Unlawful Waseelah

LETTER NO.7

Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem(In the name of ALLAH, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful).

May the Peace and Blessings of ALLAH be upon the Imaam of all Prophets, Imaam of the Ummah, Imaam of Mujahideen, our Holy Prophet-Muhammad (saws), and on those who follow his (saws) guidance till the Day of Judgement.

FROM:- ABU HAFS

TO      :- MY DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA RAHMATULLAHI WA BARAKATAHU

In the previous letter I had said that inshaALLAH we will know the Lawful and Unlawful types of Waseelah. First we will discuss the Unlawful type of Waseelah.

Unlawful Waseelah:- Yes there are certain types of Waseelah which are Haraam. The proof of intercession(that is worshipping idols, beseeching them for relief and fulfilling needs, and taking them for intercessors with ALLAH is Shirk) is the following verse:

ALLAH says:

“And they worship beside ALLAH that which neither harms them nor benefits them; and they say, ‘These are our intercessors with ALLAH.’ Say, not in the heavens or in the earth. How far is ALLAH from that which they ascribe (as partners) to HIM.” (surah-10, verse-18)

                                                                So the kind of Waseelah a lot of people take, like asking the dead (be it Prophets, saints or any human being), making the graves or tombs as a Waseelah is Haraam. For eg:-Asking Abdul Qadir Jeelani (may ALLAH have mercy on him) or any Wali (who is dead) is all FORBIDDEN and HARAAM. It is Haraam because this is not the way of our Prophet (saws) and his students and companions(may ALLAH be pleased with them all).

Some people say we worship them so that they bring us near to ALLAH.

Listen to what ALLAH says:

“Verily, WE have sent down the Book to you (O Muhammad(saws)) in truth: So worship ALLAH(Alone) by doing religious deeds sincerely for ALLAH’s sake only, and not to show off, and not to set up rivals with HIM in worship. Surely, the religion(i,e. the worship and the obedience) is for ALLAH only. And those who take ‘Auliya’(protectors and helpers) besides HIM(say): ‘We worship them only that they may bring us near to ALLAH.’ Verily, ALLAH will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ. Truly, ALLAH guides not him who is a liar, and a disbeliever,” (surah-39, verse-2,3)

Now you know that even the Mushrikeen used to do the same thing as a lot of people do now and they were MUSHRIK, and if we have muslim names and do it  then we also will be in the category of Mushrikeen. And those who invoke besides ALLAH will go to HELL.

The Messenger of ALLAH(saws) said:

“Whoever dies while invoking a partner besides ALLAH will enter Hell Fire.” (Al-Bukhari, Fath-ul-Bari-8/176)

It is thus clear that whoever takes a King or a Prophet or a Jinn or a stone or a tree for the purpose of invocation along with ALLAH and seeks their help or tries to gain nearness to them by offering vows and sacrifices in the hope that they may intercede with ALLAH on his behalf, or in the hope of getting cured from some illness, or of safeguarding of wealth or safety for a person who is away or for any other purpose, commits the major crime of SHIRK.

Moreover, these people who invoke the dead, the dead can’t even hear their calls and is unaware of their practices.

ALLAH says:

“And who is more astray than one who invokes besides ALLAH, such as will not answer him to the Day of Judgement and who (in fact) are unconscious of their call of them.” (surah-46, verse-5)   

These dead can not even help themselves and are created and the Creator of all is ALLAH.

ALLAH says:

“Do they attribute as partners to ALLAH those who created nothing but they themselves are created? No help can they give them, nor can they help themselves.” (surah-7, verse-191,192) 

And these so called saints or even the religious people or for that matter the Prophets are nothing but slaves like all of us.

ALLAH says:

“Verily, those whom you call upon besides ALLAH are slaves like you. So call upon them and let them answer you if you are truthful.” (surah-7, verse-194)     

O brothers and sisters, please stop this Shirk if you were involved in such practices.

I request you all to repent to ALLAH and don’t repeat it, inshaALLAH you will be forgiven and start stopping people from these Evil.

ALLAH says:

“Verily, ALLAH forgives not that partners should be set up with HIM in worship, but HE forgives except that(anything else) to whom HE pleases, and whoever sets up partners with ALLAH in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin.” (surah-4, verse-48)

May ALLAH guide all of us and save us from all types of Unlawful types of Waseelah, and open our heart and mind to accept the truth, aameen.

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