Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

their graves. We should not deny the fact that the Awliyâ have
karâmât (pl. form of karâmat) also after their death, for there
are fatwâs that say that it is permissible (jâiz). [1]
[In Berîqa, in
page 270, it states: “It is permissible to invoke Allâhu ta’âlâ
through Prophets or pious Muslims, or to ask them to intercede,
because a mu’jiza or karâmat does not cease with death. Ramli [2]
also explained that a karâmat will not become void by death.
Ajhûrî [3]
informs that the power of Awliyâ will increase after
their death, and when alive, they are like swords in their sheath,
whereas the sword is drawn when they die.”] We should not give
advice that will cause fitna. If he who has power and authority
does not advise, it will be Mudâhana, which is harâm. If he does
not advise lest he will cause fitna though he has enough power it
will be Mudârâ, which is permissible. In fact, it will be mustahab
(an action which is liked by Allâhu ta’âlâ). To use power is the
duty of state authorities. Those who ridicule and harm Islam
should not be advised. Advice should not be thrown to the teeth
of a person, but it should be given under the guise of a general
comment, i.e. indirectly. We should not quarrel with anybody. A
person came to Rasûlullah. Upon seeing him from the distance,
he (Rasûlullah) said, “He is the worst of his tribe.” When he
entered the room, he met him with a smile, praised him. When
he was gone, Hadrat ’Âisha asked Rasûlullah why. He said,
“The worst of people is the person who is not approached in
order to be safe from his harm.” He was a munâfiq presiding
over some Muslims. In order to protect Muslims against his
harm, Rasûlullah implemented mudârâ. Hence, it is not ghiybat
(backbiting) to tell others about a person whose sins, indecencies
[1] According to Islamic scholars, ‘jâiz’, in this sense, means ‘possible’.
Allâhu ta’âlâ creates everything through laws of causation which we
express in terms such as ‘laws of physics (chemistry, etc.). We call this
divine habit of His ‘’âdat-i-ilâhî’. Sometimes He suspends His laws of
causation for the sake of some of His slaves whom He loves. Those
beloved slaves of His are either Prophets or Awliyâ. When such
extraordinary events take place through Prophets they are called
‘mu’jiza’. When they take place through the Awliyâ the are termed
‘karâmat’.
[2] Khayr-ud-dîn Ramlî bin Ahmad Hanafî ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’ (993
[1585 A.D.], Ramla – 1081 [1670], the same place).
[3] Ajhurî ’Alî Mâlikî of Egypt ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’ (967 – 1066
[1656 A.D.]).
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