله سبحان الله for a long time and replied:
ويحك! انه لايستفشع بالله على أحد شأن الله اعظم من ذالك *
رواه
ابوداؤد عن
جبير بن مطعم
رضى الله عنه
O fool!
You do not present ALLAH
to anyone as an intercessor. The Integrity of ALLAH is way superior to this.
A Muslim
seeks that assistance from the Ambiya and Awliya that if the same
is sought from ALLAH it will earn the displeasure of ALLAH
and His Rasool(Peace Be Upon Him).
It is an insult to the Divine Integrity of ALLAH to
seek this form of assistance. The truth is that if anyone has faith and Imaan
in such forms of assistance from ALLAH
(to regard ALLAH
as a Shafee), he will become a Kaafir. What can be said about the
stupidity and ignorance of the idiots who have no respect for Allah U, no fear of Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him) and no regard for Imaan? They ignorantly include this assistance with إياك
نستعين.
They include this with that which is impossible for ALLAH and make it exclusive to Him. One idiot said:
What is
that you cannot get from ALLAH
that you ask
from
Awliya
I (Imam Ahmed Raza) reply
to this:
One cannot
use the Tawassul (intercession) of ALLAH
and that
is what we seek from the Awliya.
We
present the Tawassul of Awliya in the Divine Court of ALLAH for
our needs so that it may not be rejected. In the Holy Quran, ALLAH
answers this idiotic question and rejection as follows:
و لو انهم إذ ظلموا أنفسهم جاءوك فاستغفروا الله واستغفر لهم
الرسول
لوجدوا الله توابا
الرحيما
your (the
Nabi's r)
presence, then seek repentance from ALLAH
and the Rasool(Peace Be Upon Him) also asks for their forgiveness. Then, they
will
indeed find ALLAH Most Forgiving and Compassionate.
Can ALLAH
Himself not forgive? Why then does ALLAH say,
"O Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him)!
They must come to your presence and you seek forgiveness for them from ALLAH. Then only will they achieve the gift of forgiveness from
ALLAH.” This
is actually our motive but these people do not have the mentality to understand.
For ALLAH'S Sake, have justice! Does the Ayah إياك نستعين refer to seeking absolute assistance from ALLAH only, and is seeking assistance only from only Prophets and Awliya regarded as Shirk? Are the Prophets and Awliya only not Allah U? So according to the Wahabies, besides the Prophets and the Awliya, the rest of the creation are Allah U, or the is the Ayah as it takes the name of these two groups that it is Shirk to seek any aid from them and permissible (to seek assistance) from the rest?
It is not so! If seeking assistance is limited absolutely only to ALLAH and forbidden from His creation, then whatever form of aid is sort from anyone other than ALLAH will always be Shirk. Whether it be from human beings or animals, dead or alive, person or attribute, action or condition, they are all other than ALLAH. Now, what is your answer to the Ayah-e-Kareema where Almighty ALLAH States:
واستعينوا
بالصبر و
الصلوة *
Seek help from Sabr (patience) and Salaah.
Is Sabr
(regarded as) ALLAH that you are ordered to seek assistance from it or is Salaah
(regarded as) ALLAH that we are ordered to seek aid from it?
ALLAH
States in another Ayah:
و تعاونوا على البرّ و التقوى *
Assist one another in good deeds and piety.
Excuse
me sir!
If it is absolutely impossible to receive any help from other than Allah U,
then what is the meaning of this Command of Allah U?
If it is possible to get assistance from them, then why does the stomach pain?
There
are countless Ahadith that clearly command the seeking of assistance from
things other than ALLAH. I will list a few here:
Are
all these things the “Lord” of the Wahabies, that it is commanded to
seek assistance from them? If you cannot remember these Ahadith, then
listen to them from me.
Hadith no.1
البخارى
و النسائى عن
ابوهريرة رضى
الله تعالى
عنه عن النبي
صلى الله
تعالى عليه
و
سلّم
استعينوا
بالغداوة
والروحة و شيئ
من الدلجة *
Sayyiduna
Abu-Hurayra(Radi ALLAH Anho) narrates from Sayyiduna
Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him)
“Seek Assistance from the morning,
evening
and close to the morning (Tahajjud) prayers”.
(Bukhari
and Nisaa'ee)
Hadith no. 2 and 3
الترمدى عن ابوهريره و عن ابن عبّاس رضى الله تعالى عنهم عن النبى صلى الله
تعالى
عليه و سلّم
استعن بيمينك
على حفظك *
Sayyiduna
Ibne Abbas(Radi ALLAH Anho) narrates from Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him)
“Assist your memory by making notations”. (Tirmidi)
Hadith no. 4
ابن
ماجه والحاكم
والطبرانى في
الكبير
والبيهقى في
شعب الايمان
عن ابن عبّاس
رضى الله
تعالى عنه عن
النبى صلى
الله تعالى
عليه و سلّم
استعينوا
الطعام السحر
على صيام
النهار و
بالقيلولة
على قيام
الليل *
Ibne Maaja(Radi ALLAH Anho),
Haakim(Radi ALLAH Anho) and Tabraani(Radi ALLAH Anho) state in Al-Kabeer and Bayhaqi(Radi ALLAH Anho)
states in Shou'bul-Imaan, that Sayyiduna
Ibne
Abbaas(Radi ALLAH Anho) narrates from Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him),
“Seek
assistance from Sehri for the days fast and from
siesta for
the nights Ibadah”. (Ibne-Maaja)
Hadith no. 5
الديلمى
في مسند
الفردوس عن
عبد الله ابن
عمررضى الله
تعالى عنهما
عن النبي صلى
الله تعالى
عليه و سلّم
استعينوا على
الرزق
بالصدقة *
Imam
Daylami(Radi ALLAH Anho) in Musnadul-Firdous directly narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah ibne Omar(Radi ALLAH Anho)
who reports from Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him) that, “Assist your Rizq by giving charity”. (Daylami)
Hadith no. 6
ابن
عدى في الكامل
عن انس ابن
مالك رضى الله
تعالى عنه عن
النبي صلى
الله تعالى
عليه
وسلّم
استعينوا على
النساء
بالعرى فانّ
إحداهن إذا
كثرت ثيابها و
أحسنت زينتها
أعجبها
الخروج *
Imam
Ibne-Adi(Radi ALLAH Anho) records in Al-Kaamil that Sayyiduna Anas ibne Maalik(Radi ALLAH Anho) narrates from Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him)
“Assist yourself by not giving your women excessive clothing when she sits at
home. If women get many clothes then she would like
to
dress up and leave her home to display her garb”.
Hadith no. 7, 8, 9 and 10
الطبرانى
في الكبير
والعقيلى
وابن عدى و أبو
نعيم في
الحلية
والبيهقى في
الشعب
الإيمان عن
معاذ ابن جبل و
الخطيب عن ابن
عبّاس و
الخلعى في
فوائده عن
أمير
المؤمنين علىن
المرتضى و
الخرائطى في
اعتلال
القلوب عن
أمير
المؤمنين عمر
الفاروق رضى
الله تعالى
عنهم عن النبي
صلى الله
تعالى عليه و
سلّم استعينوا
على إنجاح
الحوائج
بالكتمان *
Tabraani(Radi ALLAH Anho)
in Al-Kabeer, Aqeeli(Radi ALLAH Anho),
Ibne-Adi(Radi ALLAH Anho) and Abu-Na’eem(Radi ALLAH Anho) in Hilya, Imam Bayhaqi(Radi ALLAH Anho)
in Shou'bul-Imaan narrates from Sayyiduna Mu'aaz ibne Jabal(Radi ALLAH Anho). Khateeb(Radi ALLAH Anho) narrates from Ibne Abbaas(Radi ALLAH Anho) and Khal'ee(Radi ALLAH Anho)
in his Fawaa'id narrates from Ameeril Moh'mineen Sayyiduna Ali Al-Murtudah(Radi ALLAH Anho).
Khara'itee(Radi ALLAH Anho) in Ah'tadaalul-Quloob
directly
narrates from Ameeril Moh'mineen Sayyiduna
Omar Al-Farooq(Radi ALLAH Anho)
the Beloved Nabi(Peace Be Upon Him) said, “Success
of
intentions are in keeping them a secret. So assist
yourself
from not exposing those secrets”.
These
10 Ahadith refer to seeking help from actions (أفعال).
Now, I will quote 20 Ahadith relating to seeking help from persons
so that the total will be 30 Ahadith.
Hadith no. 11
Imam Ahmad(Radi ALLAH Anho),
Imam Abu-Da'ood(Radi ALLAH Anho) and Imam Ibne Maaja(Radi ALLAH Anho)
with a Sanad-e-Sahih narrates from Ummul-Moh'mineen Sayyidah Ayesha
Siddiqah رضى
الله تعالى
عنها that
Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him) said:
أنا
لا نستعين
بمشرك *
We do not seek any help from the Mushrik.
If Isti'aanat
(seeking help) was also forbidden from a Muslim, then why does the Hadith
specify the Mushrik? Sayyiduna Omar Al-Farooq(Radi ALLAH Anho) had a Christian slave Watheeq, who was very trustworthy regarding worldly
matters. Ameeril-Moh'mineen(Radi ALLAH Anho) once said to him:
اسلم
استعن بك على
أمانة
المسلمين *
Become a Muslim so that I may seek your assistance with
the Amana (entrusted monies) of the Muslim.
He refused and Sayyiduna Omar(Radi ALLAH Anho)
said, “We will not seek any help from a Kaafir”.
Hadith no. 12
Imam
Bukhari(Radi ALLAH Anho) in Taaree'kh narrates from Sayyiduna Habeeb bin Yasaaf(Radi ALLAH Anho)
that Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him) said:
أنا
لا نستعين
بالمشركين
على المشركين *
ورواه
الأمام احمد
أيضا
We do not seek assistance from the Mushrik in
matters regarding the Mushrik.
Hadith no. 13
It is
recorded in Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim and Sunan-e-Nisaa'ee that
a few Arab tribes came for some assistance from the Prophet of Allah(Peace Be Upon Him),
who assisted them.
عن
انس رضى الله
تعالى عنه انّ
النبي صلى
الله تعالى
عليه و سلّم
اتاه رعل و
ذكوان و عصية و
بنو لحيان
فزعموا انهم
قد اسلموا
واستمدوه على
قومهم
فامدّهم
النبي صلى
الله تعالى
عليه و سلّم *
الحديث
Sayyiduna
Anas(Radi ALLAH Anho) narrates from Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him)
that the
clans of Ri'al, Zakwaan, Asiyyah and Banu Lahyaan came to him. They professed of
their Islam and sought assistance for their families from the Prophet of Allah(Peace Be Upon Him),
and he
assisted them.
Hadith no. 14
Sahih
Muslim, Abu-Da'ood, Ibne Maaja
and Tabraani in Muh’jam-e-Kabeer narrate from Sayyiduna
Rabee'ah bin Kaab Aslami(Radi ALLAH Anho) that Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him) once said to him (Kaab Aslami): “Ask what you desire and I will
give it to you”. I said, “I ask of you that I be in your
company in Jannah”. The Beloved Nabi(Peace Be Upon Him)
replied, “Is there anything else you desire?” I said, “That
is all I desire”. Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him) said, “Assist me by making excessive Sojood”.
قال
كنت أبيت مع
رسول الله صلى
الله تعالى
عليه و سلّم
فأتيته
بوضوئه و
حاجته ،
فقال لي سل و لفظ الطبراني فقال يوما يا ربيعه! سلني فاعطيك ، رجعنا الى لفظ مسلم ، قال فقلت ، اسئالك مرافقتك في الجنة ، قال أوغير ذاك؟ قلت هو ذالك قال فاعنّي على نفسك بكثرت السجود *
Sayyiduna
Rabee'ah(Radi ALLAH Anho) says that “I always spent the nights
with the
Prophet of Allah(Peace Be Upon Him). One night, I presented water to
him for
Istinja and Wudu. He(Peace Be Upon Him) said to me, ‘Ask!’
and the words
of Tabraani are,
‘O
Rabee'ah! Ask me what you desire and I will grant you’.
We revert
back to the words of Sahih Muslim,
‘Then I
(Rabee'ah) asked, ‘I seek your company in Jannah’.
The
Prophet of Allah(Peace Be Upon Him) asked, ‘Is there any other request?’
I
replied, ‘That is all I desire’ The Beloved(Peace Be Upon Him) then replied,
‘Then
you assist me by making excessive Sojood’”.
Alhamdulillah! Every word of this Sahih Hadith Shareef refutes the false Wahabi belief. Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him) said اعنّى, “assist me” and this is called Isti'aanat.
Another important fact is that the Beloved Prophet
of Allah(Peace Be Upon Him) said
سل
“ask what
you desire”. This command has no restrictions or limitations. It is a
general option to ask for anything. It is explicitly clear from this Sahih
Hadith that Almighty ALLAH
has blessed Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him)
with the authority to grant the desire of this world and the Akhirah.
Why would the Nabi(Peace Be Upon Him) say Sal "Ask" unconditionally if he did not possess the authority to grant desires? Surely a Prophet of Allah(Peace Be Upon Him) will not declare or claim any quality that is exclusive to ALLAH. This will be Shirk on his part. Is a Prophet sent by ALLAH to abolish Shirk or to establish it? It is so unfortunate that the Wahabies cannot understand a clear and simple Sahih Hadith.
Sheikh-e-Muhaqqiq Allama Abdul Haq Muhaddith Dehlawi(Radi ALLAH Anho) states in his commentary of Mishkaat Shareef under the above Hadith Shareef:
“Sal”
(ask) is an unconditional question. There are no limitations or restrictions
attached to it. This is to
understand
that it is within the power and authority
of
Sayyiduna Rasoolullah(Peace Be Upon Him) to grant the desire. Whatever
and
whomever the Nabi(Peace Be Upon Him) desires, he can grant it, by
the
Permission of Allah U
Imam Sharfudeen Boseeri(Radi ALLAH Anho),
in his famous Qasidah Burdah, states:
فانّ
من جودك
الدّنيا و
ضرّتها
و من علومك
علم اللوح و
القلم
This world
and the Akhirah, comprises of his(Peace Be Upon Him) generosity. And the knowledge of the Lauh and Qalam is from his(Peace Be Upon Him)
knowledge.