The Ruling on Seeking Nearness to Allah Through the Person of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in a great principle regarding tawassul (seeking nearness to Allah through a means) and the means that Imam Ahmad holds the permissibility of tawassul through the person of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The question is: Is it to be denied to the one who holds this view? And if he does not desist, does he commit open sin? Or what does the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) mention?
Answer:
Other than that, what is certain for a long time? No, rather one looks at the context: what did the Shaykh say? Or the response to al-Yaqzah later on; one looks at the Shaykh’s words. He mentioned that Shaykh Abu Bakr, and the one who thinks thinks that the Shaykh is certain to mention it and refute it later and discuss it. And I know, or it is more likely in my opinion, that this narration from Imam Ahmad is weak, weak. And even if it were established, Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) is a mujtahid, and every mujtahid errs and errs.
So it is not permissible to seek nearness to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) through the persons of the created beings; this is not permissible. Even if it were established that Imam Ahmad said this statement, it is taken from his statement and left, like the other mujtahids, like Malik, like Abu Hanifah, and like al-Shafi'i. It is taken from his statement: what agrees with the evidence is taken, and what he said that does not agree is left. And even though this narration, it is more likely in my opinion that it contains a flaw. One must look at the words of the Shaykh of Islam, how he answered it. Yes, some of the brothers, when the Shaykh or other scholars mention something less than the full picture without mentioning the context in which it is, before or after, and they see the opinion of the scholar who mentioned this thing: did he authenticate it or not? This is a consideration in matters. Yes. Or we remove the word and leave the door open. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in a great principle regarding tawassul (seeking nearness to Allah through a means) and the means that Imam Ahmad holds the permissibility of tawassul through the person of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The question is: Is it to be denied to the one who holds this view? And if he does not desist, does he commit open sin? Or what does the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) mention?
Answer:
Other than that, what is certain for a long time? No, rather one looks at the context: what did the Shaykh say? Or the response to al-Yaqzah later on; one looks at the Shaykh’s words. He mentioned that Shaykh Abu Bakr, and the one who thinks thinks that the Shaykh is certain to mention it and refute it later and discuss it. And I know, or it is more likely in my opinion, that this narration from Imam Ahmad is weak, weak. And even if it were established, Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) is a mujtahid, and every mujtahid errs and errs.
So it is not permissible to seek nearness to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) through the persons of the created beings; this is not permissible. Even if it were established that Imam Ahmad said this statement, it is taken from his statement and left, like the other mujtahids, like Malik, like Abu Hanifah, and like al-Shafi'i. It is taken from his statement: what agrees with the evidence is taken, and what he said that does not agree is left. And even though this narration, it is more likely in my opinion that it contains a flaw. One must look at the words of the Shaykh of Islam, how he answered it. Yes, some of the brothers, when the Shaykh or other scholars mention something less than the full picture without mentioning the context in which it is, before or after, and they see the opinion of the scholar who mentioned this thing: did he authenticate it or not? This is a consideration in matters. Yes. Or we remove the word and leave the door open. Yes.
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