To Call to the Auliyah ALLAH
1. Some persons believe that it is Shirk
(associating partners with Allah) if you call to the Awliyah Allah (Saints) for
help, for example, "Ya Ghous, Assist me" or "Ya Khwaja, Assist
me".
2. The Ahle Sunnah Wal Jama'at believes that
it is permissible to call to the Awliyah Allah (radi Allahu anhum) for
assistance or help as this is not associating
partners with Allah Ta’ala. We believe that Allah Ta’ala has given the Awliya
Allah special powers to assist the creation with His permission.
3. The following verse of the Holy Quran
proves that one can also seek the assistance of the Awliya Allah: "Your helpers
are Almighty Allah and His Rasool and those Muslims who perform Salaah and give
alms and make Ruku" (Part 6, Ruku 6) This verse refers to the Helpers as
"those Muslims" who are in reality the "Awliya".
4. The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) has stated, "There are certain of Allah's servants that have
been set aside to fulfil the necessities of the people. People will call to
them in their times of need. They are protected from the punishment of Almighty
Allah". (Jame Saghir) This Hadith Shareef clearly proves that one may call
the Awliya Allah for assistance.
5. Hazrat Allama ibn Juzri (radi Allahu anhu)
states, "If one is ever in any need then He should say, 'O servants of Allah,
assist me! O servants of Allah, assist me! O servants of Allah, assist
me'." (Tibraani)
6. Hazrat Imam Naudi (radi Allahu anhu), the
commentator of "Muslim Shareef", quotes an incident: "One of my superiors
narrated an incident to me, 'My mule ran away and I had known the Ahadith and I
immediately said, 'O servants of Allah, assist me!' Almighty Allah immediately
stopped the mule (from running away)'." (Kitaabul Azkaar)
7. Hazrat Shamsuddeen Muhammad Hanafi (radi
Allahu anhu) was performing ablution in his room. He suddenly threw his wooden
sandal into the air. It disappeared although there was no way for it to exit
through the room.He gave the other sandal to his disciple and asked him to keep
it until the first one returned. After some time a certain person from Syria
arrived with the sandal and some money as gifts and said, "May Almighty
Allah give you the thanks for this. The actual incident, which occurred, was
that once when a thief sat on my chest and was about to slaughter me. In my
heart I said, 'Ya Sayyidi Muhammadin Ya Hanafiyu.' Then suddenly, this sandal
came and fell on the chest of the thief with such force that he became dazed
and collapsed and Almighty Allah has saved me through your blessing."
(Tabqaatul Kubra)
8. Hazrat Allama Abdul Wahab Shu'raani (radi
Allahu anhu) when explaining the status and significance of Hadrat Moosa Abu
Imran (radi Allahu anhu) states: "When any of his Mureeds would call to
him from anywhere, he would answer them even if he is in a years distance away
or even more than that." (Tabqaatul Kubra)
9. When Hazrat Sayyidi Shamsudeen Hanafi (radi
Allahu anhu) was on his death-bed, he called his Mureeds and said: "If
anyone has any wish or need, he should come to my grave, I will indeed help him
in fulfilling it.Remember between you and me, there is merely a handful of
sand, and how can a mere handful of sand be a screen between a Murshid and his
Mureed. If the sand does become a screen, then the Murshid cannot be a perfect
Man (Insaan-e-Kaamil)."
10. Sayyidi Mohammed Farghal (radi Allahu
anhu) states: "I am indeed amongst those Saints who can assist you from
the grave. If, therefore, you have any wish or need come to my grave and facing
me, mention your requirements. I will fulfill them."
11. It is recorded that while Hazrat Sayyidi
Madeen Ahmed Ashmooni (radi Allahu anhu) was performing the Wudhu, he suddenly
threw his sandal towards the eastern side of the city. A year later a man
arrived and described a strange incident. He said: "My daughter was once
walking in the jungle, when an evil man tried to entrap her. She did not at the
time remember the name of her father's Murshid, yet in panic, she screamed, 'O
Murshid of my father, save me!’ Suddenly,
a sandal appeared from thin air and rendered the evil man unconscious." It
is stated that the sandal is still in the possession of the mentioned family.
12. Imaam Arif Billah Sayyidi Abdul Wahab
Sha'raani (radi Allahu anhu), in his book,"Lawaaqi-ul-Anwaar Fi Tabqaatil
Akhyaar", records a strange and miraculous incident. It is recorded that a
Mureed of Sayyidi Mohammed Khawri (radi Allahu anhu) was once passing through
the market, when the foot of the animal he was riding slipped. In extreme panic
he screamed, "Ya Sayyidi Muhammad, Ya Ghamri!" Co-incidently, in that
very market place, the captured ruler, ibn Omar Sa'eed, was also passing
through. He inquired from the Mureed as to who was Sayyidi Mohammed. When he
was told who he was, he asked permission to use the name of the Murshid so that
he could also be released. As soon as he had proclaimed the name of the great Wali,
the spiritual master appeared and driving away the capturers, freed the ruler.
The Shaikh then blessed the ruler, and thereafter departed.
13. Among the excellences of Hazrat Sayyidi
Moosa Abu Imraan (radi Allahu anhu), it is recorded that whenever his Mureeds
used to call to him, he immediately use to assist them, even though the Mureed
was as far away as a
year's journey or even more.
14. Before the passing away of Moulana Rumi
(radi Allahu anhu), he revealed to his Mureeds a startling secret. He said:
"Whatever conditions you may be in, remember me, so that I can be your
protector and helper, irrespective of what state I may be in. In this world I have
two types of relationships, one with my body and the other with you, and when,
with the Mercy of Allah I am freed from this contact with my body and the world
of loneliness is exposed to me, I will divert the attention of my soul to
you."
15. Hazrat Shah Wali'ullah (radi Allahu anhu),
records a method for achieving and fulfilling one's needs and wishes in his
book, "Al intibah fi Salasil-e-Awliya". He states: "One should
first perform two Rakaats of Nafil Salaah. After completion he should recite
the following - 111 times Durood Shareef, 111 times Kalima Tamjeed and 111 times
'Shay an Lillah, Ya Shaikh Abdal Qaadir Jilaani'." From this book, it has
been proven that all the great
Luminaries believed in the proclamation of
"Shay an Lillah" as being a valid and a great solution to
manyunsolved problems.
16. Hazrat Ahmed Zarooq (radi Allahu anhu)
said: "I indeed bless my (Mureeds) with tranquillity during times of difficulty
and perplexity, when cruelty and evil oppresses them and in times of misery and
fear. Therefore (during these times) call to me 'Ya Zarooq', I will immediately
come to your assistance."
17. Allama Ziyadi, Allama Ajhoori, Allama
Dawoodi and Allama Shaami (radi Allahu anhum), have all prescribed a method for
finding mislaid items. They state: "One should climb on to a high spot and
offer Faatiha for Hazrat Sayyidi Ahmed bin Alwaan Yamaani (radi Allahu anhu).
Thereafter invoking his name one should say, 'Ya Sayyidi Ahmed, Ya ibn
Alwaan'."
18. From all of the above narrations one will
see that to call upon the Awliya for assistance is permissible even if they are
thousands of miles away. With the permission of Allah Ta’ala they certainly
assist those who are in need.
