WASEELAH (To approach ALLAH)

LETTER NO.6

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

By the help of my LORD, ALLAH I have started my 6^th letter. I hope the previous letters were easy to understand and in simple form. I try to keep it very simple as I want to make my Daawah for all, from a common person to a qualified person as well. InshaALLAH in this letter we will be starting a new topic and that is “WASEELAH” (Means to approach ALLAH).

WASEELAH or MEANS(To approach ALLAH) :- It means to seek the means to do things. But the waseelah which we are discussing is the waseelah to approach ALLAH. When it comes to Shariah, then we must follow what Prophet Muhammad(saws) and his Sahaba(companions of the Prophet(saws)) did and ordered us to do.

Shariah is based on only 2 things:

1.Qur’an- ALLAH’s word.

2.Hadeeth- Prophet’s(saws) statement.

ALLAH says:        

“O you who believe! Do your duty to ALLAH and fear HIM. And seek the means of approach toHIM, and strive hard in HIS Cause(as much as you can), so that you may be successful.” (surah-5, verse-35)  

When we are told to seek the “Waseelah”(means) to approach ALLAH, then we have also been shown the kind of “Waseelah” which is lawful. But we must also know that many people who take this verse as a proof and do ‘SHIRK’ by practicing the unlawful and haraam “Waseelah”. It is quite strange that when the QUR’AN CLEARLY FORBIDS SHIRK AND TELLS US TO BE AWAY FROM SHIRK, HOW CAN THE SAME QUR’AN TELL US TO DO SHIRK?

This is because we have read the verse and acted upon it in the way of our elders or the way of scholars who not follow the RIGHT PATH of SAHABA(companions of the Prophet(saws)). The best way is to know that this verse was revealed on our Prophet(saws) and the best people were Sahaba who will understand it the best and will act upon it in the best possible way.

InshaALLAH we will know the Lawful and Unlawful types of Waseelah.

To make it easy for you readers, I have decided to discuss the Lawful and Unlawful types in the next letters. This is because this topic is very delicate and it must be understood clearly as most of the people deviate from the Correct Path.

May ALLAH guide all of us to the Straight Path, aameen.

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