Part 4

3 and use him as tawassul by asking him to supplicate for us

so that it will rain. And now that he =% has passed on to the company of the highest Angels and it is not now possible for him to supplicate for us, then now we go to the uncle of our

beloved Prophet 2% Al-Abbaas (ra), and ask him to supplicate for us.

There should be no doubt that Umar (ra) used Al-Abbaas (ra) the uncle of the Prophet = as a means of tawassul because of his closeness to the Prophet #5.

The great scholar Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalaani attested to this fact. Thus he said in his book Fathul Baari: We learnt from this story with Umar (ra) and Abbaas (ra) the excellence of using pious people to make du’aa for us. And the exceilence of calling

*! Sahih Bukhari (Arabic/English ) Vol. 2. p.66. No.123.

upon Ahul Bait to pray for us. 7”

Ibn Hajar arrived at this conclusion because of the words used by the Prophet’s 328 uncle Al-Abbaas (ra) whilst he was

supplicating. He said: “O Lord, indeed there’s no disaster except due _to_our disobedience. And there is no removing of this

disaster_except by our repentance. And the people have approached me to pray for them due to my closeness to Your Prophet 325.” 3

With these previous mentioned evidences we can safely conclude that the only halaal and prescribed tawassul are the following three types:

1. Tawassul by means of a righteous deed, which the person who is supplicating has done, or he may promise Allah 3 to do it in the future.

2. Tawassul by means of the Perfect and Beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah the Most High.

3. Tawassul by means of the supplication made by a righteous man or woman.

The haraam types of tawassul will now be looked at. There are some Muslims in the world today who performed types of tawassul that are not prescribed; hence they do not fall into any of the three halaal previous mentioned types of tawassul.

These Muslims call upon Allah 3 by saying: “O Allah forgive me due to the glory of Muhammad 3%” or “O Allah forgive me due to the right that Muhammad has over You.” Some of them even go as far as to approach the grave of the

Prophet ‘3 and stand by it and say: “O Muhammad beg Allah to forgive me.” or “Beg Allah 3% to bless me with such and

* See Fathul Baari Vol. 2. p.577. * See Fathul Baari Vol. 2. p.577.

such a thing.” These types of tawassul are haraam because they are not prescribed. In fact Abu Hanifa and his two students Abu Yusuf and Muhammad Ibn Hasan Ash-Shaybaani hated these types of tawassul. These types of tawassul are hated by the guided Muslims for the following reasons.

We are not supposed to call upon Allah 3% due to the glory of Muhammad “8 because the glory of Muhammad 3 is imperfect while Allah’s Names and Attributes are perfect. Hence it is more appropriate to call upon Him by His perfect names and not by the imperfect glory of the Prophet as Likewise we do not have any right over Allah 3% because we are not pious enough to place right over Allah 2. Because of this the Holy Prophet 25 said: “None of you will enter Paradise due to his pious deeds.’* i.e. we sin by night and by day thus we cannot place a right on Allah 58 due to our shortcomings and human failings. As for those who argue in favour of using the Prophet 3 for tawassul we refute them by saying: When the Muslims suffered drought in 18AH during the caliphate of Umar (ra), he, Umar (ra) said: “O Allah we used to use our Prophet 5 as tawassul by requesting him to beseech You for rain, and You would bless us with rain. Now we ask the uncle of our Prophet 3 to supplicate to You so grant us rain.”

If it were halaal to use the Prophet “8 as a means of tawassul even after his death Umar (ra) would have made a du’aa to Allah 3% and said: “O Allah 3% give us rain due to the glory of our Prophet 2 ” or he would have said “Give us rain due to the right which Muhammad “= has over You”

*4 Sahih Bukhari (Arabic/English) Vol. 8, p.315, No 474 — We will enter Paradise due to Allah’s Mercy and not by our pious deeds because we sin by night and by day and we all have shortcomings.

* Sahih Bukhari (Arabic/English) Vol. 2. p.66. No.123

This would have been the best time to do so because they were

suffering from severe drought. But instead he, Umar ed the uncle of the Prophet ee, Abbaas (ra) who was alive at the

time as a means of tawassul to beseech Allah 3% for rain and it did rain. This is clear evidence that tawassul with the Prophet 32% is haraam after his death.

As for those who go to the Prophet’s 4 grave and make du’aa and ask him for things; they are guilty of major Shirk and thus they are kafirs outside the fold of Islam, and there is.no difference between them and the Christians who pray to

As for their saying: Had it not been for Muhammad ss Allah 35 would not have created the heavens and the earth, it is Shirk and it contradicts the following -ayah,

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Whatsoever is on earth of Allah’s 3% creation like the sun, moon, stars, seas, rivers, trees and animals are for us to utilise for our benefit. We were created for no other reason than to worship Allah 2 hence everything goes back to Allah 3% the Lord and Creator, For_us to_say Allah 3% created the

heavens and the earth for the sake of Muhammad 32 iis Shirk. Likewise to say that Allah 9% created everything from the noor Aight) of Muhammad 32 js also Shirk. Both concepts are

foreign to Islam. These concepts were borrowed from false religions | sm and Christianity.

In regards to the deviants who claim that they know how

Allah 3 created the heavens and the earth, and the that he created

them from the noor of Muhammad 3 Allah 3 said:

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“I, Allah, never made anyone a witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth, and not even their own creation, nor was I Allah to take the misleaders as helpers. 7

Since Allah 3% stated clearly in the above ayah that He never used anyone as witness when He was creating the heavens and the earth and what’s inside of them; no one has the right to claim that he knows how Allah 5 created everything or that everything was created from the noor of Muhammad BZ Itisa major sin in Islam to speak about Allah 5 with no knowledge. Thus Allah 3% said:

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“Say my Lord has forbidden lewdness whether committed openly or secretly, sins of all kinds, unrighteous

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oppressions, joining partners with Allah without authority and saying things about Allah of which you have no knowledge.’”*

There is not a single person from among the Muslims who has not been forgiven by Allah for his sins on Jumu’ah day.

Related by Tabaraani and classified fabricated by Ibn Najar AlAsqalaani and Adh-Dhahaabee who said a mian who was unknown was found in the Isnaad.

He who gets married before he performs Hajj has indeed started (his life) by committing a great wrong.

Related by Ibn Adee and graded fabricated by Ibn Jawzee.

Even though Hajj is a pillar of Islam it is permissible for a person to get married before performing Hajj. This is so because marriage is necessary to keep a person in the deen, especially in a society, which is saturated by vices and temptations. When a person is single it is extremely difficult for him or her to be a proper practising Muslim. For this reason the Holy Prophet Se said: By Allah I am more submissive to Allah and more afraid of Him than you; yet I fast and some days suspend fasting, some nights I stay up and pray while other nights I go to bed, and I also marry women. So he who does not follow my example of

*8 Surah Al-A'raaf 7:33.

getting married such a person is not of me (i.e. one of my followers)."?

Because of the above mentioned hadith the scholars of Islam agree unanimously among themselves that marriage becomes compulsory on a person the moment he or she fears falling into zina. People should get married even if they have attained old age, because it is not allowed for us to live by ourselves. The Holy Prophet 2 has forbidden us to live by ourselves, by doing so we become vulnerable.

In regards to marriage the Holy Prophet = also said: “When anyone comes to you with a proposal of marriage for your daughter whose moral conduct and religion you like, then marry him to her. If you do not do so a trial and vast corruption will prevail on the earth.’”*?

Thus no father should turn down someone’s proposal for his daughter unless he has detected some fault in his deen or character, like laziness, smoking, drinking, gambling, wrong aqeedah, womanising or drugs.

He who visits the grave of his parents every Jumu’ah and recites Surah Yaa-Sin over them or one of them shall have his sins forgiven by the number of each verse or each letter.

Related by Abu Na’eem and graded fabricated by Ibn Adee who said it was devoid of an Isnaad.

The above-mentioned fabricated Hadith encourages Muslims to recite the Holy Qur’an by the grave and this is a bid’ah. There is no authentic hadith stating that this practice is allowed. If it were permissible the Sahaabahs would have recited over their dead because they were quicker than us in doing good deeds. This practice of reciting the Qur’an over the dead people was disallowed by Abu Hanifa, Malik and Ahmad. The person who claims to be a Muslim but didn’t practice the Qur’an during his lifetime will not benefit from the recitation of his relatives over his dead body.

In regards to this the Holy Prophet 35 said: When a person is dead all his pious deeds have stopped except in three cases: