Advice for the Muslim

for those who have grave sins and will redeem them from Hell.”
There is detailed information on this subject in the commentary
Al-qawl al-fasl of Fiqh-i akbar.
Muslims implore awliyâ’ not so that Allâhu ta’âlâ shall give
them permission but for their intercession when they are given
permission. The Wahhâbîs deviate since they can not understand
this subtlety, and they put the stamp of ‘disbeliever’ on millions of
Muslims who ask for shafâ’a (intercession). Their book, too, writes
that Rasûlullâh declared that he will intercede for the Believers,
but not for polytheists. The Wahhâbî himself has made up the
allegation that it is polytheism to ask the dead for intercession. By
saying that the Qur’ân al-karîm declares that polytheists will not
be interceded for, he tries to misuse Allâhu ta’âlâ’s Book as a falsewitness
for himself.
11 - On pages 216, 220 and 224, he quotes the âyat al-karîma,
“You cannot guide to the faith those whom you love, but Allâhu
ta’âlâ makes anyone He wishes attain the faith,” which was
descended for Abu Tâlib, the Prophet’s uncle, and, after stating
that Allâhu ta’âlâ is the only one to convert the hearts from
disbelief and sins to belief and obedience, he says:
“Those who say that great men of tasawwuf can penetrate
and see into their disciples’ hearts, know what is in their hearts
and direct their hearts to wherever they wish are liars. And those
who believe them are, in fact, disbelievers in Allah and prophets.
Anything worshipped other than Allah is called ‘wasan.’ Graves
or tombs, too, are wasans. For example, the greatest idol of
Egyptians is Ahmad al-Badawî. Just as his name is not wellknown,
so there is no superiority, knowledge or ’ibâda of him
that is well-known. As-Sahawî reports from Ibn Hayyân that once
he [Ahmad al-Badawî] entered and urinated in a mosque and
went out without performing salât. People think of this man as
capable of disposition in both worlds and of extinguishing
conflagrations and saving ships in storms. They think of him to
be a deity, a god, and say that he knew the secret, could hear
from far away and make wishes fulfilled. They prostrate on the
soil of his tomb. Likewise, people in Amman and Iraq worship
’Abd al-Qâdir al-Jîlânî. Muhyiddîn ibn al-’Arabî was the greatest
disbeliever on the earth.”
The superiors of tasawwuf recognize those for whom Allâhu
ta’âlâ has willed guidance and bliss and whom He has determined
to save from torture. They will act as wâsitas for their
enlightenment. Meeting the awliyâ’, knowing those distinguished,
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