Advice for the Muslim

He is endeavouring to misuse âyats and hadîths to affirm his lies.
And this is the most inferior, disgusting and evil example of heresy.
No Islamic scholars have ever said that He knew the Lawhalmahfûz,
either. Allâhu ta’âlâ gives secret knowledge to His
beloved servants whom He wills and selects. He grants them
karâmât. But, such beloved servants do not talk about karâma to
anybody. Karâmât take place without their will.
It was said in a hadîth sharîf that munâfiqs and fâjirs might tell
the truth. This hadîth sharîf predicted that the lâ-madhhâbî would
deceive Muslims by quoting âyats and hadîths. Allâhu ta’âlâ
promised that He would accept the prayers of those whom He
loved. Therefore, Muslims, relying on this promise of Allâhu
ta’âlâ, believe that the prayers of Islamic scholars, who obey Islam
and follow in the footsteps of Rasûlullâh (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi
wa sallam), will be accepted. They beg those blessed human beings
to pray and intercede for them.
We are ordered to say, “We ask Allah alone for help,” in the
Sûrat al-Fâtiha. This âyat karîma shows that no creatures can ever
create anything, but only Allâhu ta’âlâ can. Anyone who asks
someone other than Allâhu ta’âlâ to make something becomes a
polytheist. This writer classifies men into two groups, the dead and
the living, and writes that anyone who asks for help of those who
are far away or dead becomes a polytheists, while he permits
asking for material help from the living nearby. Thus, he opposes
the Sûrat al-Fâtiha and distorts the Qur’ân al-karîm, for, the âyat
quoted above states that even the living nearby cannot be asked to
make anything and that no one other than Allâhu ta’âlâ can create
anything. So, he must be a polytheist according to his
understanding of the âyat.
In fact, Allâhu ta’âlâ alone is the one who creates or makes
everything. But, He creates everything through some causes.
Âyats, hadîths and daily events are obvious proofs of this fact. Not
only the learned but also the ignorant know this fact. And this is
why the life in this world is called the ’alâm al-asbâb (the world
of causes). For obtaining something, it is necessary to do the
work which is the cause for that thing to be created. It is not in
opposition to the Sûrat al-Fâtiha to hold on to the means by
which something is done. The hadîths, “There are ways of
attaining everything. The way to Paradise is knowledge”; “The
means for attaining maghfira is to please Muslims”; “One of the
means which leads [one] to maghfira is to give food to a hungry
Muslim”; “We do not ask help from a mushrik”; “Teaching
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