Wasilah /Intercession- Quran i.e. Dawoodi Bohras perspective
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:16 pm
I am not the author of article below. I have merely copy/pasted it from some where else considered to be reliable.
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem
La Ilaha Illa hu. Ya Mohammed s.a.w.w., Ya Ali a.s.
INDEX
1. Part 1: Meaning of Wasila ............................................................... Point# 1 to 5
2. Part 2: Who are Wasilah ................................................................. Point# 6 to 10
3. Part 3: worshipping or loving Wasilah ........................................... Point# 11
4. Part 4: Difference between worshipper and Wasilah taker.......... Point # 12
5. Part 5: Why is Wasilah required .................................................... Point #13 to 14
6. Part 6: Two aayat mostly quoted by Bohras to justify Wasilah.... Point# 15
7. Part 7: Aayatul Kursi: Only selected one can become Wasilah.... Point# 16
8. Part 8: Dua of Tak'karrub............................................................... Point# 17
9. Part 9: Dua after Washeq on Lailat Al Qadr.................................. Point# 18 & 19
10. Part 10: Two rakat of Twassul namaz.......................................... Poimt# 20
11. Part 11: Sayyed's do not qualify as Wasilah ............................... Point# 21
12. Part 12: Asking from dead............................................................ Point# 22
13. Part 13: Sura 21, Aayat 28 - is vetting wasilah............................. Point# 23
14. Part 14: Three more aayat vouching wasilah.............................. Point# 24
PART 1 - MEANING OF WASILAH
(1) ‘Wasilah’ comes from the root waaw-seen-laam. ‘Wasala’ (different from wasilah) is a verb meaning ‘to seek favour, to plead, or to ask for intercession”. Wasilah (plural wasaa'il) is a verbal noun meaning means, “connection, agent or intercession”. Also derived from it is ‘tawassul’, meaning achievement or connection.
(2) Correct word for nearness is “qurb”. It comes from root qaaf-raa-baa. A very familiar word “qareeb” (near) is from the same root.
(3) “wasi” and “wasila”are two different words derived from different roots. ‘Wasi’ is from waaw-saad-alif (maksura). It means trustee, authorized representative as in Mola Ali a.s. is wasi.
(4) There is a word ‘wasil’, waaw-saad-ya-laam. It means friend. Close but not related to our discussions.
(5) ‘Wasila’ word (different spelling) is also used for a she-camel.
.....(a) Wasilah – WAW, SIN, LAM means "connection" or "means of approach" as in Quran verse 5/35.
.....(b) Waseela – WAW, SAD, LAM means "she-camel" as in Quran verse 5/103.
Summary: To take wasilah means to cause to connect to Allah, which is the way Dawoodi Bohras Ismailiya Shia use the word.
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PART 2 – WHO ARE WASILAH?
(6) Quran is a wasila, so is Aaka Muhammad s.a.w.w., so is anyone whom one considers worth following in worship and obedience to his teaching.
(7) Similarly, if one stand on Mount Arafat and ask for Allah’s forgiveness, one can be sure that they are following a teaching, which is a wasila. You may believe you have been forgiven, but how can you be certain? However, if you asked Prophet Mohammed s.a.w.w, and he told you that you have been forgiven, would you not believe him? He is your wasila. Clearly, no shirk is involved here.
(8) You kiss Quran. And you say you are not worshipping it. You kiss Hajar Aswad and you say you are not worshipping it. You kiss Grave of Imam Husain a.s. and you say you are not worshipping it. They are clearly creations of Allah. So where is the problem with this? It is that one forgets the “message” and think ritual is all that is needed. Such thinking is slavery to institutions and not God. This happens to some extent in all societies but has advanced dangerously among Asnashari Shia, Aga Khani and Bohra Shabab.
(9) Quran and Prophet are intermediaries. It is through them, and for Muslims, only through them, that you approach Allah. You cannot say that you do not need an intermediary, which Quran is, and then quote from Quran. That is a logical contradiction. You cannot say I do not need Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.w., who is an intermediary, and then say you follow Muhammad s.a.w.w. That is another logical contradiction.
(10) If Muslims do not need saints or holy men, then you must start by eliminating Aaka Rasool Allah s.a.w.w. See how ridiculous this sounds! If you believe in any religion, you necessarily believe in Wasilah (intercession). You just cannot avoid it. The only way you can assert that you do not need an intermediary is not to believe in any religion at all.
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PART 3 – WORSHIPPING OR LOVING WASILAH
(11) You do not worship your Wasilah. You may love your Wasilah and that maybe misinterpreted by ignorant people as shirk. Quran is one Wasilah, so is Salaat. Human-beings, like the Prophets / Wasi / Imams, who seem to be especially favoured are another kind of Wasilah.
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PART 4 – DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORSHIPPOR AND WASILAH TAKER
(12) Word 'worship' may be describe as formal rituals. When one worship then one they perform rituals like namaaz. To 'follow' means to take the lead of a person whom you believe to be the right Guide. In namaaz, you follow the Prophet Mohammed s.a.w.w. and other hudaat-kiraam. In other things you follow the Quran. You do not worship the Quran. Allah asks you to take responsibility for your actions and the choice of whom you follow. If you find that your Guide violates the teaching of the Quran, you stop following him.
Wasilah's (person, Quran, ziyarat, etc) are Allah’s creation, and so they cannot be partners of Allah. Allah does not create anything like himself (lam yalid = he does not beget). Canonical worship is only for Allah. All niyyats of namaaz have words ‘li-llahi azza wa jal’ = ‘for Allah, the mighty and glorious’. When you seek intercession, you do not ask someone/something to intercede for you. You ask Allah to accept him/her/it to be your intercessor. We do not worship our Wasilah. We may love your Wasilah and that may be misinterpreted by ignorant people as shirk. Quran is one intercessor, so is Salaat. Human beings, like the Prophet, who seem to us to be especially favored are another kind of Wasilah.
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PART 5 - WHY IS WASILAH REQUIRED?
(13) Allah communicates with humans via wasilah only. Humans too directly address their dua's to Allah. However due to our sins Allah may or may not pay attention to our dua's. Should we club Salwaat (a type of wasilah) or those whom Allah too used as wasilah then with grace / influence of those wasilah our dua's/prayers will receive Allah's attention. Proof of above in Quran - Sura An'Nisa (4), Aayat# 64: Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali: We sent not an apostle, but to be obeyed, in accordance with the will of Allah. If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come unto thee and asked Allah's forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful.
(14) Inference: Quran keh raha hai ki gunahgaar ne direct Allah se maafi nahi maangi balki woh Aaka Mohammed s.a.w.w. ke paas aaye, aur Rasool Allah se dua karva'e ki Allah unke gunah maaf kare. Quran 4/64 se, yeh sabit hota hai ki Quran ne wasilah lene ko approve kiya hai. Is case me Rasool Allah ke paas two choices thi, eik yeh ki us gunaahgaar ko aap keh dete ki tu khud tere liye dua kar le, 2nd choice yeh thi ki woh Allah ke mehboob hai aur woh us gunhagaar ke liye Wasilah ban kar dua kare. Rasool Allah s.a.w.w. ne 2nd choice ko chuna, aur Rasool jo kare wohi aapki ummat ko / aapke mannar ko karna chahiye, to Wasila lena Rasool Allah ki Sunnat hai. Hum bhi Quran 4/64 ke gunahgaar jaise hi gunaahgar hai, isiliye humari dua'o ko kabool karvane ke liye hume bhi Wasilah lena chahiye.
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PART 6 - TWO AAYATS MOSTLY QUOTED BY BOHRAS TO JUSTIFY TAKING WASILAH
(15) Following both aayats have word, "WASILA" in it and it commands taking wasilah for acceptance of our prayers. .
(I) Sura Ma’edah (5), Aayat# 35 -
■Transliteration: Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo ittaqoo Allaha waibtaghoo ilayhi AL WASEELATA wajahidoo fee sabeelihi laAAallakum tuflihoona.
■Translation (by Abdullah Yusuf Ali): O ye who believe! Do your duty to Allah, seek the means of approach unto Him (wasilah), and strive with might and main in his cause: that ye may prosper.
■Inference: Wasilah lo.
■ “wa-btaghu ilay-hi al-wasilah”
■Ibtaghu=desire, seek Ilay-hi=towards him Literally then, “seek towards him a means”. Idiomatically, “Seek a means of approach towards him.”
(II) Sura Al Isra (17), Aayat# 57
■Transliteration: Olaika allatheena yadAAoona yabtaghoona ila rabbihimu AL WASEELATA ayyuhum aqrabu wayarjoona rahmatahu wayakhafoona AAathabahu inna AAathaba rabbika kana mahthooran
■Translation (by Abdullah Yusuf Ali): Those whom they call upon do desire (for themselves) means of access to their Lord (Wasilah), - even those who are nearest: they hope for His Mercy and fear His Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord is something to take heed of.
■Inference: wasilah lo
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PART 7 - AYATUL KURSI: ONLY SELECTED ONE CAN BECOME WASILAH
(16) Sura 2, Aayat# 255 (Aayatul Kursi): (translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali) -.... Who is there can intercede (wasilah) in His presence except as He permitteth? ... .It is not possible for humans to approach Allah without an wasilah of some kind. The only question is whether or not Allah will accept the intermediary of your choice. One will find that out on the Day of Judgment. Aayatul Kursi categorically says that only those can act as 'wasilah' to whom Allah permits.
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PART 8 - DUA TAQARRUB FOR INVOKING WASILAH
(17) Invoking wasila is normally a form of namaaz or dua to seek nearness to Allah through some means which is primarily a prayer to Allah or asking someone to pray to Allah for us. These someone are generally pious people. One example is the Dua Taqarrub recited with raised hands after every Farz namaz. In the begining of the dua, you say “Allahumma inni ataqarrabu ilayka bika” meaning “Allah, I seek nearness to you through you (your wasila). It goes on to say “wa bi mawlana muhammadin nabiiyika” meaning “And through your nabi Muhammad s.a.w.w.”. This dua starts with wasila of Allah. That would be strange for Wahhabis, Salafi and Asnashari Shia to understand. Why do one need to invoke wasila of Allah to be near Allah? Because what follows in the dua are wasa’il created by Allah for his worshippers to invoke, such as Nabi, Wasi and Imams.
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PART 9 - DUA AFTER WASHEQ ON LAILAT AL QADR
(18) Hadhihi as-salaat, fa hadiyya minni ilayk, ya Molana Muhammad Wa ilayki, Ya Molatina Fatima Taqabbaluha minni wadaifu li biha al-adaaf al jazila . This prayer is a gift from me to you O, Molana Muhmmad s.a.w.w. and to you O, Molatina Fatima a.s. Accept it from me And through it multiply it many-fold. What can Aaka Muhammad s.a.w.w. and Molatina Fatima a.s. give us in return for our gift? They can pray for us in return and we expect its effect to multiply because we believe Allah will not turn away their prayers. Final decision to accept rests with Allah alone.
(19) Dua is offered with a variation of sujood. Instead of touching floor with brow and nose, the floor is touched with either cheek. This is to make it clear that supplication is to humans and not to God. Sujood, normally only for allah, would not be appropriate as the dua is addressed to prophet and his daughter.
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PART 10 - TWO RAKAAT OF TWASSUL NAMAZ
(20) This Namaaz is addressed to Allah with niyyat including words “lillahiazza wa jal”. Tawassul is asking someone to pray for you. If it was asking someone to cure you or give you wealth, you would not address your namaaz to Allah, would you? Wahhabis, Sunni and Asnashari Shia think that that is what we are doing. That is because they are ignorant and, in their ignorance they invoke Wahhab (they think they are doing it for Allah) to murder innocents.
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PART 11 - SYYED'S DO NOT QUALIFY AS WASILAH
(21) Quran 29:15/18 - Prophet Mohammed s.a.w.w. announces in public that WE are from your Ilahi (Allah). Prophet Mohammed s.a.w.w has not used singular but pluaral to address himself. Meaning all the Mustakar Imams and Ahle'bait, they all are from Allah - their Wasilah must be taken. Mola Ali a.s. aur Molatina Fatima a.s. ki shaadi hoovi eik general aur eik special, eik duniya me hoovi aur eik jannat me, eik se aam insaan (Sayyed's) hoove aur eik se special (Mustakar Imam). So, Syyed's have no Islamic merrit. Their wasilah cannot be taken.
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PART 12 - ASKING FROM DEAD
(22) If Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.w. is dead, why keep repeating the second sentence of the Kalmae-Shahada"La ilah illa Allah. Muhammadun Rasulullah" It means Muhammad is Allah's Messenger. Why not say "Kana Muhammad Rasulullah" meaning Muhammad was Allah's Messenger. And why say the second sentence anyway? He is dead and gone, right? The reason why Shahada is said in its entirety in the present tense is thatNabi Syyedina Muhammad Rasool Allah s.a.w.w. is the wasila to get near Allah. Allah used him as the wasila to reach human beings. Quran Sura 4: Aayat# 64 brings this out clearly. Allah says that if sinners had sought forgiveness through Muhammad, Allah would have pardoned them. The ayat does not say if they had come to Allah exclusively but through Muhammad as well. Why would Allah say that in the Quran if he was next to people's jugular vein? Quran Sura 3: Aayat# 169 (Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali): Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord.
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PART 13 - SURA 21, AAYAT 28 IS VETTING WASILAH
(23) He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer no intercession (Wasilah) except for those who are acceptable, and they stand in awe and reverence of His (Glory).
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PART 14 - THREE MORE AAYAT VOUCHING WASILAH
Quran 10:3 - Verily your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (Wasilah) (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not receive admonition?
Quran 20:109 - On that Day shall no intercession (Wasilah) avail except for those for whompermission has been granted by ((Allah)) Most Gracious and whose word isacceptable to Him.
Quran 19:87 - None shall have the power of intercession (Wasilah) , but such a oneas has received permission (or promise) from ((Allah)) Most Gracious.
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The End.
Wa aakhiro dawana anil hamdo lillah he Rabbil aalameen.
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem
La Ilaha Illa hu. Ya Mohammed s.a.w.w., Ya Ali a.s.
INDEX
1. Part 1: Meaning of Wasila ............................................................... Point# 1 to 5
2. Part 2: Who are Wasilah ................................................................. Point# 6 to 10
3. Part 3: worshipping or loving Wasilah ........................................... Point# 11
4. Part 4: Difference between worshipper and Wasilah taker.......... Point # 12
5. Part 5: Why is Wasilah required .................................................... Point #13 to 14
6. Part 6: Two aayat mostly quoted by Bohras to justify Wasilah.... Point# 15
7. Part 7: Aayatul Kursi: Only selected one can become Wasilah.... Point# 16
8. Part 8: Dua of Tak'karrub............................................................... Point# 17
9. Part 9: Dua after Washeq on Lailat Al Qadr.................................. Point# 18 & 19
10. Part 10: Two rakat of Twassul namaz.......................................... Poimt# 20
11. Part 11: Sayyed's do not qualify as Wasilah ............................... Point# 21
12. Part 12: Asking from dead............................................................ Point# 22
13. Part 13: Sura 21, Aayat 28 - is vetting wasilah............................. Point# 23
14. Part 14: Three more aayat vouching wasilah.............................. Point# 24
PART 1 - MEANING OF WASILAH
(1) ‘Wasilah’ comes from the root waaw-seen-laam. ‘Wasala’ (different from wasilah) is a verb meaning ‘to seek favour, to plead, or to ask for intercession”. Wasilah (plural wasaa'il) is a verbal noun meaning means, “connection, agent or intercession”. Also derived from it is ‘tawassul’, meaning achievement or connection.
(2) Correct word for nearness is “qurb”. It comes from root qaaf-raa-baa. A very familiar word “qareeb” (near) is from the same root.
(3) “wasi” and “wasila”are two different words derived from different roots. ‘Wasi’ is from waaw-saad-alif (maksura). It means trustee, authorized representative as in Mola Ali a.s. is wasi.
(4) There is a word ‘wasil’, waaw-saad-ya-laam. It means friend. Close but not related to our discussions.
(5) ‘Wasila’ word (different spelling) is also used for a she-camel.
.....(a) Wasilah – WAW, SIN, LAM means "connection" or "means of approach" as in Quran verse 5/35.
.....(b) Waseela – WAW, SAD, LAM means "she-camel" as in Quran verse 5/103.
Summary: To take wasilah means to cause to connect to Allah, which is the way Dawoodi Bohras Ismailiya Shia use the word.
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PART 2 – WHO ARE WASILAH?
(6) Quran is a wasila, so is Aaka Muhammad s.a.w.w., so is anyone whom one considers worth following in worship and obedience to his teaching.
(7) Similarly, if one stand on Mount Arafat and ask for Allah’s forgiveness, one can be sure that they are following a teaching, which is a wasila. You may believe you have been forgiven, but how can you be certain? However, if you asked Prophet Mohammed s.a.w.w, and he told you that you have been forgiven, would you not believe him? He is your wasila. Clearly, no shirk is involved here.
(8) You kiss Quran. And you say you are not worshipping it. You kiss Hajar Aswad and you say you are not worshipping it. You kiss Grave of Imam Husain a.s. and you say you are not worshipping it. They are clearly creations of Allah. So where is the problem with this? It is that one forgets the “message” and think ritual is all that is needed. Such thinking is slavery to institutions and not God. This happens to some extent in all societies but has advanced dangerously among Asnashari Shia, Aga Khani and Bohra Shabab.
(9) Quran and Prophet are intermediaries. It is through them, and for Muslims, only through them, that you approach Allah. You cannot say that you do not need an intermediary, which Quran is, and then quote from Quran. That is a logical contradiction. You cannot say I do not need Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.w., who is an intermediary, and then say you follow Muhammad s.a.w.w. That is another logical contradiction.
(10) If Muslims do not need saints or holy men, then you must start by eliminating Aaka Rasool Allah s.a.w.w. See how ridiculous this sounds! If you believe in any religion, you necessarily believe in Wasilah (intercession). You just cannot avoid it. The only way you can assert that you do not need an intermediary is not to believe in any religion at all.
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PART 3 – WORSHIPPING OR LOVING WASILAH
(11) You do not worship your Wasilah. You may love your Wasilah and that maybe misinterpreted by ignorant people as shirk. Quran is one Wasilah, so is Salaat. Human-beings, like the Prophets / Wasi / Imams, who seem to be especially favoured are another kind of Wasilah.
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PART 4 – DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORSHIPPOR AND WASILAH TAKER
(12) Word 'worship' may be describe as formal rituals. When one worship then one they perform rituals like namaaz. To 'follow' means to take the lead of a person whom you believe to be the right Guide. In namaaz, you follow the Prophet Mohammed s.a.w.w. and other hudaat-kiraam. In other things you follow the Quran. You do not worship the Quran. Allah asks you to take responsibility for your actions and the choice of whom you follow. If you find that your Guide violates the teaching of the Quran, you stop following him.
Wasilah's (person, Quran, ziyarat, etc) are Allah’s creation, and so they cannot be partners of Allah. Allah does not create anything like himself (lam yalid = he does not beget). Canonical worship is only for Allah. All niyyats of namaaz have words ‘li-llahi azza wa jal’ = ‘for Allah, the mighty and glorious’. When you seek intercession, you do not ask someone/something to intercede for you. You ask Allah to accept him/her/it to be your intercessor. We do not worship our Wasilah. We may love your Wasilah and that may be misinterpreted by ignorant people as shirk. Quran is one intercessor, so is Salaat. Human beings, like the Prophet, who seem to us to be especially favored are another kind of Wasilah.
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PART 5 - WHY IS WASILAH REQUIRED?
(13) Allah communicates with humans via wasilah only. Humans too directly address their dua's to Allah. However due to our sins Allah may or may not pay attention to our dua's. Should we club Salwaat (a type of wasilah) or those whom Allah too used as wasilah then with grace / influence of those wasilah our dua's/prayers will receive Allah's attention. Proof of above in Quran - Sura An'Nisa (4), Aayat# 64: Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali: We sent not an apostle, but to be obeyed, in accordance with the will of Allah. If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come unto thee and asked Allah's forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful.
(14) Inference: Quran keh raha hai ki gunahgaar ne direct Allah se maafi nahi maangi balki woh Aaka Mohammed s.a.w.w. ke paas aaye, aur Rasool Allah se dua karva'e ki Allah unke gunah maaf kare. Quran 4/64 se, yeh sabit hota hai ki Quran ne wasilah lene ko approve kiya hai. Is case me Rasool Allah ke paas two choices thi, eik yeh ki us gunaahgaar ko aap keh dete ki tu khud tere liye dua kar le, 2nd choice yeh thi ki woh Allah ke mehboob hai aur woh us gunhagaar ke liye Wasilah ban kar dua kare. Rasool Allah s.a.w.w. ne 2nd choice ko chuna, aur Rasool jo kare wohi aapki ummat ko / aapke mannar ko karna chahiye, to Wasila lena Rasool Allah ki Sunnat hai. Hum bhi Quran 4/64 ke gunahgaar jaise hi gunaahgar hai, isiliye humari dua'o ko kabool karvane ke liye hume bhi Wasilah lena chahiye.
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PART 6 - TWO AAYATS MOSTLY QUOTED BY BOHRAS TO JUSTIFY TAKING WASILAH
(15) Following both aayats have word, "WASILA" in it and it commands taking wasilah for acceptance of our prayers. .
(I) Sura Ma’edah (5), Aayat# 35 -
■Transliteration: Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo ittaqoo Allaha waibtaghoo ilayhi AL WASEELATA wajahidoo fee sabeelihi laAAallakum tuflihoona.
■Translation (by Abdullah Yusuf Ali): O ye who believe! Do your duty to Allah, seek the means of approach unto Him (wasilah), and strive with might and main in his cause: that ye may prosper.
■Inference: Wasilah lo.
■ “wa-btaghu ilay-hi al-wasilah”
■Ibtaghu=desire, seek Ilay-hi=towards him Literally then, “seek towards him a means”. Idiomatically, “Seek a means of approach towards him.”
(II) Sura Al Isra (17), Aayat# 57
■Transliteration: Olaika allatheena yadAAoona yabtaghoona ila rabbihimu AL WASEELATA ayyuhum aqrabu wayarjoona rahmatahu wayakhafoona AAathabahu inna AAathaba rabbika kana mahthooran
■Translation (by Abdullah Yusuf Ali): Those whom they call upon do desire (for themselves) means of access to their Lord (Wasilah), - even those who are nearest: they hope for His Mercy and fear His Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord is something to take heed of.
■Inference: wasilah lo
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PART 7 - AYATUL KURSI: ONLY SELECTED ONE CAN BECOME WASILAH
(16) Sura 2, Aayat# 255 (Aayatul Kursi): (translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali) -.... Who is there can intercede (wasilah) in His presence except as He permitteth? ... .It is not possible for humans to approach Allah without an wasilah of some kind. The only question is whether or not Allah will accept the intermediary of your choice. One will find that out on the Day of Judgment. Aayatul Kursi categorically says that only those can act as 'wasilah' to whom Allah permits.
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PART 8 - DUA TAQARRUB FOR INVOKING WASILAH
(17) Invoking wasila is normally a form of namaaz or dua to seek nearness to Allah through some means which is primarily a prayer to Allah or asking someone to pray to Allah for us. These someone are generally pious people. One example is the Dua Taqarrub recited with raised hands after every Farz namaz. In the begining of the dua, you say “Allahumma inni ataqarrabu ilayka bika” meaning “Allah, I seek nearness to you through you (your wasila). It goes on to say “wa bi mawlana muhammadin nabiiyika” meaning “And through your nabi Muhammad s.a.w.w.”. This dua starts with wasila of Allah. That would be strange for Wahhabis, Salafi and Asnashari Shia to understand. Why do one need to invoke wasila of Allah to be near Allah? Because what follows in the dua are wasa’il created by Allah for his worshippers to invoke, such as Nabi, Wasi and Imams.
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PART 9 - DUA AFTER WASHEQ ON LAILAT AL QADR
(18) Hadhihi as-salaat, fa hadiyya minni ilayk, ya Molana Muhammad Wa ilayki, Ya Molatina Fatima Taqabbaluha minni wadaifu li biha al-adaaf al jazila . This prayer is a gift from me to you O, Molana Muhmmad s.a.w.w. and to you O, Molatina Fatima a.s. Accept it from me And through it multiply it many-fold. What can Aaka Muhammad s.a.w.w. and Molatina Fatima a.s. give us in return for our gift? They can pray for us in return and we expect its effect to multiply because we believe Allah will not turn away their prayers. Final decision to accept rests with Allah alone.
(19) Dua is offered with a variation of sujood. Instead of touching floor with brow and nose, the floor is touched with either cheek. This is to make it clear that supplication is to humans and not to God. Sujood, normally only for allah, would not be appropriate as the dua is addressed to prophet and his daughter.
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PART 10 - TWO RAKAAT OF TWASSUL NAMAZ
(20) This Namaaz is addressed to Allah with niyyat including words “lillahiazza wa jal”. Tawassul is asking someone to pray for you. If it was asking someone to cure you or give you wealth, you would not address your namaaz to Allah, would you? Wahhabis, Sunni and Asnashari Shia think that that is what we are doing. That is because they are ignorant and, in their ignorance they invoke Wahhab (they think they are doing it for Allah) to murder innocents.
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PART 11 - SYYED'S DO NOT QUALIFY AS WASILAH
(21) Quran 29:15/18 - Prophet Mohammed s.a.w.w. announces in public that WE are from your Ilahi (Allah). Prophet Mohammed s.a.w.w has not used singular but pluaral to address himself. Meaning all the Mustakar Imams and Ahle'bait, they all are from Allah - their Wasilah must be taken. Mola Ali a.s. aur Molatina Fatima a.s. ki shaadi hoovi eik general aur eik special, eik duniya me hoovi aur eik jannat me, eik se aam insaan (Sayyed's) hoove aur eik se special (Mustakar Imam). So, Syyed's have no Islamic merrit. Their wasilah cannot be taken.
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PART 12 - ASKING FROM DEAD
(22) If Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.w. is dead, why keep repeating the second sentence of the Kalmae-Shahada"La ilah illa Allah. Muhammadun Rasulullah" It means Muhammad is Allah's Messenger. Why not say "Kana Muhammad Rasulullah" meaning Muhammad was Allah's Messenger. And why say the second sentence anyway? He is dead and gone, right? The reason why Shahada is said in its entirety in the present tense is thatNabi Syyedina Muhammad Rasool Allah s.a.w.w. is the wasila to get near Allah. Allah used him as the wasila to reach human beings. Quran Sura 4: Aayat# 64 brings this out clearly. Allah says that if sinners had sought forgiveness through Muhammad, Allah would have pardoned them. The ayat does not say if they had come to Allah exclusively but through Muhammad as well. Why would Allah say that in the Quran if he was next to people's jugular vein? Quran Sura 3: Aayat# 169 (Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali): Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord.
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PART 13 - SURA 21, AAYAT 28 IS VETTING WASILAH
(23) He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer no intercession (Wasilah) except for those who are acceptable, and they stand in awe and reverence of His (Glory).
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PART 14 - THREE MORE AAYAT VOUCHING WASILAH
Quran 10:3 - Verily your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (Wasilah) (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not receive admonition?
Quran 20:109 - On that Day shall no intercession (Wasilah) avail except for those for whompermission has been granted by ((Allah)) Most Gracious and whose word isacceptable to Him.
Quran 19:87 - None shall have the power of intercession (Wasilah) , but such a oneas has received permission (or promise) from ((Allah)) Most Gracious.
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The End.
Wa aakhiro dawana anil hamdo lillah he Rabbil aalameen.