Sunday, November 27, 2011

Tampering of Tafsir as-Sawi by the Wahhabi/Salafis


Tampering of

Tafsir as-Sawi

by the

Wahhabi/Salafis

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Allah says in the Qur'an, Surah al-Fatir, 35:6

"Indeed, Satan is an enemy to you; so take him as an enemy. He only invites his party to be among the companions of the Blazing Hellfire."

Imam Ahmad bin Muhammad as-Sawi al-Maliki who died in the year 1241 AH (1825AD) in his book "Hashiat al-Allamah as-Sawi" which is part of the interpretation of Al-Qur'an book:

"Tafsir al-Jalalayn", in his tafsir to this ayah, Imam as-Sawi says:

"This Ayah was revealed about the Khawaarij  who misinterpret the Qur'an and Hadeeth, legitimising the killing and confiscating the property of other Muslims (under the impression that they are mushriks and upon kufr). 

As it is seen now, the equal, who are a group in the land of al-Hijaaz (it’s a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabiacalled 'al-Wahaabiyyah', who think they are following the truth but they are liars whom which the Shaytaan overwhelmed and made them forget the dhikr of Allah. 

They are the followers of Shaytaan (Hizbush Shaytaan). 

Surely the followers of Shaytaan are the losers and we ask Allah, the all generous, to amputate their origin."


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قال الشيخ أحمد بن محمد الصاوي المالكي الصاوي المتوفى سنة 1241 هـ أي منذ أكثر من 170 سنة في حاشيته على تفسير الجلالين كتاب "حاشية العلامة الصاوي على تفسير الجلالين".
المجلد الخامس ص 78 في تفسير قول الله تعالى {إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّا إِنَّمَا يَدْعُو حِزْبَهُ} (فاطر الآية 6). "وقيل هذه الآية نزلت في الخوارج الذين يحرّفون تأويل الكتاب والسنة ويستحلون بذلك دماء المسلمين وأموالهم كما هو مُشَاهَدٌ الآن في نَظَائِرهم وهم فرقة بأرض الحجاز يقال لهم الوهابية يحسبون أنهم على شيء ألا إنهم هم الكاذبون استحوذ عليهم الشيطان فأنساهم ذكر الله أولئك حزب الشيطان ألا إن حزب الشيطان هم الخاسرون نسأل الله الكريم أن يقطع دابرهم". انتهى كلام الشيخ الصاوي المالكي.
حاشية العلامة الصاوي على تفسير الجلالين للفقيه أحمد بن محمد الصاوي المالكي المتوفي 1241 هـ
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Imam As-Sawi Al-Maliki 
Warned! 
You regarding 
  wahhabi /salafi/ahlehadith cults...
(That's right almost 200 years ago!)

Hashiat al-Allamah as-Sawi by 
Imam as-Sawi al-Malik

Below is the quoted statement
from the original book:



Wahhabiyyah/Salafis 
Tampering of Tafsir as-Sawi

Here is The New Version printed by the Wahhabis:



This is the new version printed by the wahhabiyyah/Salafis, they tampered that statement where Imam As-Sawi warns against them by name calling them as "Hizbu-Shaytan" and they remove that part out in the tafseer to Surah al-Fatir Ayah 6: 
as seen in the next scan:



large scan:

Here the part where Imam as-Sawi mentioned "As it is seen now, the equal, who are a group in the land of al-Hijaaz (its a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia) called 'al-Wahaabiyyah', who think they are following the truth but they are liars" has been edited taken away...

As you can see scholars over a hundred years warned from the Wahhabis until our day. This reminds us of the great Muhaddith Sheikh Abdullah al-Harariy who was exerted great efforts in warning from the wahhabis over 60 years ago, and people only realized their extreme danger in our current days after what they have seen from extreme fatwas and radical groups killing by the name of Islam and Salafis, and Islam and true Salaf are innocent and clear of their beliefs.
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Tafsir al-Sawi under 18:24



Why do misguided cults emerge?


Imam Ahmad bin Muhammad as-Sawi al-Maliki (d.1825AD) 
said under Qur’an 18:24:
ولا يجوز تقليد ما عدا المذاهب الأربعة، ولو وافق قول الصحابة والحديث الصحيح والآية، فالخارج عن المذاهب الأربعة، ضال مضل وربما أداة ذلك للكفر، لأن الأخذ بظواهر الكتاب والسنة من أصول الكفر

Translation: It is not allowed to do Taqlid of Madhahib other than the four even if they appear to agree with the sayings of Holy companions (Sahaba), Sahih Hadiths and the Verses. Anyone who deviates from these four Madhahib is “MISGUIDED AND MISGUIDING”... because to accept only the apparent meaning of the Qur’an and hadith is the “ROOT OF KUFR" [Tafsir al-Sawi under 18:24] 
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THE WAHHABIES

Followers of SATAN

- الوهابية
Watch ^video in English
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also
(b.1198/d.1252 AH - 1783AD/1836AD)

Specifies that the Present

Wahhabis are Khawaarij
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Wahhabi/Salafi
Distortion
Fabrication Deleting/Editing/Tampering
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*A Critical Evaluation of 
Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali and Muhsin Khan’s 
Translation of the Nobel Qur’an
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More Examples of Wahhabi/Salafi 

Tampering, Altering and Forging Texts 

by Salafi publishing houses


- "THE MOST EXTREME TAMPERING TO SAHIH BUKHARI BY MUHSIN KHANWhy does Muhsin Khan find it Impossible to Translate?

Salafi Tampering of Riyad al-Salihin 

-Salafis Tamper Abu Uthman al-Sabuni's Book:

Tampering of the work of Imam Ismail As-Sabuni (d.449H) 

Salafi Tampering of al-Sawi's Hashiya on Tafsir al-Jalalayn

Salafis who have deliberately removed this report from the English version of Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Salafi Abridgement' [read: Tampering] of Ibn Kathir's Tafsir

Wahhabi/Salafi Forgery of Tafsir Ibn Kathir

 -Wahabi Tampering of Shaykh `Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani's (tampered) Ghunya

 -Wahhabi Tampering of `Uthman ibn `Abd Allah ibn Jami's al-Fawa'id al-Muntakhabaat

 -Wahabbi Tampering of al-Qawl al-Hasan fima Yustaqbah wa `amma Yusann

Wahhabi Tampering of Imam Nawawi's "Rawdah Talibeen" regarding construction over graves and Wahhabi Confession on tampering Imam Nawawi's books 

The False Attribution by the Wahhabis of the book "Juz’un fi-Dhikri I‘tiqād as-Salaf fi-l-Huruf wa-l-Aswat" to Imam al-Nawawi

 -Tampering of Imam Nawawis ® stand on constructing and maintaining structures upon the graves of prophets and saints in Rawdha Talibeen:Here

- Tampering of Imam al-Nawawi's Adhkar

Tampering of the latest edition of ‘Al-Suhub al-Wabilah ‘ala dara’ih al-Hanabila’ published by the Imam Ahmad bookshop?

-Tampering of Abu Hayyan al-Andalusi's an-Nahrul-Madd

False Attribution of a Book to Imam Abu Muhammad al- Juwayni

Selective Salafi ' Translation ' of Ibn Rajab's book on 'the Strangers'

 -Mistranslation of Hadith "A Man Reciting Surat Al-Mulk in The Grave":  by Dar-us-Salam

-Textual Tampering By The "Salafis" of Sayyid `Abd al-Jalil al-Tabataba'i's al-Qawl al-Hasan fima Yustaqbah wa `amma Yusann

Wahhabi 'Editing' of Ijtima' al-juyush al-Islamiyya by the editor 'Awwad 'Abdullah al-Mu'tiq

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HUSH-HUSHS OF AL-ALBANI


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(Edited by ADHM)



Thursday, November 17, 2011

THE SCHOLARS OF THE SUFIS


THE SCHOLARS OF THE SUFIS
THEY ARE THE GENUINE FOLLOWERS OF THE SALAF
Quotes from pages 59-61 & 164-165
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CHAPTER IX
A SELECTION OF THE WORDS OF THE SUFIS
ON SPIRITUAL STATIONS AND TRANSIENT STATES
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DIVINE ONENESS [TAWHĪD]

Yūsuf b. Husayn al-Rāzī29—may Allah have mercy upon him—said:
“Someone stood up in the presence of Dhū al-Nūn al-Misrī30—may Allah have mercy upon him—and enquired about Divine Oneness [tawhīd]. Dhū al-Nūn explained: „It is that you know that the power of Allah, the Exalted, is in all things without admixture, that He creates all things without difficulty, that He is the source of everything He produces, and that His act of creation is not caused by anything. There is no disposer over the affairs in the celestial realms or in the lower realms besides Allah, the Exalted. Whatever you may imagine, Allah, the Exalted, is totally dissimilar from it.
Junayd—may Allah have mercy upon him—was asked about Divine Oneness.
He replied: “Rendering Allah One by realising fully His Uniqueness through the perfection of His solitude; that He is the One and Only who begets not, nor is He begotten; by negating opposites, rivals, and the like, and rejecting that which is worshipped besides Him; [affirming this Divine Oneness] without resemblance [to the creation], modality, image, or form.
29 He is: Yūsuf b. Husayn al-Rāzī, Abū Yaʿqūb—may Allah have mercy upon him. He was the Shaykh of Ray and Jibāl in his time. He was a scholar and man of letters. His spiritual path consisted of dropping all claims to prestige, abandoning ostentation, and practicing sincerity. He died in the year 334 Hijra… [continued on p. 164].
30 He is: Dhū al-Nūn al-Mirī, Abū al-Fay Thawbān b. Ibrāhīm—may Allah have mercy upon him. He was a master of this discipline and one of the rarities of his time in Sacred Knowledge, scrupulousness, spiritual states, and etiquette. When the people of scrupulousness were mentioned in the presence of [the Caliph] al-Mutawakkil, he would cry and say: “When the people of scrupulousness are mentioned, they cant compare with Dhū al-Nūn.” He was thin and of reddish complexion. He died in the year 245 Hijra… [continued on p. 165].
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“He is One deity, the Unique, to whom all turn in need, and there is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing and All-Seeing.”
The Sufis were in unanimous agreement that Allah, the Exalted, is described with every attribute with which He described Himself, and is named with every name with which He named Himself. He is Pre-eternal with His names and attributes and does not resemble the creation in any way whatsoever.
He is not a corporeal body [jism], shape [shabaḥ], image [ṣūra], atom [jawhar], or an accident [ʿaraḍ]. He is neither described with movement [ḥaraka] nor stillness [sakana].
Nothing is added or subtracted from Him.
He neither possesses dimensions [abʿāḍ] and parts [ajzā’], nor limbs [jawāriḥ] and appendages [aʿḍā’].
He is not located in directions [jihāt] or places [amkina] and He is not subject to imperfections. He is not overtaken by slumber and He cannot be delimited by allusions.
He is neither encompassed by a place nor subject to time. Spatial contact [with objects] is [rationally] impossible for Him, as is indwelling in locations.
He is not encompassed by thoughts, He is not covered by veils, and visions apprehend Him not. His Divine Entity is not qualified by a modality and His actions are not performed with burden.
The Sufis have said that the pillars of Divine Oneness are seven:
[1] singling out the eternal from the contingent,
[2] declaring the Pre-eternal [Allah] divinely transcendent above having the contingent comprehend Him,
[3] giving up attempts at equating the attributes,
[4] removing the principle of causality [ʿilla] from the Divine Lordship,
[5] Exalting the Real [Allah] above being subject to contingent power and bound by it,
[6] declaring Him divinely transcendent above being subject to [mental] discrimination and consideration, and
[7] exalting Him above analogy [qiyās].
THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES
The Sufis are in unanimous agreement that Allah, the Exalted, possesses real attributes by which He is described, such as: Knowledge, Omnipotence, Majesty, Mightiness, Pre-eternality, Life, Honour, Clemency [ilm], Wisdom, Will, and Speech. They unanimously agree that these attributes are not corporeal bodies,
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CHAPTER IX: SPIRITUAL STATIONS & TRANSIENT STATES
accidents, or atoms.
They believe that He possesses real Hearing, Sight, a Face, and a Handdissimilar from the hearing and sight of others and not resembling other hands and faces.
The attributes of Allah, the Exalted, are not physical limbs, parts, or appendages. When we speak of His attributes, we negate their opposites, affirm them in themselves, and maintain that they subsist with Allah, the Exalted.
The Sufis have differed about „coming‟ [ityān], „arriving‟ [majī’], and „descent‟ [nuzūl]. The majority of them said that they are attributes befitting Him and are not to be expressed any further than their recitation and narration.
They said that faith in them is obligatory and that it is unnecessary to investigate them.
Muammad b. Mūsā al-Wāsiī31—may Allah have mercy upon him—said:
“Just as His Divine Entity is not an effect [of something else], similarly, His attributes are not effects [of something else]. The manifestation of His timeless self-reliance [amadiyya] causes [one to] despair from uncovering the realities of the attributes or the subtleties of the Divine Entity.”
The majority of them said that it is impossible that Allah, the Exalted, originates an attribute that He did not possess in beginningless pre-eternity [azal]. They said that He did not acquire the name „Creator‟ only after creating the creation, or the name „Originator‟ after originating existence, or the name „Fashioner‟ after fashioning images.
Had He only acquired those names after these acts, He would have been imperfect in beginningless pre-eternity and would have become perfect by the creation. Exalted and transcendent is Allah above that! All of His attributes by which He describes Himself are beginningless.
31 He is: Muammad b. Mūsā al-Wāsiī, Abū Bakr al-Farghānī —may Allah have mercy upon him. He was originally from Fergana and was from the Shaykhs of the folk and one of the senior companions of Junayd and Sufyān al-Thawrī—may Allah have mercy upon them. No one spoke about the fundamentals of Sufism quite like him. He was a scholar in theology and in the outward sciences. He entered Khorasan and settled in Merv. He died in the year 320 Hijra… [continued on p. 165].
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which may appear in the passing whims of your heart—Allah, the Exalted is far removed from all of that and is Greater, more Glorious, and more Tremendous.”
He died in the year 291 after Hijra. May Allah have mercy upon him.

ʿABD AL-WĀID B. ZAYD
He is: ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Zayd, one of the notable companions of Hasan al-Bas—may Allah have mercy upon both of them. For over forty years, he would pray the morning prayer with the ablution of the evening prayer. His statements include:
 “The best state a servant can have with Allah, the Exalted, is compliance with Him; if He keeps him in this world due to his obedience, it is more beloved to him, and if He takes him [in death], it is more beloved to him.”

ABŪ YAʿQŪB AL-RĀZĪ
He is: Yūsuf b. Husayn al-Rāzī, Abū Yaʿqūb—may Allah have mercy upon him. He was the Shaykh of Ray and Jibāl in his time. He was a scholar and man of letters. His spiritual path consisted of dropping all claims to prestige, abandoning ostentation, and practicing sincerity. He died in the year 334 after Hijra. His statements include:
“O Allah! We spend the night as seedlings of Your bounty, so do not make us the harvest of Your chastisement!”
 “He who wishes to be saved from the transgression of knowledge must engage in devout worship; and he who wishes to be saved from the transgression of wealth must engage in renunciation of it.”
 “If you see an aspirant busying himself with dispensations and extraneous knowledge, know that nothing shall come of him!”
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APPENDIX: BIOGRAPHIES
DHŪ AL-NŪN AL-MIS
He is: Dhū al-Nūn al-Miṣrī, Abū al-Fayḍ Thawbān b. Ibrāhīm—may Allah have mercy upon him. He was a master of this discipline and one of the rarities of his time in Sacred Knowledge, scrupulousness, spiritual states, and etiquette. When the people of scrupulousness were mentioned in the presence of [the Caliph] al-Mutawakkil, he would cry and say:
“When the people of scrupulousness are mentioned, they can’t compare with Dhū al-Nūn.”
He was thin and of reddish complexion. He died in the year 245 after Hijra. His statements include:
 “Life is made good by keeping the company of the righteous and goodness is gathered in a pious companion: if you forget, he will remind you, and if you remember, he will assist you.”
 “O assembly of aspirants! Whoever among you desires the spiritual path, let him meet with the scholars while displaying ignorance, meet with the ascetics while displaying covetousness [for the world], and meet with the Gnostics while displaying silence.”
 He was once asked about the people of lowly character. He replied: “He who neither knows the path to Allah, the Exalted, nor seeks to know it.”
 “From the signs of Allah’s Divine displeasure with a servant is when the servant fears poverty.”
 “From the signs of being expelled from Allah’s Divine presence is being kept from His remembrance.”
 “He who looks to the people’s faults will be blind to his own faults.”
ABŪ BAKR AL-FARGHĀNĪ
He is: Muḥammad b. Mūsā al-Wāsiṭī, Abū Bakr al-Farghānī—may Allah have mercy upon him. He was originally from Fergana and was from the Shaykhs of the folk and one of the senior companions of Junayd and Sufyān al-Thawrī—may Allah have mercy upon them. No one spoke about the fundamentals of...
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علماء الصوفية
هم السلفية الحقيقيون
THE SCHOLARS OF THE SUFIS
THEY ARE THE GENUINE FOLLOWERS OF THE SALAF
Shaykh ʿAbd al-Hādī Kharsa
Translated by Suraqah Abdul Aziz
With a Biography & Introduction
By Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdasi (d.620AH)




Salafi theologian Muhammad ibn Ibrahim 
said about al-lum'ah:

(128- قول صاحب اللمعة ( ) وجب الايمان به لفظًا)
واما كلام صاحب اللمعة فهذه الكلمة مما لوحظ في هذه العقيدة، وقد لوحظ فيها عدة
كلمات أخذت على المصنف، إذ لا يخفى ان مذهب أَهل السنة والجماعة هو الايمان بما ثبت
في الكتاب والسنة من أَسماء الله وصفاته لفظًا ومعنى، واعتقاد أَن هذه الأَسماءَ
والصفات على الحقيقة لا على المجاز، وأَن لها معاني حقيقة تليق بجلال الله وعظمته.
وادلة ذلك أَكثر من أَن تحصر. ومعاني هذه الأَسماء ظاهرة معروفة من القرآن كغيرها
لا لبس فيها ولا اشكال ولا غموض، فقد أخذ أَصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عنه
القرآن ونقلوا عنه الأَحاديث لم يستشكلوا شيئًا من معاني هذه الآيات والأَحاديث
لأَنها واضحة صريحة، وكذلك من بعدهم من القرون الفاضلة، كما يروى عن مالك لما سئل
عن قوله سبحانه: (الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى) ( ) قال: الاستواءُ معلوم،
والكيف مجهول والايمان به واجب، والسؤال عنه بدعة. وكذلك يروى معنى ذلك عن ربيعة
شيخ مالك، ويروى عن أُم سلمة مرفوعًا وموقوفًا.
أما كنه الصفة وكيفيتها فلا يعلمه إلا الله سبحانه، إذ الكلام في الصفة فرع عن
الكلام في الموصوف، فكما لا يعلم كيف هو -إلا هو- فكذلك صفاته. وهو معنى قول مالك:
والكيف مجهول.
أَما ما ذكره في ((اللعمة)) فانه ينطبق على مذهب المفوضة وهو من شر المذاهب
واخبثها. والمصنف رحمه الله إمام في السنة ومن أَبعد الناس عن مذهب المفوضة وغيرهم
من المبتدعة. والله أَعلم. وصلى الله على محمد وآله وصحبه وسلم.
(
ص-ف 328 في 28-7-85هـ).

The shaykh ended the answer by saying:
"As for that which is mentioned in ((Al-Lum'ah)) then it is in accordance with the way of the mufawwidah which is the worst and most disgusting of ways. The author, may Allah have mercy upon him is an Imam of the Sunnah and from the furthest people away from the mufawwidah and other than them from the people of innovation. Allah knows best and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad, his Family and his Companions."

The following is also an interesting scan from:

page 57 of "Fundamentals of the Salafee Methodology:
An Islaamic Manual for Reform" ascribed to the late Nasir al-Albani with numerous footnotes (which was provided elsewhere by Abul Hasan):


[page 57 of "Fundamentals of the Salafee Methodology: An Islaamic Manual for Reform" ascribed to the late Nasir al-Albani]
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One of the quotes mentioned therein is from the Salafi theologian 
Abdar Razzaq Afifi who mentioned in a fatwa that Imam ibn Qudama was a Mufawwid based on what is in his Luma al-I'tiqad:


عبد الرزاق عفيفي - -
عن بعض عبارات الامام ابن قدامة في لمعة الاعتقاد التي يفهم منها التفويض ؟
فاجاب:
مذهب السلف هو التفويض في كيفية الصفات لا في المعنى ، وقد غلط ابن قدامة في لمعة
الاعتقاد ، وقال : بالتفويض ولكن الحنابلة يتعصبون للحنابلة ، ولذلك يتعصب بعض
المشايخ في الدفاع عن ابن قدامة ، ولكن الصحيح ان ابن قدامة مفوض
المصدر:-
فتاوى ورسائل عبد الرزاق عفيفي
الطبعة الثانية - ص 347 - فتاوى العقيدة سؤال رقم 4
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Salafi theologian
al-Fawzan's
answer to a question in the book Sharh Lum'atul Itiqad follows:

Q: Is it true that Ibn Qudama in Rawdatun Nadhir say that the Ayat of Sifat are from the Mutashabih? And his words over there (in that book) the same over here?

Answer:
What is considered is what's written here, however he divided the Sifat into two kinds, one is Wadih (clear) other Mushkil (difficult/ambigious), and this is wrong, 
All of the Sifat of Allah ta'ala are clear, there's no difficulty/ambiguity found in it. As for what's in the Rawdat, indeed he divided it according to the method of the later scholastic theologans such as the 'Asharis and others. And it's said (Yuqal) that Rawdah is taken from the book of al-Ghazali, and Ghazali is 'Ashari. 
And sometimes he (ibn Qudamah) missed this point.

(Page 296-297 of Sharh Luma'at)



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Ibn Qudama al-Hanbali

A Mufawwid

– ‘Allama Ibn Qudama considers the Ayat of Attributes to be from the Mutashabihat, as is stated in Rawdatun Nadhir. After stating this position, he says the correct stoppage in the ayah that talks about Muhkamat and Mutashabihat is “No one knows it’s interpretation except Allah ta’ala. Those grounded in knowledge say we believe in it…

The point where Ibn Qudama considers the correct stopping point is after except Allah ta’ala, meaning He’s the only one that knows the Mutashabihat, and no one else. And Ibn Qudama has stated that from the Mutashabihat is the Ayat on Sifat, thus concluding that the knowledge of Sifat is only known to Allah ta’ala, just like the Huruf al-Muqat’at.

It’s clear from his statement his position on it.

This is the position of Tafwid al-Ma’ana, as propounded by the Ash’irah and Maturidiya and in opposition to todays salafi scholars whom I will quote regarding their statements on the Mutashabihat.

B – Another indication of tafwid al-Ma’ana is Ibn Qudama’s statement in Lum’atul Itiqad, wherein he states, “What is difficult from those (ayat of Sifat) affirmation of it’s wording is necessary, and to leave delving into it’s meaning, and we leave it’s knowledge to the one who Spoke it (Allah ta’ala), we place it’s responsibiltiy on the one who transmited it, following the path of those grounded in knowledge, about whom Allah ta’ala praised in His Clear Book by His statement, “and Those firmly grounded in knowledge say we believe in it, all of it is from our Lord.”

C – It’s clear from his statement where he says we affirm the wording, yet we relegate the meaning to Allah ta’ala. Ibn Qudama goes on to say Allah ta’ala censures those who seek the interpretation of the Mutashabih (the ayat of sifat amongst them), “He said regarding the censure of those who seek interpretation of the Mutashabih of Quran, “As for those who have deviancy in thier hearts because of which they go after the Mutashabih, intending to spread fitnah and seeking it’s interpreation, and no one knows it’s interpretation except Allah ta’ala. Ayah”

Clearly the intent of Ibn Qudama is to drive home the point that only Allah alone knows the Mutashabihat, and the Ayat of Sifat are from the Mutashabihat according to Ibn Qudama. And thus we don’t know it’s interpreations.

– Another passage he states after the hadith “Allah ta’ala will be seen on the day of judgement”, “and similar to these ahadith, we believe in them, and affirm them, without modality and meaning, and we don’t reject any of it…’ Again Ibn Qudama is driving home the point that the meaning as well as the modality is unknown.

The rules of arabic grammar state that when Waw is used, as it’s used in Ibn Qudama’s words, the default meaning of it is dissimilarity between the thing before and after the particle waw. So, Kayf and Ma’ana are two different things, not same, as some of tried to distort.

In response to these passages, it’s interesting to note what salafi

 scholars have said, and their criticism of Ibn Qudama.

Shaykh Salih’s criticism of Ibn Qudama:

Shaykh Salih Fawzan says regarding point B mentioned above, “this sentence isn’t accepted from the Shaykh (ibn Qudama), Allah ta’ala have mercy on him, it’s as if he’s dividing the texts of the Attributes into two kinds, one kind the meaning and interpreation is apparent, and this we believe in, as well as it’s meaning and interpretation, and the second kind, the meaning isn’t apparent to us, and this we relegate to Allah ta’ala, and this is wrong. Because meaning is known of all of the text of the Names and Attributes. Nothing from them is obscure or from the Mutashabihat, so the text of Names and Attributes aren’t from the Mutashabih nor do they enter into the category of Mutashabih, as Ibn Taymiyya explained…”

On Page 75 Shaykh Muni’ says, What is correct is that the Ayat of Sifat aren’t from the Mutashabihat.”

Disparity regarding Ibn Qudama’s quote of Imam Ahmed’s words:

 “Without Modality and Meaning”:

Shaykh Fawzan says regarding “without Meaning”: “the meaning that the innovators have given, and that is ta’wil”, while Shaykh Muni’ says, “it means the essence, we don’t delve into the essence of the attribute.”

Shaykh Fawzan answering question regarding Sifat from Mutashabih, pg 296;

Q: “Is it true that Ibn Qudama in Rawdatun Nadhir mentioned the Ayat of Sifat in the Mutashabih, and are his words there the same as here (in Luma’)?

Answer: The correct and considered opinion is his words here, however he divided the Sifat into two categories, clear and obscure/difficult, and this wrong. All of the Attributes are clear, nothing from it is difficult. As for what’ in the Rawdah, he agreed with the later Usulis such as the Asharis and others, and it’s said that rawdah is taken from Mustasfah of Imam Ghazali, and Imam Ghazzali is Ashari’, it’s possible that he missed this note (him being an Ashari’?).

Shaykh Muhammed bin Ibrahim Aal as-Shaykh says regarding Ibn Qudama:

As for what he mentioned in al-Luma’, it’s in agreement with the Madhab of Mufawwidah (relegating it’s meaning to Allah ta’ala), and this is from the worst of Madhahib, and the author is an Imam in regards to the Sunnah, and he’s the most distant of people from the Mufawwidah madhab and other innovative groups. And Allah ta’ala knows best.”

Shaykh ‘Afifi affirming Ibn Qudama to be a Mufawwid 

Here

An objection is raised regarding Ibn Qudama’s statements above and his other statements regarding leaving it upon the dhahir (the apparent). The only way to reconcile this contradition, as it’s well known Ibn Qudama considers the Ayat of Sifat to be from the Mutashabih and only Allah knows their meaning, is that the position of Ibn Qudama is to leave the words alone. Not to give explantion of it (it’s meaning) nor it’s interpreation that would take away the apparent meaning, such as Qudrah for Yad.

So ibn Qudama’s position is we leave Yad alone without saying it means such as such, and also we leave it’s interpreation being Qudrah, as that would nullify the Sifah.

As for those who say, we know the meaning of Yad for humans, as well as for Allah ta’ala. I ask, the meaning for yad for humans is a limb consisting of flesh and bone, what is the meaning, if you say you know it, of Yadullah?

Another posting will be done regarding Salafis opinion on the Mutashabih and the Hanbali scholars, as well as the argument why would Allah ta’ala reveal something of which we don’t understand, InshAllah.

Works cited:
Sharh Luma’atul Itiqad by Shaykh Salih Fawzan
Sharh Luma’tul Itiqad by 
Muhammed bin Ahmed al-Muni’
Sharh Luma’tul Itiqad by 
Shaykh Uthaymin

http://khadimululema.wordpress.com/category/aqidah/

(Posted by muhammedm on July 5, 2010)

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Quote 1:

والصحيح: أن المتشابه: ما ورد في صفات الله -سبحانه- مما يجب الإيمان به، ويحرم التعرض لتأويله، كقوله تعالى: {الرحمن على العرش استوى} {بل يداه مبسوطتان} {لما خلقت بيدي} {ويبقى وجه ربك} {تجري بأعيننا} ونحوهفهذا اتفق السلف -رحمهم الله- على الإقرار به، وإمراره على وجهه، وترك تأويله؛ فإن الله -سبحانه- ذم المتبعين لتأويله وقرنهم -في الذم- بالذين يبتغون الفتنة وسماهم أهل زيغ

[روضة الناظر وجنة المناظر، ج ١ ص ٢٧

And the correct opinion is that the ambiguous [verses] revealed regarding the attributes of Allāh, Glory be to He, are those which it is compulsory to have faith in and impermissible [to occupy oneself] in seeking its interpretation; for example, the statement of Allah, the Exalted,

The Most Merciful above the Throne is established” (Qur’ān, 20:5),

Rather, both His Hands are extended” (Qur’ān, 5:64),

“…which I created with my Hands…” (Qur’ān, 38:75),

And there will remain the Face of your Lord” (Qur’ān, 55:27),

Sailing under Our observation” (Qur’ān, 54:14) and similar to them.

So, the Salaf (pious predecessors), may Allāh have mercy upon them, have agreed upon their affirmation [ie. belief in them], passing them as they have come and leaving of interpretating them. For indeed Allāh, Glory be to He, has rebuked those who seek their interpretation and included them, in reprimanding, with those who seek strife and He has labelled them the people of aberration.”

[Rawat al-Nāir wa Jannat al-Manāir, 1/27]

Quote 2:

ومذهب السلف رحمة الله عليهم الإيمان بصفات الله تعالى وأسمائه التي وصف بها نفسه في آياته وتنزيله أو على لسان رسوله من غير زيادة عليها ولا نقص منها ولا تجاوز لها ولا تفسير ولا تأويل لها بما يخالف ظاهرها ولا تشبيه بصفات المخلوقين ولا سمات المحدثين بل أمروها كما جاءت وردوا علمها إلى قائلها ومعناها إلى المتكلم بها 

The Madhab of the Salaf, Allāh’s Mercy be upon them, is to have firm belief (Īmān) in the Attributes of Allāh, The Most High, and His Names with which He described Himself in the Qur’ān and His revelation, or upon the tongue of His Prophet, without any additions, any removal from it, not exceeding the bounds of it, without any explanation or interpretation that opposes its apparent, nor making any resemblance with the attributes of the creation or the qualities of contingencies; rather, they passed them on (narrated them) as they came and consigned the knowledge of them to its speaker (Allāh) and the meaning of them to the One that spoke them.”

وقال بعضهم ويروى ذلك عن الشافعي رحمة الله عليه آمنت بما جاء عن الله على مراد الله وبما جاء عن رسول الله على مراد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم 

And some said it was related from Imām al-Shafi’ī: ‘I believe in what has been transmitted regarding Allāh according to the intent of Allāh, and what has come from the Messenger (Rasūl) of Allāh according to the intent of Rasūl Allāh (peace be upon him).'”

وعلموا أن المتكلم بها صادق لا شك في صدقه فصدقوه ولم يعلموا حقيقة معناها فسكتوا عما لم يعلموه وأخذ ذلك الآخر والأول ووصى بعضهم بعضا بحسن الإتباع والوقوف حيث وقف أولهم وحذروا من التجاوز لهم والعدول عن طريقهم وبينوا لهم سبيلهم ومذهبهم ونرجوا أن يجعلنا الله تعالى ممن اقتدى بهم في بيان ما بينوه وسلوك الطريق الذي سلكوه 

[ذم التأويل ج ١ ص ١١

And they (the Salaf) knew that the One who spoke them (Allāh) was truthful without doubt, so they believed Him. And they did not know the reality of their meanings [i.e. the Attributes], so they were silent about what they did not know. The later and the earlier ones adhered to this. Thus, they strongly advised one another of good obedience and stopping where their formers stopped. And they warned from exceeding their bounds and diverging from their [i.e. the Salaf’s] path. Furthermore, they elucidated their methodology and doctrinal positions. We hope to Allāh that He makes us from the ones who followed them in explaining what they explained and following the path that they traverse.”[Dhamm al-Ta’wīl, 1/11]

Quote 3:

قال الإمام أبو عبد الله أحمد بن محمد بن حنبل رضي الله عنه في قول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إن الله ينزل إلى سماء الدنيا» ، أو «إن الله يرى في القيامة» ، وما أشبه هذه الأحاديث نؤمن بها، ونصدق بها بلا كيف، ولا معنى، ولا نرد شيئا منها، ونعلم أن ما جاء به الرسول حق، ولا نرد على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، ولا نصف الله بأكثر مما وصف به نفسه بلا حد ولا غاية {ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصير

[لمعة الإعتقاد ج ١ ص ٦-٧

The Imām Abū Abd’ Allāh Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn anbal, may Allāh be pleased with him, said regarding the statements of the Prophet(s): ‘Indeed Allāh descends to the sky of the world’ or, ‘Indeed Allāh will be seen on the Day of Judgement’, and those Ahādīth of this nature, that we believe in them, we affirm them without a modality or meaning. We do not avert anything from them, and we know that what has come from the Prophet is true, we do not confute upon the messenger of Allāh(s) and we have not described Allāh with more than what He has described unto Himself, without a limit and without a boundary. ‘There is nothing like unto Him and He is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing.’(Qur’ān, 42:11)”[Lum’at al-I’tiqād, 1/6-7]

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From the above statements of the Imām, it has been argued that he intended by his words: “take them as they have come” or “pass them on their Dhāhir,” that they should be taken upon the apparent meaning.

This however, will be disproven by turning our attention to his other statements which will now be brought to the noble reader’s attention.

The Imām says:

وما أشكل من ذلك وجب إثباته لفظا، وترك التعرض لمعناه ونرد علمه إلى قائله 

[لمعة الإعتقاد ج ١ ص ٦

And whatever is ambiguous from these [verses referring to the Sifāt of Allāh], it is compulsory to affirm its words, to leave the seeking of its meaning and consign its knowledge to the One [Allāh] who said it.” [Lum’at al-I’tiqād, 1/6]

Here the Imām has very clearly stated that the affirmation of these Attributes of Allāh are upon their words and their meanings are consigned, which gives validity to the fact that wherever he says Dhāhir, his intent is the apparent words and not the apparent meaning.

He says elsewhere:

لو كان تأويل ذلك واجبا لبينه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لأمته فإنه لا يجوز تأخير البيان عن وقته ولأنه لو وجب علينا التأويل لوجب عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم فإنه صلى الله عليه وسلم مساو لنا في الأحكام ولو وجب عليه لما أخل به ولأنه صلى الله عليه وسلم حريص على أمته لم يكتم عنهم شيئا أمره الله به وقد قال الله تعالى {يا أيها الرسول بلغ ما أنزل إليك من ربك وإن لم تفعل فما بلغت رسالته}

[تحريم النظر في كتب الكلام، ص ٥٠

If there was an explanation for it (i.e. the texts of the Attributes), it would have been compulsory for the Prophet ﷺ to explain it to his Ummah for indeed, it is not permitted to delay an explanation from its time; and also because if it was compulsory for us to know it’s explanation, then it surely would have been compulsory for the Prophet ; for verily he is an equivalent for us in the rulings. If it was compulsory upon him, he would not have left any deficiency in it [to withhold the explanation] and because he ﷺ is desirous [of goodness] for his Ummah, he would not conceal from them anything that Allāh had ordered him with. Indeed, Allāh has said: ‘O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message…’ (Qur’ān, 5:67).”

What Imām ibn Qudāmah is saying in essence is that since there is no explanation or direct meaning of the Sifāt from Rasulullah , and had there been a meaning known to him, he surely would have informed us of it and since he didn’t, then there’s no need for us to know the meaning either. This is further explained in the next statement:

لا حاجة لنا إلى علم معنى ما أراد الله تعالى من صفاته جل وعز فإنه لا يراد منها عمل ولا يتعلق بها تكليف سوى الإيمان بها ويمكن الإيمان بها من غير علم معناها فإن الإيمان بالجهل صحيح فإن الله تعالى أمر بالإيمان بملائكته وكتبه ورسله وما أنزل إليهم وإن كنا لا نعرف من ذلك إلا التسمية 

[تحريم النظر في كتب الكلام، ص ٥١

There is no need for us to know the meanings of what Allāh Ta’ālā intended from His Attributes Jalla wa ‘Azza, for indeed, He has not intended any action by them and neither has He attached any responsibility regarding them besides believing in them. It is possible to believe in them without knowledge of their meanings and therefore, indeed faith with ignorance [of the meanings] is correct. Verily, Allah has ordered us to have faith in His angels, His books, His messengers and what He had revealed unto them even if we do not know of them except their names.”[Tahrīm al-Nar fī Kutub al-Kalām, pg. 51]

In the aforementioned quote, he is clearly saying there’s no need for us to know the meanings intended by Allāh in regards to His attributes as belief in them without meaning is possible just as in other matters. Therefore, it categorically cannot be argued that the Imām meant taking the Attributes on their outward meanings since he dismisses the need for a meaning outright.

وهي الإيمان بالألفاظ والآيات والأخبار بالمعنى الذي أراده الله تعالى والسكوت عما لا نعلمه من معناها وترك البحث عما لم يكلفنا الله البحث عنه من تأويلها ولم يطلعنا على علمه واتباع طريق الراسخين الذين أثنى الله عليهم في كتابه المبين حين قالوا {آمنا به كل من عند ربنا

[تحريم النظر في كتب الكلام، ص ٥١]

While explaining the way of the Salaf, he says:

It is to have faith in the words, the verses and reports with the meaning that Allāh Ta’ālā has intended (i.e., to say something similar to what has been reported by Imām Shafi’i which has been mentioned above), silence upon what we do not know regarding its meanings, to leave searching for what Allāh has not burdened us with and searching for their explanations as well as what He has not informed us from His Knowledge and to follow the path of those who are steadfast (al-Rāsikhīn) whom Allāh has commended in His clear Book wherein they say: “We believe in all that has come from our Lord.” (Qur’ān, 3:7) [Tahrīm al-Nar fī Kutub al-Kalām, pg. 51]

Here the Imām clearly espouses the view of Tafwī al-Manā, stating that the Salaf did not know the meanings of the Attributes, nor did they seek them and thus simply remained silent about them.

As for those who object to this, then the Imām has responded to them further along:

وإن عاب السكوت عن التفسير أخطأ فإننا لا نعلم لها تفسيرا ومن لم يعلم شيئا وجب عليه السكوت عنه وحرم عليه الكلام فيه قال الله تعالى {ولا تقف ما ليس لك به علم

وذكر الله تعالى في المحرمات {وأن تقولوا على الله ما لا تعلمون}… وأيضا فإن عائب هذه المقالة عائب على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فإنه كان يؤمن بالله وكلماته ولم يفسر شيئا من ذلك ولا بين معناه 

[تحريم النظر في كتب الكلام، ص ٥٤]

And if one finds fault in silence regarding the explanation, he is erroneous; for indeed, we do not know an explanation for them and the one who does not know anything, it is necessary upon him to remain silent regarding it and it is impermissible for him to speak on it. Allāh Ta’ālā has said: ‘And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge…’ (Qur’ān, 17:36) and Allāh Ta’ālā has mentioned from among the impermissible things: ‘… and to say about Allāh what you do not know.’ (Qur’ān, 2:169)… and also, if one faults this position, then one faults the Prophet ; for, indeed, he believed in Allāh and His Words and did not explain anything from them [the ambiguous Attributes] and he did not explain their meanings.” [Tahrīm al-Nar fī Kutub al-Kalām, pg. 54]

Admission of the Figureheads from the Opposing View

After presenting the above statements of Imām ibn Qudāmah, the fact of him being a Mufawwi has been explicitly elucidated.

 If however, any mind is still in doubt then they may see below how some of the figureheads of the proponents of Ithbāt al-Ma alal Dhāhir have conceded that Imām ibn Qudāmah was a Mufawwi.

Sh Muhammad ibn Sālih al-‘Uthaymīn states in his explanation of the statement in Lum’at al-I’tiqād (first quote in further explanatory quotes mentioned above):

أما ما ذكره في “اللمعة” فإنه ينطبق على مذهب المفوضة، وهو من شر المذاهب وأخبثها، والمصنف -رحمه الله- إمام في السنة، وهو أبعد الناس عن مذهب المفوضة وغيرهم من المبتدعة، والله أعلم 

[تعليق مختصر على لمعة الإعتقاد للعثيمين ج ١ ص ٣١

As for what he mentioned in ‘al-Lum’ah‘, then indeed, he was an adherent upon the methodology of the Mufawwiahit is from the worst of methodologies and the filthiest of them. The author, may Allāh have mercy on him, is an Imām in the Sunnah and he is the furthest of the people from the methodology of the Mufawwiah and others beside them from the innovators. And Allāh knows best.

[Ta’liq Mukhtasar ‘alā Kitāb Lum’at al-I’tiqād al-Hādī ilā Sabīl al-Rashād, 1/31]

Although Sh Muhammad ibn Sālih al-‘Uthaymīn admits that this is what Imām ibn Qudāmah adhered to, he also attempts to repel the position from him since he considers him an Imām of what he considers to be the Sunnah, the reason for this is explained by another proponent of the view opposing Tafwī al-Manā:

Shaykh ‘Abd al-Razzāq ‘Afīfī said:

مذهب السلف هو التفويض في كيفية الصفات لا في المعنى، وقد غلط ابن قدامة في لمعة الاعتقاد، وقال: بالتفويض ولكن الحنابلة يتعصبون للحنابلة، ولذلك يتعصب بعض المشايخ في الدفاع عن ابن قدامة، ولكن الصحيح أن ابن قدامة مفوض 

[فتاوى ورسائل سماحة الشيخ عبد الرزاق عفيفي

The methodology of the Salaf was consignment regarding the modality (kayfiyyah), not in the meaning (ma’nā), and indeed ibn Qudāmah erred in Lum’at al-I’tiqād as he said with Tafwī; but the anābila are partisan to the anābila. Therefore, some Mashā’ikh are extreme when it comes to defending ibn Qudāmah.

However, what is correct is that ibn Qudāmah was a Mufawwi.

[Fatāwa wa Rasā’il Samāhat al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-Razzāq ‘Afīfī]

Finally, here is the verdict of the late Shaykh Nāsir al-Dīn al-Albānī from the footnotes of a book attributed to him entitled “Fundamentals of the Salafee Methodology: An Islamic Manual for Reform“.

[ see above scan ]


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"The Imaam of Al-Hanabilah"

Ibn an-Najjaar describes him as: "The Imaam of Al-Hanabilah (Hanbalis) in Damascus Mosque, he was a trust worthy, noble figure, extremely generous, of a clean character, a cautious worshipper, follower of the Salaf in methodology, emitting light (of knowledge and piety) and respectful. One may benefit from his sighting before even hearing his speech! [Sharh Lum`atul-I`tiqaad]

Ibn Taymiyyah said about him, "No one possessing more understanding of the religion entered Shaam, after Al-Awzaa'ee, other than Shaykh al Muwaffaq (Ibn Qudamah)" Siyar A'laam An-Nubalaa']

Ibn Kathir said about him , "He was the Shaikh ul Islam, an Imaam, a Scholar, outstandingly proficient. there was not found in his time nor before it by a long span of time, anyone possessing more Fiqh than him." [al-Bidaayah wan-Nihaayah]

Ibn Rajab said about his books "He generated benefit to all the Muslims on a general level, and to the scholars of the (Hanbali) Madhab on a specific level. These books spread widely and grew very popular, according to the nobility of his intention and sincerity when writing them." Dhayl Tabaqaatil-Hanabilah’ Volume # 2 Page # 133]

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Ibn Qudamah al Maqdisi one of the greatest Athari/Hanbali scholars, known for his Mughni, plainly explains the athari methodological approach, which does include a negation of qualities of contingencies, which of course includes things like directions, space, etcetera




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IBN QUDAMAH AL MAQDISI 
AL HANBALI 
ON USING TAWASSUL 
TO REQUEST FOR NEEDS

Imam Muwaffaq ad-Din Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi, the mujtahid of the Hanbali madhab, in his book “Al Wasiyyah”, writes under the subheading “Talab al Haja (request of need)”:

وإذا كانت لك حاجة إلى الله تعالى تريد طلبها منه فتوضأ ، فأحسن وضوءك ، واركع ركعتين ، وأثن على الله عز وجل ، وصلَ على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ، ثم قل : لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ الله الحَلِيمُ الكَريمُ، سُبحَانَ رَبِّ العَرشِ العَظيمِ الحَمْدُ للهِ رَبِّ العَالمِينِ، أَسأَلُكَ مُوجِبَاتِ رَحمَتِكَ وَعَزَائمَ مَغفِرَتِكَ وَالغَنيمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بِرٍّ، وَالسَّلامَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ، لا تَدَعْ لي ذَنباً إِلاَّ غَفَرْتَهْ وَلا هَمَّاً إِلاَّ فَرَّجْتَهْ، وَلا حَاجةً هِيَ لَكَ رِضاً إِلاَّ قَضَيتَهَا يَا أَرحَمَ الرَّاحمين وإن قلتاللهم إني أسألك وأتوجه إليك بنبيك محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم نبي الرحمة يا محمد إني أتوجه بك إلى ربي فيقضي لي حاجتي،وتذكر حاجتك وروي عن السلف أنهم كانوا يستنجحون حوائجهم بركعتين يصليهما ثم يقول : اللهم بك أستفتح وبك أستنجح ، وإليك بنبيك محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم أتوجه ، اللهم ذلل لي صعوبة أمري ، وسهل من الخير أكثر مما أرجو ، واصرف عني من الشر أكثر مما أخاف .

“When seeking for a need to be fulfilled from Allah ta’ala then perform the ablution and two units of nawafil prayer, relying on Allah ta’alaa and sending salutations on the Prophet (s) and say the following …
“O Allah, I ask you and turn to you by Your Prophet Muhammad (s), the Prophet of Mercy. 
Ya Muhammed!!! I turn by you to my Lord and your Lord aza wajjal for Him to settle my need for me
. The early Muslims [i.e. the Salaf] had their needs fulfilled by saying this” 

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