Question/Answer
http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/10289/shirk
"Is this durood shirk?
Is it shirk to recite this darood :
“ALLAHUMA SALL-E-WASALLIM ‘ALAA SAYEDINA MOHAMMADIN QAD DAQAT HEELATI ADRIKNI YA RASOOL ALLAH " ?
Wahabi scholar Answers: "Yes, this counts as shirk, because it is seeking the help of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and complaining about one’s situation to him."
*"This implies that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) can hear the call of those who call upon him in any place, and that he helps those who seek his help, and that he can relieve their distress."
*"The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)was not able to do this when he was alive, so how about after his death?"
* "He does not know the unseen, and he does not possess the power to cause harm or bring benefits to himself or to others..."
"Knowing the unseen, relieving distress, hearing the call of those who call upon Him and responding to them, are all things which only the Lord does. Whoever attributes any of these things to anyone else is a mushrik who is guilty of major shirk (shirk akbar)."
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Quote: "Yes, this counts as shirk, because it is seeking the help of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and complaining about one’s situation to him."
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Quote: * "This implies that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) can hear the call of those who call upon him in any place, and that he helps those who seek his help, and that he can relieve their distress."
Quote: * "The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was not able to do this when he was alive, so how about after his death?"
THE
HADITH OF THE MAN IN NEED!
Tabarani,
in his "al-Mu'jam
al saghir",
reports a hadith from 'Uthman
ibn Hunayf that
a man repeatedly visited Uthman
ibn Affan (Allah
be pleased with him) concerning something he needed, but Uthman paid
no attention to him or his need.
The
man met Ibn
Hunayf and
complained to him about the matter - this
being after the death (wisal) of the Prophet (Allah
bless him and give him peace) and
after the caliphates of Abu Bakr and Umar -
so Uthman
ibn Hunayf, who
was one of the Companions who collected hadiths and was learned in
the religion of Allah, said:"Go
to the place of ablution and perform ablution (wudu), then come to
the mosque, perform two rak'as of prayer therein, and say:
'O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through our Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet of mercy; O Muhammad (Ya Muhammad), I turn through you to my Lord, that He may fulfill 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, then he said, "I hadn't
remembered your need until just now," adding, "Whenever you
need something, just mention it."
Then,
the man departed, met Uthman ibn Hunayf, and said to him, "May
Allah reward you! He didn't see to my need or pay any attention to me
until you spoke with him."
Uthman
ibn Hunayf replied,
"By Allah, I didn't speak to him, but I
have seen a blind man come to the Messenger of Allah (Allah
bless him and give him peace) and complain
to him of the loss of his eyesight. The
Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, "Can
you not bear it?' and the man replied, 'O Messenger of Allah, I do
not have anyone to lead me around, and it is a great hardship for
me.' The
Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) told him, 'Go to the
place of ablution and perform ablution (wudu), then pray two rak'as
of prayer and make the supplications.'"
Ibn
Hunayf went
on, "By
Allah, we didn't part company or speak long before the man returned
to us as if nothing had ever been wrong with him.""
Quote: * "He does not know the unseen, and he does not possess the power to cause harm or bring benefits to himself or to others..."
Quote: "Knowing the unseen, relieving distress, hearing the call of those who call upon Him and responding to them, are all things which only the Lord does. Whoever attributes any of these things to anyone else is a mushrik who is guilty of major shirk (shirk akbar)."
^
He forgot what his master did...
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Imam Ahmad and Tawassul:
: ( المرداوي في الإنصاف ( 2:456
وجزم به في المستوعب وغيره..”
Al-Mardawi said: “The
correct position of the [Hanbali] madhhab is that it is permissible
in one’s du`a to use as one’s means a pious person (saalih), and
it is said that it is desirable (mustahabb). Imam
Ahmad said to Abu Bakr al-Marwazi: ‘Let
him use the Prophet as a means in his supplication to Allah.’”
(Al-Insaf 2:456)
This is also cited by Ibn Taymiyyah in Majmu’ Al-Fatawa (1:140).
---Abdul Maalik ibn Abjar:
حدثنا أبو هشام محمد بن يزيد بن محمد بن كثير ابن رفاعة قال: جاء رجل إلى عبد الملك بن أبجر، فجس بطنه فقال: بل داء لا يبرأ قال: ما هو ؟ قال: الدبيلة، قال: فتحول الرجل فقال: الله الله الله ربي لا أشرك به شيئاً، اللهم أني أتوجه إليك بنبيك محمد نبي الرحمة، يا محمد إني أتوجه بك إلى ربك وربي يرحمني بما بي، قال فجس بطنه فقال: قد برئت مما بك من علة.وقد كان ابن أبجر حافظاً ثقةً، وكان مع ذلك طبيباً ماهراً يداوي الناس مجاناً، وهو من رجال مسلم وأبي داود والترمذي والنسائي
Ibn Taymiyyah has related a story in the perspective of this tradition that Ibn Abī Dunyā has narrated a tradition in his book Mujābī ad-du‘ā’ that a person came over to see ‘Abd-ul-Malik bin Sa‘īd bin Abjar.
‘Abd-ul-Malik
pressed his belly and told him that he was suffering from an
incurable disease. The man asked him: ‘what is it?’ ‘Abd-ul-Malik
replied that it was a kind of ulcer that grows inside the belly and
ultimately kills the man. It is said that the patient turned round
and then he said:
Allāh!
Allāh! Allāh is my Lord. I regard no one as His rival or partner. O
Allāh! I beseech You and submit myself to You through the mediation
of Your Prophet Muhammad (صلى
الله عليه وآله وسلم), the
merciful Prophet. O Muhammad! Through your means I submit myself to
your and my Lord that He should take mercy on me in my state of
illness.
It
is said that ‘Abd-ul-Malik pressed his belly again and said: ‘you
are cured, you are no longer suffering from any disease.’
source
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Al-Hafiz Ibn al-Jawzi relates in Kitab al-Wafa (p. 818 #1536):
في الاستسقاء بقبره صلى الله عليه وسلم
عن أبي الْجَوْزاء قال: قَحِط أهلُ المدينة قحطاً شديداً، فشكَوْا إلى عائشة فقالت: انظروا قبر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فاجعلوا منه كَوًّا إلى السماء حتى لا يكون بينه وبين السماء سقف، قال: ففعلوا، فمطروا مطراً حتى نبت العشبُ وسَمِنت الإبل حتى فُتقت فسمي عام الفتق.عن سعيد بن عبد العزيز قال: لما كان أيام الْحَرَّة لم يؤذَّن في مسجد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ثلاثاً ولم يُقَمْ، ولم يَبرح سعيد بن المسيَّب من المسجد، فكان لا يعرف وقت الصلاة إلا بهَمْهمة يسمعها من قبر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم.عن أبي المِنْقَريّ قال: كنت أنا والطَّبَراني، وأبو الشيخ في حَرَم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وكنا على حالة، فأثَّر فينا الجوع، فواصَلْنا ذلك اليوم، فلما كان وقت العشاء حضرتُ قبرَ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وقلت: يا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الجوع الجوع وانصرفت.فقال لي أبو الشيخ: اجلس فإما أن يكون الرزق أو الموت.قال أبو بكر: فنمت أنا، وأبو الشيخ، والطبرانيُّ جالسٌ ينظر في شيء. فحضر بالباب عَلَوِيّ فدقَّ الباب، فإذا معه غلامان مع كل واحد منهما زنبيل كبير فيه شيء كثير. فجلسنا وأكلنا، وظننا أن الباقي يأخذه الغلام، فولّى وترك عندنا الباقي، فلما فرغنا من الطعام قال العلوي: يا قوم، أشكوتم إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ فإني رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في النوم فأمرني بحمل شيء إليكم
Abu
Bakr al-Minqari said: "I was with
(al-Hafiz) al-Tabarani and (al-Hafiz) Abu al-Shaykh in the Mosque of
the Prophet and we were in a predicament. We became very hungry. That
day and the next we didn`t eat. When it was time for `isha, I
came to the Prophet`s grave and I said:
"O
Messenger of Allah, we are hungry, we are hungry!" (ya
rasullallah al-ju` al-ju`) Then I left.
Abu
al-Shaykh said to me: "Sit. Either there
will be food for us, or death." I slept and Abu al-Shaykh slept.
Al-Tabarani stayed awake, researching something. Then
a `Alawi (descendant of `Ali)
came knocking at the door with two boys, each one carrying a
palm-leaf basket filled with food. We sat up and ate. We thought that
the children would take back the remainder but they left everything
behind. When we finished the `Alawi said: "O
people, did you complain to the Prophet? I
saw him in my sleep and he ordered me to bring something to you.""
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IBN KATHIR ON TAWASSUL
HERE
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