5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

animal vowed with a stipulation of this sort cannot be killed
before the realization of the wish. The animal shouldn’t be killed
near the grave. Also, our religion does not permit such things as
fastening pieces of cloth or string on tombs or burning candles
on tombs. These things are done by Christians. Candles
shouldn’t be burned on graves. If candles are taken to the poor
people who serve the tombs and who pray there, it will cause
thawâb of alms. And this thawâb will be presented to the dead
people there. Dead people do not need candles. A Believer’s
grave is a garden of Paradise. It is in nûrs (haloes). And a
disbeliever’s grave is a ditch of Hell. It is full of torment. Candles
will not rescue him from this torment.
It is written at the end of the chapter about the fast in Durrul-mukhtâr:
“Ignorant people vow such things as money and
candles for the dead. They want to approach the great Awliyâ
and get benefits from them. These vows are harâm and
useless. They should be vowed for Allâhu ta’âlâ and given to
the poor Muslims (serving and worshipping) in the
mausoleums.” While explaining these statements, Ibni Âbidîn
says: “It is harâm to go to the grave of one of the great Awliyâ
and say, ’If you find my lost property, —cure my sick relative,
solve my such and such problem,— I will give this money —or
food— for your sake, I will burn a candle and leave it here for
you.’ For, a vow is done only for Allah’s sake. It is disbelief to
expect something from a dead person independently from
Allâhu ta’âlâ. It drives away one’s îmân. [He who goes to a
church, sacred spring, grave or tomb and asks for something
from Hadrat Îsâ (Jesus), Mariam (Mary), or the Awliyâ and
prays to them becomes a disbeliever. One should ask from
Allâhu ta’âlâ so that He will give for their sake. Hadrat
Abdulhakîm Arwâsî ‘quddisa sirruh’ used to say that such
expressions as “The Grandfather who gives promptly” are very
ugly and cause disbelief]. One should say, ’O my Allah! I vow
that if You cure my sick relative I will give this money to the poor
al-Ansârî’s house. So the Prophet stayed in his house. Years later this
fortunate Sahabî joined an Islamic expedition and went to Istanbul to
conquer the city. Yet the siege ended in failure and he was one of
those who attained martyrdom. His blessed grave is at Eyyûb, Istanbul.
There is a shrine over his grave and a splendid mosque was built by
the shrine. Every day thousands of Muslims visit the shrine and the
mosque.
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