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Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

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supplication using <strong>the</strong>ir good deeds as intermediaries. It was precisely<br />

because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> persons good deeds that made <strong>the</strong>m pious. For example, if<br />

one was to make supplication that ‘Ya Allah I am supplicating to you, using<br />

Rasulullah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) as an intermediary’<br />

by this he means that ‘I am making supplication, using <strong>the</strong> Prophet hood you<br />

granted Rasulullah ( may Allah bless him and grant him peace) as an<br />

intermediary.’ Ano<strong>the</strong>r example is that one may say that ‘Ya Allah I am<br />

supplicating to You, using Sayyidina Umar ( may Allah be pleased with<br />

him) as an intermediary due to his companionship and martyrdom’ usually<br />

though one shortens <strong>the</strong> supplications by not mentioning <strong>the</strong> companionship<br />

or martyrdom and only mentions Sayyidina Umar’s (may Allah be pleased<br />

with him) name. The reason for this is <strong>the</strong> person has <strong>the</strong> intention that Allah<br />

is aware <strong>of</strong> what his supplication really means so he does not need to explain<br />

it to such an extent.<br />

If one commits a good deed you cannot separate it from <strong>the</strong> person: <strong>the</strong> good<br />

deed will remain with that person, it is a part <strong>of</strong> that person. For example,<br />

one cannot say that when Allah Azawajal granted Rasulullah ( may Allah<br />

bless him and grant him peace) prophecy, <strong>the</strong>se two things split. It cannot be<br />

said that <strong>the</strong> Prophecy is something apart and distinct from Rasulallah (may<br />

Allah bless him and grant him peace) though one must say that ‘Rasulullah<br />

(may Allah bless him and grant him peace) is <strong>the</strong> Prophet <strong>of</strong> Allah’. The<br />

Prophet and <strong>the</strong> person are one and <strong>the</strong> same, in <strong>the</strong> same way one cannot<br />

say that a martyr, such as <strong>the</strong> great martyr Sayyidina Hamzah (may Allah<br />

be pleased with him) is separate from his martyrdom, his martyrdom is part<br />

<strong>of</strong> him. So if one was to mention Sayyidina Hamzah (may Allah be pleased<br />

with him) he is not only mentioning his name but also his companionship<br />

and great martyrdom.<br />

Whosoever uses <strong>the</strong> Prophets and pious as intermediaries is sure that Allah<br />

Azawajal loves <strong>the</strong>m and is pleased with <strong>the</strong>m. There is no doubt that Allah<br />

loves and is pleased with His beloved Prophet and we can also be sure that<br />

Allah is pleased with <strong>the</strong> good deeds <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pious, which we use as<br />

intermediaries.<br />

005.054 O ye who believe! Whoso <strong>of</strong> you becometh a renegade from his<br />

religion, (know that in his stead) Allah will bring a people whom He loveth<br />

and who love Him, humble toward believers, stern toward disbelievers,<br />

striving in <strong>the</strong> way <strong>of</strong> Allah, and fearing not <strong>the</strong> blame <strong>of</strong> any blamer. Such is<br />

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