"By
the one in Whose hand is Abu al-Qasim's soul, `Isa ibn
Maryam shall descend as a just and wise ruler. He shall destroy
the cross, slay the swine, eradicate discord and grudges,
and money shall be offered to him but he will not accept
it.
Then
he shall stand at my graveside and say:
Ya Muhammad! and I
will answer him."
---
Abu
Ya`la relates it with a sound chain in his Musnad (Dar al-Ma'mun
ed. 1407/1987) 11:462;
Ibn Hajar cites it in
al-matalib al-`aliya (Kuwait, 1393/1973) 4:23, chapter entitled: "The
Prophet's life in his grave" and #4574;
Haythami says
in Majma` al-zawa'id (8:5), chapter entitled: "`Isa ibn Maryam's
Descent": "Its sub-narrators are the men of sound (sahih)
hadith."
Bukhari in his Adab al-mufrad,
Nawawi in
his Adhkar, and
Shawkani in Tuhfat al-dhakirin all
relate the narrations of Ibn `Umar and Ibn
`Abbas whereby they would call out Ya Muhammad whenever
they had a cramp in their leg (Chapters entitled: "What one
says if he feels a cramp in his leg").
Regardless
of the grade of these narrations, it is significant that Bukhari,
Nawawi, and Shawkani never raised such a disturbing notion as to say
that calling out:
"Ya Muhammad" (O
Muhammad) amounted to shirk?
See the following editions: Nawawi's Adhkar: 1970 Riyadh edition: p. 271 1988 Ta'if edition: p. 383 1992 Mecca edition: p. 370 Bukhari's Adab al-mufrad: 1990 `Abd al-Baqi Beirut edition: p. 286 1994 Albani edition entitled Da`if al-adab al-mufrad: p. 87 The latter gives as a reference: Takhrij al-kalim al-tayyib (235)"date? Beirut: `Alam al-kitab: p. 324 date? Beirut: Dar al-kutub al-`ilmiyya: p.142. Shawkani's Tuhfat al-dhakirin: 1970 Beirut: Dar al-kutub al-`ilmiyya: p. 206-207.
Whoever
regards the angels and Prophets as intermediaries whom
he calls upon, puts his trust in and asks them to bring that which
will benefit him and ward off harmful things, such as asking them to
forgive sins, guide them, relieve them of distress and meet
their needs, is a kaafir, according to the consensus of
the Muslims.
Majmoo’
al-Fataawa, 1/124.
--
Ibn
al-Qayyim said:
The
kinds of shirk include asked the dead for one's
needs, or seeking their help, or turning to them. This is
the essence of shirk.
Fath
al-Majeed, p. 145.
صلى
الله عليه و آله وسلم
---
Muhammad
bin ‘Umar relates: I
was sitting in the company of Abu Bakr bin Mujahid in
Baghdad, when Shaykh Shibili came before them,
whereupon Abu Bakr bin Mujahid stood up and hugged him, kissed his
forehead and sat him by his side.
Muhammad
bin ‘Umar said I asked Abu Bakr bin Mujahid, “You are the
Shaykh, whilst the whole of Baghdad regards Shibli as Majnun [crazy].
Why have you treated him with so much respect?”
To
this, Abu Bakr bin Mujahid replied, “I have done nothing strange. I
have treated him exactly as I have seen the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, treat him.
In
my dream, I saw the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant
him peace) kiss Shibli between his two eyes.
I
asked the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him
peace) “Why did you treat Shibli this
way?”
To
which the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him
and grant him peace) replied,“I
love him because after every Salah, he recites the last verse of
Surah Tawba, after which he recitesSallal
Laho ‘alaika Ya Muhammad three
times.”
[ Ibn
al-Qayyim, Jilal
al-Afham, p 80]
---
Allama
Shahaab Khafaaji Misri states in his book: Naseemur-Riyaad commentary
of Shifa by Imam Qaadi Ayaad, that:
هذا
مما هده اهل المدبنة
It
is a common practice of the people of Madina
Munawwara to proclaim:
“YaMuhammadahu!” in times
of difficultyand pain!
---
Sayyiduna Bilaal bin Al-Haarith Muzani
states that a
drought once occurred in the year 18 A.H. during
the Khilafat of Sayyiduna Omar Al- Farooq .
The drought was known as “Aamur-Ramada”. His tribe, Bani
Muzaina approached him and complained that they were dying of hunger,
and that he must request the Khalifa to sacrifice a few
sheep for food.
He said that there were no sheep left to
sacrifice, but they insisted. However, a sheep was found and was
slaughtered. When it was cleaned, the people were amazed to see that
there was no meat in the animal besides red bones.
Sayyiduna
Bilaal saw this distressing sight
and screamed in
grief,
“ Ya Muhammadahu!
”
That
same night he dreamt of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah صلى
الله عليه و آله وسلم who
informed him of future glad tidings. As time passed all these
Prophetic predictions did occur accordingly. ذكره
فى الكامل
Abu
Nu’aym related to us who said that Sufyan related to us from Abu
Ishaq from Abdar Rahman ibn Sa’d, who said: Ibn
Umar had numbness in his leg, whereupon a man said to him: “Remember
the most beloved of people to you”, so he said:
“Ya
Muhammad”
صلى
الله عليه و آله وسلم
Praise
be to Allah that is due from all grateful believers, a fullness of
praise for all his favours: a
praise that is abundantly sincere and blessed. May the blessings of
Allah be upon our beloved Master Muhammad(صلى
الله عليه وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم),
the chosen one, the Apostle of mercy and the seal of all Prophets
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all); and upon his
descendants who are upright and pure: a blessing lasting to the Day
of Judgment, like the blessing bestowed upon the Prophet Ibrahim
(alaihis salam) and his descendants. May Allah be pleased with all of
the Prophetic Companions (Ashab al-Kiram). Indeed,
Allah is most worthy of praise and supreme glorification!
---
[Imam
Bukhari, Kitab ul Adab ul Mufrad, Page No. 404, Hadith # 964]
The following narration from al-Adab al-Mufrad of Imam al-Bukhari will be analysed to see how authentic it is and who from the earlier Ulama disseminated it in certain books of invocations specifically.
The narration was weakenedby the lateNasir al-Albaniin his editing of theAdab al-Mufrad.
Imam al-Bukhari related in his Adab al-Mufrad (no. 964):
Abu Nu’aym related to us who said that Sufyan related to us from Abu Ishaq from Abdar Rahman ibn Sa’d, who said: Ibn Umar had numbness in his leg, whereupon a man said to him:
“Remember the most beloved of people to you”, so he said: “Ya Muhammad”
Some copies of Adab al-Mufrad do not have the “Ya” before the name Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).
The “Ya” is found in other versions of this narration in other collections which mentioned this similar narration with chains of transmission linked to it.
In the printed edition of theAdab al-MufradbySamir al-Zuhayri(who utilisedal-Albani’sgradings from his edition)it does have the“ Ya”included.
The
“Ya” Muhammad portion is also found in the Arabic text of the English printed
edition by Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo (p. 414, no. 967) – but he left the “Ya”
untranslated
This
narration with “Ya Muhammad” in its wording is also recorded by i) Ali ibn al
Ja’d in his Musnad (no. 2539, see also Tahdhib al-Kamal of al-Mizzi and Tabaqat
ibn Sa’d below) as follows:
وبه عن أبي إسحاق ، عن عبد الرحمن بن سعد قال : كنت عند عبد الله بن عمر
فخدرت رجله فقلت له : يا أبا عبد الرحمن ، ما لرجلك ؟ قال : " اجتمع عصبها من
هاهنا ، قلت : ادع أحب الناس إليك ، قال : يا محمد ، فانبسطت
ii)
Ibn al-Sunni in his Amal wal yaum wal Layla (no. 171): أخبرني أحمد بن الحسن الصوفي ، حدثنا علي بن الجعد ، ثنا زهير ، عن أبي إسحاق ، عن عبد الرحمن بن سعد ، قال : " كنت عند ابن عمر ، فخدرت رجله ، فقلت : يا أبا عبد الرحمن ، ما لرجلك ؟ قال : اجتمع عصبها من هاهنا . قلت : ادع أحب الناس إليك . فقال : يا محمد . فانبسطت "
published
by Dar-ul-Mashari”, Beirut, authored by the Servant of the Noble
Knowledge of Hadith Shaykh
“Abdullah Harrariyy may Allah
forgive him and his parents.
Muhammad
Abdil-Wahhab (Najdi), was
one of those people who started this type of argument that
its shirk. The
proof of this is that no one among Muslims has ever prohibited the
saying of [Ya Muhammad] (‘0 Muhammad’) before.Even
the one whomMuhammad
Ibn Abdil WahhabnamedShaykh-ul-Islam
Ibn Taymiyyah, confirmedthe
saying of[Ya
Muhammad] in distress for
the one whose foot is afflicted with paralysis. (This
is an illness affecting the foot, the foot unable to move. It is not
pins and needles, nor cramp).
Ibn
Taymiyyahsaid, “It
is recommended for the one who is afflicted by paralysis of the foot
to say [Ya Muhammad].” Moreover, Ibn
Taymiyyah derived the proof of this from the saying of Abdullah Ibn
^Umar may Allah bestow His Grace upon him; since he was afflicted by
paralysis of the foot, and it was said to him, ‘Mention the most
beloved one to you among the people’. He said, [ Ya Muhammad] and
was cured. (This event, when “Abdullah Ibn “Umar said ‘Ya
Muhammad’, was related by Imam al-Bukhariyy in his book
al-A dab al-Mufrad).
It is said to the Wahabis, the
so-called Salafis or the so-called Ahlu
Hadith:Ibn Taymiyyah, the one
you call Shaykh-ul-Islampermitted
this, and you regard it as
blasphemy?
Even Ibn
Taymiyyahis
innocent from you regarding this issue.
--
Ibn
Taymiya wrote that: “ in the same way as ‘Abd
Allah ibn Umar’s (may Allah be pleased with him) foot
became numb and he remembered the one he loves most, ‘Abd
Allah Ibn Abbas’s (may Allah be pleased with him) foot
also became numb. Someone also said to him to remember the one who he
loves the most.
‘Abd
Allah Ibn Abbas said Ya
Muhammad!and his
foot immediately recovered from numbness [Al-Kalim
al-Tayyib chapter on Khadirat Rijluhu, Ibn Taymiya].
--
In
addition, you regard the Muslim nation as blasphemers when
there is no one among the nation who differs on the permissibility of
saying [Ya Muhammad]. You are the first
to prohibit this, and whoever declares the Muslim nation of Muhammad
as blasphemers is a blasphemer.
This is because
the Muslim nation of Muhammad will remain in Islam as narrated by
al-Bukhariyy , that the Prophet said: Lan
youzalu amru hathi il-ummati mustaqeeman hata taqowmas sa^a aw hata
ya^tee amrullah
(This
Hadith is related by al-Bukhariyy in his Sahih under the section of
Adherence to the Kitab & Sunnah)
If they say: ‘Ibn
Taymiyyah did not say this’, it is said to them: What
will testify against you is his book al-Kalim-ut-Tayyib.
The
scholars who wrote the biography of Ibn
Taymiyyah mentioned that this book is among the
names of his books. Among those scholars is Salah-ud-Din
as-Safadiyy who lived in the same era as Ibn Taymiyyah and
who used to visit him frequently, and who
indeed mentioned that this book was authored by Ibn
Taymiyyah.
Moreover, your late
leader al-Al-lbaniyy confirmed
that this book is authored by Ibn Taymiyyah.
He
also wrote a commentary for it but said: ‘Indeed,
the chain of narration regarding the saying of Ibn ^Umar, [Ya
Muhammad] when his foot afflicted by paralysis, is weak.’
This
will not perturb us as it confirms that Ibn
Taymiyyah did relate it and said: ‘Chapter of
the man whose foot is afflicted by paralysis’ and
named his book al-Kalim-ut-Tayyib pg.
73 (which means, The Good Speech).
And
even if it has been hypothetically said that the chain
of narration is weak, it is
nevertheless confirmed that Ibn Taymiyyah permitted this saying.So,
who is the blasphemer- the one whom you call Shaykh-ul-Islam or you?
According
to your law he must be considered a blasphemer, even
if you are not aware of this. At this point they will neither dare
call Ibn Taymiyyah a blasphemer nor say ‘we are blasphemers.’
We
say: you are considering the Muslims as blasphemers from
the days of the Messenger to the present. Moreover, In terms of
meaning, you consider your leader Ibn
Taymiyyah a blasphemerbecause he favours the saying
of [Ya Muhammad] when the foot is afflicted with
paralysis. And the one who favours
blasphemy is a blasphemer. Do you have an
answer?
Regarding the saying of al-Albaniyy, it
well not be considered as a proof whether he claims that the chain of
narration is weak or authentic. This is because, being deprived of
memorisation and the rank of hafiz, he is absolutely not qualified to
make judgement. He never gained the rank of hafiz by his own
declaration, since he did not memorise even ten hadith with their
continuous chain to the Prophet. He said about himself, ‘I
am a Muhaddith of books and not a Muhaddith of memorisation.’
If
one of them says‘Ibn Taymiyyah
related this through a chain that contains a narrator whose
reliability is differed upon’, they will be told, that
if only for mentioning this in his book it is a proof that he favours
it, whether he
hypothetically considered it
authentic or not. The one who mentions the devianance
in his book without warning others of it, he is inviting to it.
This
story (of ^Abdullah Ibn ^Umar may Allah bestow His Grace upon him,
when he said, Ya Muhammad) is
related by al hafiz Ibn as-Sunniyy and al-Bukhari in
his book al-Adab-ul-mufrad pg. 324 with a different
chain of narration other than the chain of Ibn as-Sunniyy.
It
is also related by the great hafiz Ibrahim
al-Harbiyy, who has been likened by Imam Ahmad Ibn
Hanbal in knowledge and wara’ in his
book Gharib-ul-Hadith (Volume 2 pg 673-674) with a
different chain of narration than that of Ibn as Sunniyy as
well.
It
is also related by al-hafiz an-Nawawiyy (In his book
al-Adhkar pg 321) Al-Hafiz Ibn-al-Jazariyy related
this in his book al-Hisn-ul-Hasin and in his
book ^iddat-ul-Hisn-il-Hasin pg. 105.
Moreover
this has been related by ash-Shawkaniyy (In his book
Tuhfat-udh-Dhakirin, p267) who agrees with you in some things and is
not contested by you.
So Wahabiyyah, where
is the escape? What an exposure of you when Ibn
Taymiyyah is your Imam and
from whom Ibn Abdil-Wahhab took
some of his ideas with which he opposes the Muslims in his books!
--
Ya Allaah Ya Muhammad
Assalatu wassalamu 'alayka
Ya RasulAllah
صلى
الله عليه و آله وسلم
Since the advent of Islam, Muslims have called upon the ProphetsallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam with these words.
Al-Darimi in
the Chapter 15 of the Muqaddima (Introduction) to his Sunan
(1:43) entitled:
"Allah's
generosity to His Prophet after his death,"
relates
from Aws ibn `Abd Allah with a goodchain:
"The
people of Madina complained to `A'isha of
the severe drought that they were suffering. She
said: "Go to the
Prophet's grave and
open a window towards the sky so that there will be no roof between
him and the sky." They
did so, after which they were watered with such rain that vegetation
grew and the camels got fat. That year was named the Year of
Plenty."
---
Istisqa' in Bukhari's Sahih:
`Abdullah
ibn Dinar said: "I
heard Ibn `Umar reciting the poetic verses of Abu Talib: A
fair-skinned one by whose face rainclouds are sought, A
caretaker for the orphans and protector of widows.
`Umar
ibn Hamza said: Salim narrated from his father (Ibn `Umar) that the
latter said: "The
poet's saying came to my mind as I was looking at the face of the
Prophet while he was praying for rain -- and he did not get down till
the rain water flowed profusely from every roof-gutter: A
fair-skinned one by whose face rainclouds are sought, A
caretaker for the orphans and protector of widows.
One
sub-narrator added: "These were the words of Abu Talib."
“by whose face rain is sought”
Note:that in his translation of Bukhari (2:65),
Muhammad Muhsin Khanalters the wording of the hadith to read:
"A white person who is requested to pray for rain"
in place of"by whose face rain is sought,"and Allah knows best the reason for this grave betrayal of the translator's trust in the most important Islamic source after the Qur'an!
“Helpof theMessenger”
Quote Wahhabi/Salafi:
"Moreover,
it is not known that even a single Sahaabi used to seek the help of
the Messenger or call upon the Messenger, neither was that
transmitted from any of the respectable scholars. It is only one of
the myths of the deviant. If something troubles you, then say
Yaa Allaah, for He is the One Who answers prayers, relieves
distress and controls all things. And Allaah knows best." [End
of quote] source: Islam
Q&A
---
Hafiz Ibn-e-Kathir (ra) writes,
"During the Battle of Yamama, the slogan of the Muslims was
"Ya Muhammada"
(O Muhammad Help us).
He
writes,"During the Battle
of Yamama, Hazrat Khalid Bin Waleed
picked up the flag at the shahadat of Hazrat Hanifa (RA)and leaving
the troops behind proceeded towards the mountain of Musailma Kazaab
and waited of when he will come and he will slay him. Thereafter, he
returned and stood between the the two armies and said in a loud
voice:
"I
am the son of Waleed. I am the son of Amir O Zaid." .....Then he
proclaimed the slogan of the Muslims and in those days, "Ya
Muhammada"(O
Muhammad Help us) was their battle
cry.”
[Al Badaya Wa Nahaya]
--
Hafiz
Ibn Kathir,Imamal-Tabari and Ibn
Athir wrote that:
During
the caliphate of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with
him) there was a battle against the false
prophet Musaylima. When the battle commenced, the Muslims
lost their footing, at which Khalid bin Walid (may
Allah be pleased with him) and the rest of the Companions
called out, “Ya
Muhammad!”and proceeded
to win the battle.
[Tarikh
al-Tabari, Tarikh Ibn Kathir and Tarikh Qamil by Imam Tabari and
Hafiz Ibn Kathir, under chapter Musaylima kadab]
--
Khalid
ibn al-Walid saying: “Ya Muhammadah”
Wahhabiyyah/salafisaid:
“At-Tabari
mentioned the Isnad of the poem of Khalid ibnul Walid and the saying
of Muslims on battle
“O
Muhammad” in
his book “Tarikh
Al-Umam Wal Muluk”
v 3 p 293 with Isnad:
from Shu’ayb from Sayf from Dahak
ibn Yarbu’ from his father from a man
from Banu Suhyam.
And
this Isnad is extremely
weak, as
it contains Sayd
ibn ‘Umar, the
author of “Al-Futuh”.
Abu
Hatim declared him to be Matruk,
Ibn
Hibban said
he is accused of heresy, and ibn
‘Adi said
that most of his Ahadith are
Munkar.
Despite
this, there are two other narrators Dahak ibn Yarbu’ and
the man from Banu Suhaym are Majhul (unknowen).”
---
Discussions
of Sayf b. `Umar generally show ignorance of
the rules of narrator-commendation and discreditation (al-jarh
wal-ta`dil)
and this objection is no exception.
Furthermore, al-Dahhak
b. Yarbu` is not unknown,and
the only scholar to weaken
him was al-Azdi, whose unconfirmed
rulings are considered unreliable due to their
unsubstantiated severity; both al-Dahhak and
his father are Muslims from the Banu Hanifa —
Musaylima’s tribe — and the unnamed Tabi`i was
present with Khalid b. Walid, so draw your
own conclusions as to why such a researcher as Sayf
b. `Umar would consider this report valuable and
historic.
Ibn
Kathir relies on Sayf a
lot in al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya as does Ibn Hajar in
the Isaba.
The
latter said in the Taqrib that Sayf was
“weak in
hadith but
a pillar of reliance (`umda) in
history.”
Our
teacher Dr. Nur
al-Din `Itr in
his notes on Ibn Rajab’s Sharh
`Ilal al-Tirmidhi (2:554-555)
includes Sayf in
the type of “Those
that were declared weak in
certain subjects and not others.
This
applies to those that devoted themselves to a certain discipline
then went into other than it, such as, in the qira’at, `Asim…
or in
history Ibn Ishaq…. and Sayf.”
Al-Daraqutni cites
him authoritatively in al-Mu’talif
wal-Mukhtalif.
Al-Dhahabicalls
him a “master
chronicler”
(akhbari
`arif).
Ibn
Hajarrejects Ibn
Hibban’s report that
Sayf was accused of heresy (zandaqa) and Dr.
`Itr points
out in his notes on al-Dhahabi’s Mughni that
Sayf’s reports point to anything but zandaqa.
That
is whyal-Tabariretained this
report, as did the specialists of history after
him in their large works such as al-Maqrizi, Ibn al-Athir and
Ibn Kathir, and they did not care
about those who weaken it.
Qadi Thanaullah Pani Patti
(rah) wrote in "Irshadut Talibeen":
“To read Muhammed Rasulullah
(salalahu alyahi wa salam) simultaneously with the Dhikr of Allah as in Adhaan,
iqamat, Kalima etc is an ibadah.
However to read the name of Rasulullah salalahu
alayhi wa salam in a way other than prescribed in shariah eg to read the wazifa
(Litany) “Ya Muhammad, Ya muhammad (salalahu alayhi wa salam) is
not permissible.” [Irshadut Talibeen, p19]
--
^Wahhabi/Deobandiyyahshould
read: Tafsir al Mazhari
--
Seyyed Mawdudi wrote that:
When Hajaj bin Yusuf levied a new tax on the new Muslims, they left Basra crying with their fuqaha all saying, Ya Muhammad!
Ya Muhammad!
[Khilafat wa Malukiyat, Seyyed Mawdudi, p 270 and also recorded in the Tarikh by Ibn Athir]
---------------------------
“Yaa Muhammad, Yaa Rasoolallah”
Sahih Muslim volume 2 page 419 and on the left hand side of the page it states that when the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) entered Madina, the Sahaba lined the streets and markets of Madina and proclaimed:
“Yaa Muhammad, Yaa Rasoolallah,
Yaa Muhammad, Yaa Rasoolallah”.
[Sahih Muslim: volume 2, page 419]
“Ya Muhammadah
Ya Muhammadah
salla ‘alaykallahu wa malaka al-Samahu”
Sayyida Zainab radiyallahu ta'ala 'anha, the sister ofSayyiduna Imam Husain
radiyallahu ta'ala 'anhu, proclaimed at Karbala:
“Ya Muhammadah Ya Muhammadah
salla ‘alaykallahu wa malaka al-Samahu”
[al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya – vol.8, p.193]
---
Ya Allaah Ya Muhammad
Wahhabiyyah/Salafi changed to "Ya Majeed" so that you will not notice here:
Wahhabi Hate
Ya Muhammad
The original belief of
The pious predecessors
---
NOTE
Some often
fail to realise that we are all required to recite the tashahhud during salat –
withoutit the prayer becomes invalid. The part that is of interest is where we
recite:
as-salamu ‘alayka ayyuha al nabi – wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh.
The
point here is that the saying of ayyuha al nabiis actually the same as saying
Ya Nabi.
---
The
Nobel Prophet صلى الله
عليه وسلمsaid
on the authority of `Umar:
"When Adam committed his mistake he said: O my
Lord, I am asking you to forgive me for the sake of Muhammad. Allah said: O
Adam, and how do you know about Muhammad whom I have not yet created? Adam
replied, O my Lord, after You created me with your hand and breathed into me of
Your Spirit, I raised my head and saw written on the heights of the Throne:
LA ILAHA ILLALLAH MUHAMMADUN RASULULLAH
I understood that You would not place next to Your Name but the Most Beloved
One of Your creation.
Allah said: O Adam, I have forgiven you, and were it not
for Muhammad I would not have created you."
It was
transmitted through many chains and was cited by Bayhaqi (in Dala'il
al-nubuwwa), Abu Nu`aym (in Dala'il al-nubuwwa), al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak
(2:615), al-Tabarani in his Saghir (2:82, 207) with another chain containing
sub-narrators unknown to Haythami as he stated in Majma` al-zawa'id (8:253),
and Ibn `Asakir on the authority of `Umar ibn al-Khattab, and most of these
narrations were copied in Qastallani's al-Mawahib al-laduniyya (and
al-Zarqani's Commentary 2:62).
1. This
hadith is declared sound (sahih) by al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak (2:651), although
he acknowledges Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam, one of its sub-narrators, as
weak. However, when he mentions this hadith he says: "Its chain is sound,
and it is the first hadith of Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam which I mention
in this book"; al-Hakim also declares sound another version through Ibn
`Abbas.
2. al-Bulqini declares this hadith sound in his Fatawa.
3.al-Subki confirms al-Hakim's authentication (in Shifa'
al-siqam fi ziyarat khayr al-anam p. 134-135) although Ibn Taymiyya's rejection
and criticism of this hadith was known to him and he rejects it, as well as
saying that Ibn Taymiyya's extreme weakening of Ibn Zayd is exaggerated.
4. The hadith is also included by Qadi `Iyad among the "sound
and famous narrations" in al-Shifa, and he says that Abu Muhammad al-Makki
and Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi mention it; Qadi `Iyad says: "It is said
that this hadith explains the verse: 'And Adam received words from his Lord and
He relented towards him' (2:37)"; he continues to cite another very
similar version through al-Ajurri (d. 360), about whom al-Qari said:
"al-Halabi said: This seems to be the imam and guide Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn
al-Husayn ibn `Abd Allah al-Baghdadi, the compiler of the books al-Shari`a
devoted to the Sunna, al-Arba`un, and others.'" This is confirmed by Ibn Taymiyya in his Qa`ida
fi al-tawassul: "It is related by
Shaykh Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, in his book al-Shari`a."
5. Ibn al-Jawzi also considers it sound (sahih) as he cites it in the
first chapter of al-Wafa bi ahwal al-mustafa, in the introduction of which he
says: "(In this book) I do not mix the sound hadith with the false,"
although he knew of `Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd's weakness as a narrator; he also
mentions the version of Maysarat al-Fajr whereby the Prophet says: "When
satan deceived Adam and Eve, they repented and sought intercession to Allah
with my name"; Ibn al-Jawzi also says in the chapter concerning the
Prophet's superiority over the other Prophets in the same book: "Part of
the exposition of his superiority to other Prophets is the fact that Adam asked
his Lord through the sanctity (hurmat) of Muhammad that He relent towards him,
as we have already mentioned."
6. Suyuti cites it in his Qur'anic commentary al-Durr al-manthur
(2:37) and in al-Khasa'is al-kubra (1:12) and in al-Riyad al-aniqa fi sharh
asma' khayr al-khaliqa (p. 49), where he says that Bayhaqi considers it sound;
this is due to the fact that Bayhaqi said in the introduction to the Dala'il
that he only included sound narrations in his book, although he also knew and
explicitly mentions `Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd's weakness;
7. Ibn Kathir mentions it after Bayhaqi in al-Bidayat wa al-Nihaya
(1:75, 1:180).
8. al-Haythami in Majma` al-zawa'id (8:253 #28870), al-Bayhaqi
himself, and al-Qari in Sharh al- shifa' show that its chains have weakness in
them. However, the weakness of Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd was known by Ibn
al-Jawzi, Subki, Bayhaqi, Hakim, and Abu Nu`aym, yet all these scholars
retained this hadith for consideration in their books.
9. Three scholars reject it, such as Ibn
Taymiyya(Qa`ida jalila fi al-tawassul p. 89, 168-170) and his two
students Ibn `Abd al-Hadi(al-Sarim al-munki p. 61-63)
and al-Dhahabi(Mizan al-i`tidal 2:504 and Talkhis
al-mustadrak), while `Asqalani reports Ibn Hibban's saying that `Abd al-Rahman
ibn Zayd was a forger (Lisan al-mizan 3:360, 3:442).
10. At the same time, Ibn Taymiyya elsewhere
quotes it and the version through Maysara and says:
"These two are like the elucidation (tafsir) of
the authentic ahadith (concerning the
same topic)"(Fatawa 2:150).
The
contemporary Meccan hadith scholar Ibn `Alawi al-Maliki said: "This
indicates that Ibn Taymiyya found the hadith
sound enough to be considered a witness for other narrations (salih li
al-istishhad wa al-i`tibar), because the forged (al-mawdu`) and the false
(al-batil) are not taken as witness by the people of hadith"; al-Maliki
also quotes (without reference) Dhahabi's unrestrained endorsement of the
ahadith in Bayhaqi's Dala'il al-nubuwwa with his words: "You must take
what is in it (the Dala'il), for it consists entirely of guidance and
light." (Mafahim yajib an tusahhah p. 47).
11.It is furthermore
evident that Ibn Taymiyya considers the
meaning of the creation of everything for the sake of the Prophet as true and
correct, as he declares in his:
Majmu`at
al-fatawa in the volume on tasawwuf (11:95-97):
“Muhammad
is the Chief of the Children of Adam, the Best of Creation, the noblest of them
in the sight of Allah. This is why some have said that "Allah created the
Universe due to him," or that "Were it not for him, He would have
neither created a Throne, nor a Footstool, nor a heaven, earth, sun or
moon." However, this is not a hadith on the authority of the Prophet...
but it may be explained from a correct aspect...
Since
the best of the righteous of the children of Adam is Muhammad, creating him was
a desirable end of deep-seated purposeful wisdom, more than for anyone else,
and hence the completion of creation and the fulfilment of perfection was
attained with Muhammad, may Allah Exalted bless him and grant him peace... The
Chief of the Children of Adam is Muhammad, may Allah Exalted bless him and
grant him peace, Adam and his children being under his banner. He, may Allah
Exalted bless him and grant him peace, said: "Truly, I was written as the
Seal of the Prophets with Allah, when Adam was going to-and-fro in his
clay," i.e. that my prophethood was decreed and manifested when Adam was
created but before the breathing of the Spirit into him, just as Allah decrees
the livelihood, lifespan, deeds and misery or happiness of the slave when He
creates the embryo but before the breathing of the Spirit into it.
Since man is the seal and last of all creation, and its microcosm, and since
the best of man is thus the best of all creation absolutely, then Muhammad,
being the Pupil of the Eye, the Axis of the Mill, and the Distributor to the
Collective, is as it were the Ultimate Purpose from amongst all the purposes of
creation. Thus it cannot be denied to say that "Due to him all of
this was created", or that "Were it not for him, all this would not
have been created," so if statements like this are thus explained
according to what the Book and the Sunna indicate, it is acceptable.”
12. Its latter
part is mentioned as a separate hadith in the wording: "Were
it not for Muhammad, I would not have created the spheres (al-aflak)." al-`Ajluni
said in Kashf al-khafa' (#2123): "al-Saghani (d.650) said it is forged. I
say: but its meaning is correct."
Similarly
`Ali al-Qari said in al-Asrar al-marfu`a (#754-755): "al-Saghani (in
al-Ahadith al-mawdu`a p. 7) said: "It is forged," however, its
meaning is sound (mi`nahu sahih), as Daylami has narrated on the authority of
Ibn `Abbas that the Prophet said: "Gabriel came to me and said: O
Muhammad! Were it not for you, Paradise would not have been created, and were
it not for you, the Fire would not have been created." And Ibn `Asakir's
narration has: And were it not for you, the world would not have been
created."
As for Albani's rejection of Qari's use of Daylami in
support of the hadith with the words: "I do not hesitate to declare it
weak on the basis that Daylami is alone in citing it" (Silsila da`ifa
#282), it shows exaggeration and deviation from the practice of the scholars
concerning Daylami and his book. Ibn Taymiyya said in Minhaj al-sunna (4:38):
"The fact that Daylami alone narrates a hadith does not indicate that the
hadith is sound." Note that he never said: "The fact that Daylami
alone narrates a hadith indicates that it is forged," yet this is what Albani
concludes! The reader may compare Albani's method of apriori rejection in lieu
of a discussion of the hadith itself, to Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani's
reliance on a hadith narrated by Daylami, as is shown by hadith #33 of his
Arba`un fi rad` al-mujrim `an sabb al-muslim, although Daylami is alone in
citing it. Further in Minhaj al-sunna (4:78) Ibn Taymiyya declared of him and
his book: "al-Daylami in his book al-Firdaws mentioned many sound (sahih)
hadiths, and also fair (hasan) narrations and forged ones.... He was one of the
people of knowledge and religion and he was not a liar."
13. Ibn al-Qayyim in his Bada'i` al-fawa'id went so far as to
represent Allah saying to humankind that everything was created for the sake of
human beings:
hal `arifat qimata nafsik? innama khalaqtu al-akwana kullaha laka... kullu
al-ashiya'i shajaratun wa anta al-thamara
“Have you realized your value? I only created all the universes for your
sake... All things are trees whose fruit you are.[18]”
If Allah
created all the universes for the sake of human beings, then how could all
humanity be given what the Prophet is grudged, who is better than mankind and
jinn put together?
Hadith of Adam
Imam al-Qastallani (rah) and Imam az-Zarqani (rah) showed the hadith of Adam (alaih salam)'s Tawassul as "AUTHENTIC"
---
Imam al-Qasttalani (rah) authenticating hadith of Adam (a.s)'s Tawassul in this passage it starts from previous Page # 219 which states: The Tawasssul, Seeking help, Shaf'at, Tawajju is "PROVEN IN ALL CONDITIONS, WHETHER BEFORE YOUR CREATION OR AFTER IT" as is mentioned in Tehqeeq al-nasra and also Masabah al-Zalam ...
Then on Page # 220Imam al-Qastalani (rah) brings the hadith of Adam (alaih salam) as: "IT HAS COME IN SAHIH (HADITH) FROM PROPHET (PEACE BE UPON HIM)" that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: When Adam (a.s) made the mistake he said: O my Lord, I am asking you to forgive me for the sake of Muhammad (Peace be upon him)... (till the end of Hadith) Below even Imam al-Zarqani kept the authentication of Imam al-Qastallani (rah) "INTACT"... then on Page # 222Imam al-Qastallani(rah) mentions his own practice that he called asked Prophet (Peace be upo him) "FOR HELP FROM MAKKAH"
Yes hear it again Makkah not Madina ... Allah hu Akbar!
--- (Wahhabiyyah/Salafis, Do you really need his (IT's) approval ?
unless you believe that he is your "prophet"?)
Shaykh al-Islam ibn Hajar al-Haytami(d. 974 AH) said: [...] “If you say: How can you relate that there is a consensus on the permissible and commendable status of visiting and travelling to it (the Prophet’s grave [sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam]) when ibn Taymiyya among the later Hanbalis deems all of this inappropriate?
I say: Who is ibn Taymiyya so that one takes his words into consideration or relies on them in any religious matter? [al-Jawhar al-Munazzam fi Ziyarat al-Qabr al-Sharif al-Nabawi al-Mukarram,29-30.] Here and Here
---
Sura al-Baqarah
{The Nobel Quran 2:89} And when the Book (the Qur’an) came to them from Allah which (originally) validates that Book (the Torah) which was with them, whereas, before this, they themselves used to pray for victory over the disbelievers (through the intermediation of the Last Prophet, Muhammad, [blessing and peace be upon him,] and the Holy Qur’an revealed to him), but when came to them the same Prophet (Muhammad, blessing and peace be upon him, along with the Book revealed to him, the Qur’an) whom they had (already) recognized, they denied him. So Allah’s curse is upon such (deliberate) disbelievers.
“I asked: "O Messenger of Allah, when were you [first] a Prophet?" He replied: "When Allah created the earth ‘Then turned He to the heaven, and fashioned it as seven heavens’(2:29), and created the Throne, He wrote on the leg of the Throne:
"Muhammad the Messenger of Allah is the Seal of Prophets" (Muhammadun Rasûlullâhi Khâtamu al-Anbiyâ').
Then Allah created the Garden in which He made Adam and Hawwa' dwell, and He wrote my name on the gates, its tree-leaves, its domes and tents, at a time when Adam was still between the spirit and the body. When Allah Most High instilled life into him he looked at the Throne and saw my name, whereupon Allah informed him that 'He [Muhammad SAWS] is the liege-lord of all your descendants.' When Satan deceived them both, they repented and sought intercession to Allah with my name."
قد أخرج الحافظ أبو الحسن بن بشران قال : حدثنا أو جعفر محمد ابن عمرو، حدثنا أحمد بن سحاق بن صالح، ثنا محمد بن صالح، ثنا محمد ابن سنان العوقي، ثنا إبراهيم بن طهمان، عن بديل بن ميسرة، عن عبد الله بن شقيق، عن ميسرة قال: قلت: يا رسول الله، متى كنت نبياً ؟ قال: (( لما خلق الله الأرض واستوى إلى السماء فسواهن سبع سماوات ، وخلق العرش،كتب على ساق العرش: محمد رسول الله خاتم الأنبياء، وخلق الله الجنة التي أسكنها آدم وحواء، فكتب اسمي على الأبواب، والأوراق والقباب، والخيام،وآدم بين الروح والجسد،فلما أحياه الله تعالى: نظر إلى العرش فرأى اسمي فأخبره الله أنه سيد ولدك، فلما غرهما الشيطان ، تابا واستشفعا باسمي إليه ) . وأخرجه ابن الجوزي في الوفا بفضائل المصطفى من طريق ابن بشران ---
In the chapter concerning the Prophet's superiority over all other Prophets in his great book titled al-Wafa bi Ahwal al-Mustafa', Ibn al-Jawzi states:
"Part of the demonstration of his superiority to other Prophets is the fact that Adam (AS) asked his Lord through the sanctity (hurma) of Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) that He relent towards him."
The most authentic chain for this report is not that of al-Hakim's narration from `Umar through `Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam who is weak (da`îf), but that of the Companion Maysarat al-Fajr who narrates it as [above]
---
Ibn
Qayyim in his book al-Jami` al-Fareed,
page 493,
comments
on the following hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (r):
"in the time before the Prophet(s)
the Jews of Khaybarwere fighting with the Ghatfaantribe.
When the battle ended the Jews were defeated.
They prayed to Allah asking Him, 'for
the sake of Muhammad (bi haqqi Muhammad), the Prophet whom you are sending in
the last days, make us defeat this tribe."
When they met again with Ghatfaan
they defeated them.
Allah mentioned that event in the Qur'an when
He said:"From of old they had prayed for victory
against the unbelievers" (Baqara, 89),
which means they [the Jews] were asking for your sake, O Muhammad, to defeat
the unbelievers." [al-Jami` al-Fareed, page 493]
Imam, Muhammad `Abd ar Rahman as-Sakhawi (may
Allāh be pleased with him) wrote an incident from the time of Musa Alaihis
Salam:
“There was once a very evil and wicked person among the Children
of Israel. When he passed away, his people threw his lifeless body to the
ground in anger. Allah the Most High then revealed to the Prophet Musa Alaihis
Salam,
‘Oh Musa, wash him and perform funeral prayers over him, as I
have forgiven him and pardoned his transgressions.’
The Noble Prophet Musa Alaihis Salam asked,
‘O Allāh! Why is this so?’
The All Merciful Lord replied,
‘This is so as once he saw the name Muhammad, (peace and
blessings be upon him), written in the Torah. Upon seeing this, the man
recited salutations and supplications for peace upon the one who bears that
name. For that, I have forgiven him.’
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Once
an Israelite
(200 year sinner) died and Allah Almighty ordered a proper burial for him. Sayyidina
Musa (Alayhis Salam) complained to Allah Almighty
that the Israelite was very sinful and did not deserve pardon &
forgiveness.
Allah
Almighty agreed and added that one day that man had opened the TORAH and kissed
the name Muhammad
(Peace and blessings of Allah Almighty be upon him) and recited Durood
Sharif, so Allah Almighty had forgiven his sins. [Al-Qual-ul-Badi, p118]
---
Daf’u
Shubahi man Shabbaha wa-Tamarrad
(“The Repelling of the Sophistries of the One
Who Rebels and Likens God to Creation”)
in which Shaykh Taqi
al-Din al-Hisnial Shafi'i(d.829AH)
has detailed the many
Damascene mischiefs (Fitan) of Ibn Taimiyya, he also said:
Whoever denies the use of the Prophet (صَلَّى
اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم) as intermediary (al-tawassul bihi)
and the use of him as intercessor (al-tashaffu‘ bihi) after his
death, or claims that his sanctity ended with his death, has
announced to the people and proclaimed against himself that his state is
worsethan that of the Jews, who used him as intermediary before he
appeared into existence (of this world), and that there is in his
heart a satanic incitement of the vilest type.”
---
" Ya "
The copiesof al Adab al Mufrad which omitthe word " Ya" in this Riwayah are a fabrication because
there is a manuscript of the original book present in Jami'ah al
Azhar and in that copy it contains the word " Ya".
Here is a scan of the manuscript:
Inside of Al-Masjid al-Nabawī (1935)
Imam
al-Bayhaqi (Rahimahullah)'s Dalail
an Nubuwah.
In Muqadmah of
this book he made usooli
discussion that he
will only narrate authentic
hadiths.He
narrates:
Translation:
A person repeatedly visited Uthman
bin Affan (ra) concerning
something he needed but
Uthman paid no attention to him. The man went to Uthman
bin Hunaif (ra) and complained
to him about the matter- [Note: this
was after the demise of the Prophet and after the caliphates of Abu
Bakr and Umar ] so Uthman bin Hunaif said : “Go to the place of
Wudu, then come to the Masjid, perform two Rak'ats and then say :
“O Allah!, I ask you and turn to you through the intercession our
Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet of Mercy. O
Muhammad! I turn through
yourintercession to
my lord, that
He fulfil my need” and mention your need. Then come so that I can
go with you [to the caliph Uthman] So the man left and did as he had
been told, then went to the door of Uthman ibn Affan (Allah be
pleased with him), and the doorman came, took him by the hand,
brought him to Uthman ibn Affan, and seated him next to him on a
cushion. 'Uthman asked, "What do you need?" and the man
mentioned what he wanted, and Uthman accomplished it for him ...(till
the end of hadith) [ Dalail an
Nubuwah (6/167-168)]