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Posted by: TheMajlis
“Verily, when they had committed injustice against their own souls, if they came to you (O Muhammad!) and sought forgiveness from Allah, and the Rasool (also) sought forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah to be The Accepter of repentance and The Most Mercil.”(Surah Nisaa, aayat 64)
It has always been the practice of the Akaabir (Senior) Ulama to recite this aayat and make Dua-e-Istighfaar by the Raudhah Shareef (the Holy Grave of Rasulullah –sallallahu alayhi wasallam). The illustrious Ulama have applied this aayat to both the life and after death times of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). Undoubtedly, Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) makes Dua-e-Maghfirat for his Ummah even in the realm of Barzakh. It is the belief of the Ahlus Sunna that Nabi-e-Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) is Hayaat (Alive in Barzakh).
In fact, it is the belief of the Ahlus Sunnah that the Shuhada (Martyrs) and the Auliya too are alive in Barzakh. The evidence of the Qur’aan suffices for this claim and belief.“Do not say that those who have been slain in the path of Allah that they are dead. Infact, they are alive but you do not understand.” (Qur’aan)
A DUA
The following is a dua to confound the Salafis. It is the Dua made at the Holy Grave of Nabi-e-Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) by the illustrious Allamah Ibn Aqeel Hambali (rahmatullah alayh): “O Allah! Verily, You have said in Your Kitaab to Your Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam)………… (recited the aforementioned aayat). Verily, I have come to Your Nabi repenting and seeking forgiveness. I supplicate to You to make incumbent for me forgiveness in the same way as You had made forgiveness incumbent for one who came to him (to the Nabi) during his lifetime. O Allah! I turn to You with (the Waseelah of) Your Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), the Nabi of Rahmah—Yaa Rasulullah! Verily, I turn with you (your Waseelah) to My Rabb so that He forgives my sins. O Allah!! Verily I ask You by his (the Nabi’s) virtue that You forgive my sins. O Allah! Make Muhammad the First of the Intercessors (Shaafi-een), and the most successful of the supplicators, and the noblest of the Awwaleen (those who lived before) and the Aakhireen (those who came afterwards). (As-Saifus Saqeel, page 159)—Cited from Anwaarul Baari –Sharh Saheehul Bukhaari)
All kinds of lawful Waseelah are encompassed in this Dua of Hadhrat Ibn Aqeel (rahmatullah alayh). As long as corrupt beliefs do not accompany the Waseelah supplication, there is no valid Shar’i basis for labelling it Shirk.
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