Invoking any shirk Ali.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
As
salaam alaikum.
Among
the Shia Imami Ismailis, the following Du'a is recited at times of difficulty.
"Naade-e-Ali
Naad-e-Aliyyan
mazharai'l ajaib tajid-hu awnan la ka fin-nawaib:kullu hammin wa ghammim
sayanjali bi wilayatika. Ya Ali. Ya Ali. Ya Ali."
Translation:
"Invoke
Ali!
Invoke
Ali! Who is the Revealer of wonderful things and you surely find Him helping
you in difficulties. All worrries and sorrows shall be cleared away by His
help. O Ali! O Ali! O Ali!"
I
would be grateful if you would say whether the Bohras too recite such prayer.
However
I have not come across it in any of the Sunni Du'a books. Can you please
whether it is an authentic prayer recited by the Nabi Muhammad (saw) at the
time of difficulty?
If
not, is there any evidence or an indication as to by whom and under what
circumstances it was introduced.
It is
generally considered to be a call to Hadrat Ali R.A.) for help but in that case
would it not be SHIRK?
And if
a person continued to recite it till death approached him/her, would not that
person concerned be destined to the FIRE even if the person testified "La
illaha ill Allah"?
(Allah
Subhana is the Lord of the Day of Judgement and Indeed He is The Forgiver of
sins and indeed He is The Merciful but He has made it abundantly clear that He
would not forgive one who commits SHIRK!)
I look
forward to receiving your response.
Jazaak
Allah Khair.
I
continue to pray : May Allah give you correct knowledge and wisdom and hidayat
that you continue to help all those who turn to you in the matter of
DEEN.
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Answer:
Invoking any shirk Ali
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Your
Question: ….I would be grateful if you would say whether the Bohras too recite
such prayer.
Although the contents of the phrases are not too far from
the belief held by the Bohras, to the best of our knowledge, the Bohras do not
recite such an invocation.
Your
Question: ….However I have not come across it in any of the Sunni Du'a books.
Can you please whether it is an authentic prayer recited by the Nabi Muhammad
(saw) at the time of difficulty?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 40 Surah
Mumin verses 65-66:
65 He (Allah) is The Ever-Living (One): There is no god but He: Call
upon Him giving Him sincere devotion.
Praise be to Allah Lord of the Worlds!
66 Say (O Prophet (saws)): "I have been forbidden to invoke
those whom ye invoke besides Allah seeing that the Clear Signs have
come to me from my Lord: and I have been commanded to bow (in Islam) to the
Lord of the Worlds."
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verse 19:
(O Prophet (saws)) Ask them, “Whose testimony is
most reliable?”. Say (O Prophet (saws)),
“Allah is a Witness between me and you,
and this Quran has been revealed to me so that I should thereby warn you
and all whom it may reach. What! Will you really testify that there are other
deities besides Allah?” Say, “As for
me, I will never testify such a
thing.” Say, “Indeed, He (Allah) Alone
is The Deity, and I feel disgusted with the ‘shirk’ you practise.”
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah
Zumar verse 38:
38 If indeed thou ask them who it is that created the heavens and the
earth they would be sure to say "Allah." Say: "See ye then? The things that ye
invoke besides Allah: can they if Allah wills some penalty for me remove His
penalty? Or if He wills some Grace for me can they keep back His Grace?"
Say: "Sufficient is Allah for me!
In Him trust those who put their trust."
To invoke or call upon anyone or anything other than Allah
Subhanah Alone in the ‘unseen’ is a manifest act of the abomination of
‘shirk’…..and it is absolutely and categorically inconceivable that the Noble
Prophet Mohamed (saws) would ever ever ever come close to even contemplate
making such an invocation!
Your
Question: …..If not, is there any evidence or an indication as to by whom and
under what circumstances it was introduced.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 46 Surah
Ahqaaf verses 3-5:
3 We created not the heavens and the earth and all between them but
for just ends and for a term appointed: but those who reject faith turn away
from that whereof they are warned.
4 Say: "Do ye see what it is ye invoke besides Allah? Show me
what it is they have created on earth or have they a share in the heavens?
Bring me a Book (revealed) before this or any remnant of knowledge (ye may
have) if ye are telling the truth!"
5 And who is more astray than one who invokes besides Allah such as
will not answer them until the Day of Judgment, and who (in fact) are
unconscious of their call (to them)?
Beloved brother, this question of why those who chose to
invoke others than the One Lord God Creator Who Created is best posed to those
who make such invocations of manifest ‘shirk’!
Your
Question: …..It is generally considered to be a call to Hadrat Ali R.A.) for
help but in that case would it not be SHIRK?
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 Prophet (saws)), tell
them, “Do you wish to inform Allah of that thing which He knows not in the
heavens, or in the earth?” He
(Allah Subhanah) is absolutely free from, and exalted above the shirk that they
commit.
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 verses 28-30:
On the Day when We will muster them
together, We shall say to those who
committed ‘shirk’, “Stay where you are,
you and those whom you set up as partners with Us.” The We shall remove the state of strangeness
from among them, and the partners they
had set up will say, “You did not worship us!
Allah suffices as a Witness between you and us, and (even if you worshipped us), we were
utterly unaware of your worship!” At
that time everyone will taste of what he did.
All shall be brought back to Allah, their real Lord, and all the lies they had invented will
vanish from them!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 19 Surah
Maryam verses 81-82:
These people have set up other deities with
Allah, so that they may become their
supporters! There will be no
supporters! They will not only disown
their worship, but also become their
opponents!
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 deities besides Allah, follow nothing but surmises and merely
indulge in guess-works!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 18 Surah
Kahf verse 102:
What? Do
these people, who have disbelieved, presume that they would make My servants their
‘auliyaas’ besides Me? We have prepared
Hell for the hospitality of such people.
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.
In light of the absolutely clear guidance of the Glorious
Quran, to invoke or call upon anyone or anything other than Allah Subhanah
Alone in the ‘unseen’ is a manifest act of the abomination and unforgivable
crime of ‘shirk’…..
Your
Question: ….And if a person continued to recite it till death approached
him/her, would not that person concerned be destined to the FIRE even if the
person testified "La illaha ill Allah"?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verse 72:
Whoever commits ‘shirk’, Allah shall forbid for him
Allah says in the Quran: Chapter 4 Surah An-Nisa Verse 48
’Shirk’ 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.
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan