Made dua through prophet(saws).
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Assalam aliekum, Deeeply touched to read your email abt. momin's love for the
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Questions:-
Can we make duwa Ya Allah SWT in sake of Prophet SW comply with our needs
and accept?
Now a days it is noted in the west while making Ikma azhan which is given
at the start of faraz prayer the name of Prophet SW is red once "Ashado
una Muhammad ur Rasool ullah" SW whereas it is twice in azhan and Ikma in asian,
WHY IT IS SO?
WHENEVER i CAME ACROSS THIS SITUATION Iget mentally hurt!
Hope to hear from you soon,
Jazakumallah
bil kahir
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Answer:
Made dua through
prophet(saws)
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.
May Allah Subhanah reward you with the best of this world
and the Hereafter for your kind comments of encouragement for our humble
efforts in the propagation of the Truth.
If our humble and modest efforts have helped even one brother or sister
get closer to Allah and His Deen of Truth, then we would consider ourselves
indeed fortunate to have been given this opportunity by the Lord Most Merciful
to serve in His Cause. We hope, beg, and
pray the Merciful Lord accepts our humble and weak efforts, forgives us our
shortcomings, and saves you, us, and all the believers from the torment of the
Hell Fire. Ameen.
Your
Question: Can we make duwa Ya Allah SWT in sake of Prophet SW comply with
our needs and accept?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 17 Surah
Israa verse 110:
110 Say: "Call upon Allah or call upon ‘The Rahman’ (The Most
Gracious): by whatever Name ye call upon Him (it is well): for to Him belong
the Most Beautiful Names.
Beloved Brother in Islam, it is absolutely fine,
permissible, acceptable and encouraged to implore and beseech Allah Subhanah
through His Noble Names and Attributes when supplicating to Him; but it is absolutely and categorically
forbidden and impermissible in Islam to use a creation of Allah as an
intermediary when supplicating the Lord Most Gracious, or beseech the Lord Most
Gracious to give them something for the ‘sake’ of anyone in creation…. even if
that creation happens to be a Prophet, or an Angel, or a Saint, etc.!
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!
Our Lord is indeed the All-Hearing, All-Knowing, and He
indeed hears and responds to those who call upon Him in humility and in
hope. The Messenger of Allah (saws)
himself called upon His Lord directly and without any intermediaries; and
encouraged the believers to do the same.
Never ever did he encourage or endorse supplicating Allah Subhanah
through an intermediary! In fact, asking
or supplicating Allah Subhanah through or for the ‘sake’ of a deceased or
absent intermediary is regarded as a form of ‘shirk’ and ‘disbelief’ in Islam.
Instead of adding ‘weight’ to one’s supplication by using
the name of a deceased or absent pious slave or a creation of Allah, the
Messenger of Allah (saws) guided the believers that if indeed they wished to
add ‘weight’ to their supplications to their Lord Most Gracious, they should in
absolute humility, and fear, and in hope, indicate some amongst their good
deeds which they have done purely for the Sake and Pleasure of Allah Subhanah;
for it is one’s own belief and one’s own deeds which indeed add ‘weight’ to
one’s supplications in the Presence of the Lord Most Merciful.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 4.671 Narrated by Ibn Umar
Allah's Messenger (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)."
Allah’s Messenger (saws) guided the believers on how to
best supplicate their Lord Most Merciful:
Ibn Mas'ud reported
that the Prophet (saws), said, "If any servant of Allah afflicted with
distress or grief makes this supplication, his supplication will be
accepted: 'O Allah, I am Your servant,
son of Your servant, son of your maidservant.
My forehead is in Your hand.
Your command conceming me prevails, and Your decision concerning me is
just. I call upon You by every one of
the beautiful names by which You have described Yourself, or which You have
revealed in Your book, or have taught anyone of Your creatures, or which You
have chosen to keep in the knowledge of the unseen with You, to make the Qur'an
the delight of my heart, the light of my breast, and remover of my griefs,
sorrows, and afflictions'." A supplication in these words will be
answered. Allah will remove one's
affliction and replace it with joy and happiness.
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."
Narrated by Ahmad and Ibn Hibban.
Your Question: Now a
days it is noted in the west while making Ikma azhan which is given at
the start of faraz prayer the name of Prophet SW is red once "Ashado una Muhammad
ur Rasool ullah" SW whereas it is twice in azhan and Ikma in asian, WHY IT
IS SO?
Sahih
Al-Bukhari Hadith 1.579 Narrated
by Anas ibn Malik
Bilal was ordered by the Prophet (saws) to
repeat the wording of the ‘Adhaan’ for prayers twice, and to pronounce the
wording of the ‘Iqama’ once except "Qad-qamat-is-Salat".
Although the wordings of the ‘adhaan’ and the ‘iqama’ are
quite similar, there is a distinct difference in their declaration. The Messenger of Allah (saws) ordered Hadrat
Bilaal (r.a.) to repeat the phrases of the ‘adhaan’ twice and in a slow-paced
rhythm; and the declare the phrases of the ‘iqama’ only once in a faster-paced
rhythm.
The correct and Sunnah way to announce the ‘iqama’ is to
declare each phrase only once except the declaration of ‘Qad-qamat-is-Salat’,
which is twice.
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
