Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

IMAN AND KUFFR
(BELIEF AND INFIDELITY)
We also learn that the verses are not relating to wasila but it is a case for
those who accept and reject Iman, as Allah Almighty says in the Qur’an
017.015 Who receiveth guidance, receiveth it for his own benefit: who
goeth astray doth so to his own loss: No bearer of burdens can bear the
burden of another: nor would We visit with Our Wrath until We had sent an
messenger (to give warning).
In this verse Allah Almighty is comparing the traits of the believers with the
disbelievers, proving to us the verse is dicussing Iman and Kufar and not
wasila!
One Question
Some may question that Muslims have a lot of ways to benefit from other’s
righteousness, however the person with no belief does not. Why is this?
The answer to this question can be seen through this example: If a plant has
no roots and you keep giving it water, it will never be able to benefit from
the water, because it has no roots to absorb the water. Having no roots
creates the ‘break’ between the water and the plant. In the same way our root
is the root of Iman, and it is through that root that the Prophets and pious
righteousness and rewards can benefit us, although sadly, those who do not
have any belief in Allah or His Messengers and Prophet’s do not have the
root of Iman, which Muslims do. Only when they accept Iman, they grow
and that root can take benefit from the Prophets and the pious.
CAN THE DEEDS OF THE PROPHETS AND PIOUS
BE BENEFICIAL FOR OTHERS?
The answer is yes! The deeds of the Prophets and pious can benefit others in
many ways. Let us look at the examples of this in the Holy Qur’an, as Allah
Almighty says in the Qur’an,
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