BESEECHING ALLAH BY VIRTUE OF THE STATUS OF THE AWLIYA AND THE RIGHTEOUS pdf

Beseeching ALLAH by Virtue of the status of the Awliya and the Righteous

BESEECHING ALLAH BY VIRTUE OF THE STATUS OF THE AWLIYA AND THE RIGHTEOUS

The spread of many polytheistic practices, innovations, and myths has increased in our time due to the people’s abandonment of the commandments of Allah and their ignorance of their religion.

One of these practices which are widely spread is glorifying some Muslim individuals of whom they call the Awliya’ (devoted and sincere worshippers) and the righteous and supplicating them instead of supplicating Allah.

People believe that those Awliya’ and the righteous can cause harm or bring benefit to them, so they glorify them and circumambulate their graves.

Those people claim to supplicate them as a means for Allah to fulfill their needs and relieve their suffering during adversities.

However, if those ignorant people referred to the Noble Quran and the Sunnah and comprehended what is stated in them regarding supplication, they would have understood the real meaning of the prescribed Tawassul (beseeching Allah by the virtue of the status of an intermediary).

The permissible prescribed Tawassul is that which is done by being obedient to Allah and His Messenger, through performing the acts of worship, refraining from prohibitions.

It is done through drawing close to Allah by doing the righteous deeds and supplicating Him by the virtue of the status of His Most Beautiful Names and Sublime Qualities.

These are the means of seeking to be near to Allah, it is the way that makes one attain His Mercy and Pleasure.

As for making Tawassul by rushing to the graves of the dead and circumambulating them, offering sacrifices to the dead and throwing oneself on the doorsteps of their graves to fulfill his needs and relieve him from adversities, none of these actions is included in the prescribed Tawassul.

It is, rather, a kind of practicing one of the major forms of Shirk (polytheism and associating others with Allah Almighty in worship) and Kufr (disbelief in Allah).