Advice for the Muslim

There are so many hadîths which comfirm that it is permissible
to ask for a wish from Allâhu ta’âlâ by putting prophets
(’alaihimu ’s-salawâtu wa ’t-taslîmât) and distinguished, beloved
awliyâ, who have followed them, as intermediaries, that our
wicked enemies cannot ever answer them. They fall into utter
bewilderment. As it is written in the books of al-Bukhârî and
Muslim, Asmâ’ bint Abî Bakr (radî-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhâ wa
Abîhâ), showing a silken-collar, green gown (jubba) of our
Prophet to the people around her, said, “Hadrat ’Â’isha had this
gown with her. I took it after her death. We cure our sick people
by putting it on. Our sick people get well by wearing it.” As it is
seen as-Sahâbat al-kirâm (’alaihimu ’r-ridwân) used that gown as
a means to restore health, because Allâhu ta’âlâ’s beloved
Prophet (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa Âlihî wa sallam), the
possessor of all kinds of superiorities, had worn it.
Al-Hamîdî quotes ’Abdullâh ibn Mawhib in his book, which he
composed from the two sahîh books [of al-Bukhârî and Muslim],
as saying, “My wife gave me a cup of water and sent me to our
mother Umm Salama. Hadrat Umm Salama brought a silver box.
These was Rasûlullâh’s (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam)
blessed beard in it. She stirred the water in the cup with the blessed
[hairs of] beard and took it out. People who were struck by an evil
eye or had some other trouble used to bring water and have it done
so and recovered health by drinking it. I looked into the silver box
and saw a few red hairs.”
Al-Hamîdî quotes Sahl ibn Sa’d in the same book: “Rasûlullâh
(sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam) gave me his blessed shirt as a
gift. My mother wanted to take it from me. ‘I shall keep it for my
shroud,’ I told her. She said, ‘I wanted to get blessings from our
master Rasûlullâh’s (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam) blessed
shirt.’ “ It is seen that the Prophet’s Companions used his blessed
shirt as a means and a cause to attain salvation from punishment
[in the next world].
It is written by al-Bukhârî and Muslim that Umm Salîm said,
“Rasûlullâh (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam) was sleeping
near me. His blessed face was in pearls of sweat. He woke up
while I was collecting his sweat and putting it some where. ‘Oh
Umm Salîm! What are you doing?’ he asked. ‘Oh Rasûl-Allâh! I
want our children to be blessed with your sweat,’ I said, ‘You are
doing well,’ he said.” In the commentary of the book Masâbih, Ibn
Malak wrote: “This hadîth sharîf shows that it is permissible to
seek Allâhu ta’âlâ’s approval through the things that the superiors
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