Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

son, yet we know that his son was not saved. If the Prophet’s cannot help
their own sons then how then will they be able to help us!
Qadhi: I am surprised that it was a ‘learned’ man who made such a claim
that Sayyidina Nuh (peace be upon him) prayed for his son to be saved
though he was not saved. If he was really a learned man he would have been
aware that in actual fact Sayyidina Nuh (peace be upon him) did not pray for
his son to be saved from the punishment. However, he (peace be upon him)
did ask Allah Almighty a question regarding his son. It is interesting to note
that Sayyidina Nuh (peace be upon him) asked that question once the water
had been sucked from the earth and sky became free from clouds and when
the arc had settled at the mount. Did your learned shaykh not think that what
would be the point of Sayyidina Nuh (peace be upon him) in praying for his
son to be saved form the flood after the flood had finished? I will recite the
verses discussing the account of the flood and Sayyidina Nuh’s question,
(peace be upon him). Please listen carefully to each verse and then you will
see that Sayyidina Nuh, may Allah bless him, did not ask for his son to be
saved from the flood anywhere! As Allah Almighty says in the Qur’an:
011.040. At length, behold! there came Our command, and the fountains of
the earth gushed forth! We said: "Embark therein, of each kind two, male
and female, and your family - except those against whom the word has
already gone forth,- and the Believers." but only a few believed with him.
011.041. So he said: "Embark ye on the Ark, In the name of Allah, whether it
move or be at rest! For my Lord is, be sure, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful!"
011.042. So the Ark floated with them on the waves (towering) like
mountains, and Noah called out to his son, who had separated himself (from
the rest): "O my son! embark with us, and be not with the unbelievers!"
011.043. The son replied: "I will betake myself to some mountain: it will
save me from the water." Noah said: "This day nothing can save, from the
command of Allah, any but those on whom He hath mercy! "And the waves
came between them, and the son was among those overwhelmed in the
Flood.
011.044. Then the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water, and O
sky! Withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated, and the matter was ended.
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