Advice for the Muslim

think that they do and say that they do. Since it is not polytheism
or disbelief to say ‘they do’, why should it be polytheism to say,
‘The souls of awliyâ’ do’? As ‘they’ do work by Allâhu ta’âlâ’s
permission and with His creating, the souls of awliyâ’, also do
things by Allâhu ta’âlâ’s permission and creating. If one says that
it is polytheism to say ‘they do’, he, in fact, will have contradicted
the Qur’ân al-karîm.
“If this person claims that the Qur’ân al-karîm says that the
genies, satans, the air and magic are effective, and therefore it is
permissible to say ‘these do,’ and that since the Qur’ân al-kerîm
does not say that the souls of awliyâ’ do such and such work, it is
polytheism to ask anything from souls, we remind him of the
above-quoted âyat karîma of the Sûrat an-Nâzi’ât. We have
already told about the prayer said in a hadîth sharîf to the blind
Muslim who wanted to gain his sight, and the prayer which is to be
read when alone in the desert, and the command, ‘While visiting
graves, greet the dead!’ and the event narrated by ’Uthmân ibn
Hunain (radî-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh) in the preceding article. All these
and many other similar documents evidence that it is permissible
to ask help of an absentee. But this person puts the stamp of da’îf
or mawdû’ to these mashhûr and sahîh hadîths, and does not even
listen to the words of the scholars of Ahl as-Sunna and prominent
leaders of tasawwuf, for he says that following any of the four
madhhabs is polytheism and disbelief. For example, Ghulâm ’Alî
Qusûrî wrote in his Tahqîq al-kalâm: ‘Those who follow one of the
four madhhabs or belong to the Qâdiriyya, Chishtiyya or
Suhrawardiyya tarîqa are disbelievers, polytheists and ahl albid’a.’
” [1]
5 - He quotes the hadîth ash-sharîf, “The lives and property of
those who say, ‘Lâ ilâha illa’llâh,’ and do not worship anything
other than Allâhu ta’âlâ are haram,” and says on page 111:
“Saying only the kalimat at-tawhîd cannot save one’s blood
and possessions. Those who worship tombs and the dead are in
this group. They are worse than the pre-Islamic polytheists
mentioned in the Qur’ân al-karîm.”
Some people, putting forward the âyat, “Kill polytheists
wherever you find them,” as a reason, want to kill Muslims and
plunder their possessions. They quote the words of disbelief and
polytheism of the Khurûfîs and of the ignoramuses and attack
[1] Please see the 8th and 35th articles for further discussion.
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