Wasila Intercession
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Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
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Assalamo Alaikum
Brother i want to ask that how much extent the wasila of imams ,
noble companions , prophet is correct because many time i heard in a darees
that "mera soya hai muqadar aey hussain ab jaga do" and etc i say to
my family Allah can do everything, so beg directly to Allah but they said that
we take wasila then i said your wasila should be your prayers, ibadaats, deeds,
so please tell me that by how much extent wasila should be correct.
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Wasila
Intercession
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever
Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can
guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Beloved
brother in Islam, to assume that by invoking in the unseen the righteous imams,
or the noble companions of the Holy Prophet (saws), or even the Noble Prophet (saws)
himself, or invoking anyone in the Universe other than the One and Only True
Lord of the Worlds would be a clear and manifest form of the unforgivable crime
of ‘shirk’ in Islam.
To assume
that any of the pious departed slaves or Allah Subhanah, or anyone else in
creation other than Allah Subhanah Alone can hear one’s invocations in the
unseen, let alone has the power and ability to answer them or get them
answered, is a clear and manifest form of the most heinous of sins: ‘shirk’
with Allah Subhanah.
One of
the Noble and Exclusive Attributes of Allah Subhanah is that He Alone is the
All-Hearing or ‘Al-Samee’. To assume
that anyone or anything in creation can hear us in the unseen, let alone having
the ability and power to answer or respond to our invocations, is to share one
of Allah Subhanah’s Exclusive and Sole Attributes with one amongst His
creation; and that is a clear and manifest form of the sin of ‘shirk’!
There is
not a major Surah in the Quran, where Allah Subhanah has not warned the believers
against this heinous practice and abomination of taking ‘wasila’, or invoking
others with Allah Subhanah in the unseen!
The noble and pious departed slaves of Allah Subhanah never advocated
such a practice, nor did it behove them to do so!
Just
study these Aayahs of the Glorious Quran to understand and comprehend the Wrath
and Anger of Allah Subhanah on those who invoke other beings in creation with
Allah Subhanah:
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 16 Surah Nahl verse 20-21: All
the other beings, whom the people invoke
with Allah, create nothing! Nay,
they are themselves created! They are DEAD, not living, and they do not at all know
themselves when they shall again be raised to life!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 10 Surah Yunus verse 66: Note
it well that all the dwellers of the heavens and the earth belong to
Allah. And those who invoke others
besides Allah, follow nothing but
surmises and merely indulge in guess-works!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 35Surah Fatir verses 13-14: He
merges night into day, and day into night,
and he has subjected the Sun and the Moon (to His Law); each one runs its course for an appointed
term. Such is Allah, your Lord! To Him belongs all Dominion. Those whom you invoke besides Him, do not own even a blade of grass! If you call them, they cannot hear your prayers! And if they hear, they cannot answer you! And on the Day of Resurrection, they will disown your ‘shirk’. None can inform you of the Truth, like the One Who is acquainted with all
things.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 46 Surah Ahqaf verses 4-6:
Prophet, say to them, "Have you ever seen them with open eyes those whom
you invoke instead of Allah? Show me what they have created in the earth? Or
have they any share in the creation and control of the heavens? Bring me a Book
revealed before this, or produce some remnant of knowledge in support of your
beliefs if you are truthful." And who could be further astray than the one
who invokes, instead of Allah, those who cannot answer him till the Day of
Resurrection. Nay, they are even UNAWARE THAT THEY ARE BEING INVOKED. And when
all mankind shall be gathered together (on the Day of Qiyamah), they (the so
called leaders and intercessors) will become enemies of those who invoked them
and they will DISOWN THEIR WORSHIP!!!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verse 2-3: So worship Allah
Alone, making your religion His
exclusively. Beware! Religion is the exclusive Right of Allah. As for those who have taken other ‘auliyas’
(guardians) with Allah (and justify their this conduct by saying): “We serve
them only that they may bring us closer to Allah.” Allah will surely judge between them
concerning all that in which they differ.
Allah does not show guidance to any liar and denier of the Truth.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 10 Surah Yunus
verse 18: These people serve beside Allah those which can neither harm
nor benefit them, and say, “These are our ‘shofa’a’ (intercessors) with Allah!” (O Mohammed), tell them, “Do you wish to
inform Allah of that thing which He knows not in the heavens or in the
earth?” He is absolutely free from, and
exalted above the shirk that they commit.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 19 Surah Maryam verses 81-82: These
people have set up other gods that Allah,
so that they may become their supporters! There will be no supporters! They will not only disown your worship, but also become their opponents.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter16 Surah Nahl verses 86-87: When
the people who had committed shirk in this world will see those whom they had
made associates with Allah, they will
say, “Our Lord, here are those
associate-deities whom we used to invoke besides You.” At this their deities will retort, “You are
liars!” At that time, all of them will proffer submission before
Allah, and all that they used to forge
in this world shall vanish from them.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraf verse 190-196: They
associate with Allah partners who do not create anything, but are themselves created; who cannot help
them nor have the power (even) to help themselves! If you invite them to follow the
Invoking
other beings in creation in the unseen is a clear manifestation of the
abomination and ‘the’ most heinous of sins in the deen of Islam, that is,
‘shirk’! Allah Subhanah has singled out
this one sin as absolutely ‘unforgivable’ on the Day of Judgment, and has
guaranteed the everlasting and unending punishment of the Fire of Hell to all
those who die in the state of ‘shirk’, no matter what amount of good deeds they
might have done! Such is the gravity of
this abomination of ‘shirk’ or invoking other beings in creation in the Sight
of Allah Subhanah, the One and Only Lord of the Worlds!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 72: Whoever
commits ‘shirk’ (invoking anything with Allah),
Allah shall forbid for him
Allah says in the Quran: Chapter 4 Surah An-Nisa Verse 48: Shirk
(associating other deities with Allah) is the only sin that Allah does not
forgive, and He forgives, whomsoever He pleases, sins other than this. For whosoever associates any other partner
with Allah, does indeed forge a big lie and commits the most heinous sin
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumar verse 65-66: If
you commit ‘shirk’ all your works will be rendered vain and you will be among
the losers. Therefore, you should worship Allah Alone, and be among His grateful servants.
Q-1:
Brother i want to ask that how much extent the wasila of imams , noble
companions , prophet is correct because many time i heard in a darees that
"mera soya hai muqadar aey hussain ab jaga do"
The
meaning of the Urdu invocation "mera soya hai muqadar aey hussain ab jaga
do" would translate in English to: “O Hussen, please wake up my
sleeping destiny now!”; which basically means to ask the righteous and
beloved grandson of the Prophet (saws), Imam Hussain ibn Ali Talib (r.a.), to
help invigorate or change or ‘wake-up’ the good destiny of the
suppliant!!!
To assume
that this righteous and beloved grandson of the Prophet (saws), or anyone in
creation, can hear the supplicant or invocation of the person in the unseen
(let alone respond to it!!!) is to raise the status of the righteous and
obedient slave of Allah Subhanah like Imam Hussain (r.a.) to the rank of the
Only One Who is Capable and Able of Hearing and Responding to all in His
Creation, The One and Only All-Hearing, All-Seeing, All-Knowing Lord of the
Worlds, Allah Subhanah wa Taala! And
that is nothing, but a clear and open manifestation of the abomination of
‘shirk’!
Q-2: i
say to my family Allah can do everything, so beg directly to Allah
Indeed,
our beloved and dear brother in Islam, it is Allah Subhanah ALONE Who can and
does hear, and respond to all our invocations.
He Alone is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing, All-Knowing, and knows even the
inner-most secrets and desires of our hearts.
He Alone is the All-Mighty and All-Powerful, and He Alone has the
Ability and Means to answer all our invocations. He Alone is our Creator and Sustainer, and He
Alone deserves our invocations, our worship, our absolute obedience, and our
total and absolute submission! And this
is the precise Message of The Oneness of Allah Subhanah or ‘Tawheed’ that was
taught by each and every Messenger of Allah to mankind.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 186: And
if My servants ask you, O Prophet, concerning Me, tell them that I am quite near to them. I hear and answer the prayer of the
suppliant, when he calls on Me. So let them respond to My call and believe in
Me. (Convey this to them), perhaps they may be guided aright!
Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2232 Narrated
byAnas ibn Malik
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Supplication is
the pith of worship."
Abu Hurairah reported, "The Prophet (saws) said,
"Nothing is more dear to Allah than one's supplication to Him.''
Related by Tirmidhi and Ibn Maajah
Salman reported that the Prophet (saws), said, "Your Lord,
the Blessed and the Exalted One, is Modest and Generous, and He loathes to turn
away His servant empty-handed when he raises his hands to Him in
supplication."
Q-3:
then i said your wasila should be your prayers, ibadaats, deeds, so please tell
me that by how much extent wasila should be correct.
Indeed,
our beloved brother in Islam, if one takes the term ‘wasila’ to mean a way or
approach to get close to Allah Subhanah with one’s ‘taqwa’ or God-consciousness
and ones own righteous good deeds; that is a state highly recommended by Allah
Subhanah.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 35: O ye
who believe! Do your duty to Allah, seek the means of approach unto Him (‘wasila’),
and strive with might and main in His cause: that ye may prosper.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 4.671 Narrated
by Abdullah Ibn Umar
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said, "Once three persons
(from the previous nations) were traveling, and suddenly it started raining and
they took shelter in a cave. The entrance of the cave got closed while they
were inside. They said to each other, 'O you!
Nothing can save you except the truth, so each of you should ask Allah's
help by referring to such a deed as he thinks he did sincerely (i.e. just for
gaining Allah's pleasure).' So one of
them said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a laborer who worked for me for one
Faraq (i.e. three Sas) of rice, but he departed, leaving it (i.e. his wages). I
sowed that Faraq of rice and with its yield I bought cows (for him). Later on
when he came to me asking for his wages, I said (to him), 'Go to those cows and
drive them away.' He said to me, 'But you have to pay me only a Faraq of rice,'
I said to him, 'Go to those cows and take them, for they are the product of
that Faraq (of rice).' So he drove them. O Allah! If you consider that I did
that for fear of You, then please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a bit from
the mouth of the cave.
The second one said, 'O Allah, You know that I had old parents
whom I used to provide with the milk of my sheep every night. One night I was
delayed and when I came, they had slept, while my wife and children were crying
with hunger. I used not to let them (i.e. my family) drink unless my parents had
drunk first. So I disliked to wake them up and also disliked that they should
sleep without drinking it, I kept on waiting (for them to wake) till it dawned.
O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of you, then please remove
the rock.' So the rock shifted and they could see the sky through it.
The (third) one said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a cousin
(i.e. my paternal uncle's daughter) who was most beloved to me and I sought to
seduce her, but she refused, unless I paid her one-hundred Dinars (i.e. gold
pieces). So I collected the amount and brought it to her, and she allowed me to
sleep with her. But when I sat between her legs, she said, 'Be afraid of Allah,
and do not deflower me but legally. 'I got up and left the hundred Dinars (for her).
O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of you then please remove the
rock. So Allah saved them and they came out (of the cave)."
If one
takes the term ‘wasila’ out of its original context to mean glorifying,
serving, and invoking other beings in creation in the unseen as a way or
approach to get things from Allah Subhanah,
that would be a clear and open manifestation of the abomination of
‘shrik’.
The above
Hadith clearly indicates that one can only ask Allah for help directly or
through his performed good deeds. But to ask Allah through dead or absent
prophets, saints, spirits, holy men, angels etc. in the unseen is absolutely
forbidden in Islam and a clear manifestation of the abomination of ‘shirk’.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
