BISMILLAHIR RAHMANIR RAHIM. WASSALATU WASSALAMU ALA RASULULLAH WA ALA ALIHI HAQQA QADRIHI WA MIQDARIHIL AZEEM.
this ebook is a text from minhaj which sheikh ul islam TAHIR ALQADRI wrote and published to make muslims out of misconception and misunderstanding. May Allah reward him with Janah.
THE DOCRINE OF TAWASSUL(INTERMEDIATION) IN THE LIGHT OF SACRED TRADITION
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Purging disbelief in Muhammad's followers
Allah has conferred infinite blessings on the followers of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W). One of these blessings is their impossibility to return to disbelief after embracing Islam. It happened in the past that the followers of a particular prophet returned to their earlier state of ignorance and disbelief after his death. But this shall not happen to the followers of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W). The Prophet of Allah (S.A.W ) in the last days of his earthly sojourn had himself declared that he had no fears that his followers will relapse into disbelief after his death. As Muslims, we should reflect on his words. The Prophet (S.A.W) who was sent to this world to quash disbelief and all forms of impermissible innovation, who is our primary source of guidance and who is our ultimate means of salvation, is saying that he has no doubts lurking in his mind about their steady and irreversible belief, while we are hurling allegations of disbelief at one another to cater to our false sense of superiority or to pamper our egotism based on prejudice and sheer stubbornness. What could be more unfortunate than this mutual incrimination?
It is narrated in a tradition:
'Uqbah bin 'Āmir(R.A) has narrated: The Prophet (R.A) one day went to (Uhud) and offered prayer for the natives (martyrs) of Uhud as it is (generally) offered for the dead. Then he returned to the pulpit and said: I am your forerunner and I am a witness on you. By Allah! I am right now seeing the basin of my fountain (kawthar), and I have been handed over the keys of the treasures of the earth (or the keys of the earth). I swear on Allah, I have no fears that after me you will return to disbelief but I am apprehensive that you will try to outdo each other in acquiring worldly goods.[1]
This is a statement made by the Prophet (S.A.W) himself. He has sworn on Allah about his followers that they will not revert to disbelief. The Prophet's words call for deep reflection and serious soul-searching. We brush aside the Prophet's statement when we accuse one another of disbelief. This tradition has been reproduced by Imam Muslim[2]
and Imam Ahmad bin Hambal[3].
Repeated references to this tradition by people of such calibre and prestige, and our dogged defiance of its contents are nothing but harrowing unawareness of the real spirit of our faith.
Intermediation, which has been established as a valid act in Islam by countless Qur'ānic injunctions and authentic and certified traditions and which has been practised by the large majority of Muslims, is now turned into a matter of dispute and controversy, and is now being used as a convenient ploy to not only indulge in incriminating one another in disbelief but also to give vent to our personal frustrations. If we care to reflect on his words and statements, we will come to realize that to insist on the illegality of intermediation, either as a doctrine or in some of its actual applications, especially when its legality has been conclusively established both by the Qur'ān and the hadith, is nothing but religious perversity. Tens of statements made by the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) are witness to the fact that to rely on valid forms of intermediation in order to come closer to Allah is quite consistent with Qur'ānic commands and the Prophet's statements. As it is reported by 'Amr bin Shu'ayb that his grandfather says: we were present in the company of the holy Prophet(S.A.W) when messengers from Hawāzin tribe came and said: O Muhammad! We belong to the same origin and tribe, and the trouble we are facing is not hidden from you, therefore, have mercy on us. The holy Prophet (S.A.W) replied: opt one of the two choices; either take away your property and wealth or have your women freed. They opted for their women and children. Then the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) added: as far as my share and the share of 'Abd-ul-Muttalib and his children (in the spoils) is concerned, I have already given it to you. But when I have performed the noon prayer, you should all stand up and say:
