The Ruling on Seeking Nearness to Allah Through the Status of "There is no god but Allah"
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Question:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The first question. What is the ruling on seeking nearness to Allah through the status of "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah"? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Tawassul (seeking nearness to Allah through a means) through tawhid (the oneness of Allah). This is a prescribed matter. As Dhun-Nun (peace be upon him) said:[Al-Anbya 21:87].
Likewise, the statement of the believer: "I ask You because I bear witness that there is no god but You, alone, without any partner," and the like of that. This is tawassul to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) through His tawhid. As for the phrase "by the status of"[As-Saffat 37:35], this is a wording that is not prescribed. Nothing has come regarding it from the Salaf (the earliest generations) of this Ummah (the Muslim community). To my knowledge, it has not come that they said "by the status of La ilaha illa Allah" (there is no god but Allah). Rather, they say: "We ask You by the fact that You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting," and other such phrases from the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law). Or should one restrict oneself to this? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The first question. What is the ruling on seeking nearness to Allah through the status of "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah"? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Tawassul (seeking nearness to Allah through a means) through tawhid (the oneness of Allah). This is a prescribed matter. As Dhun-Nun (peace be upon him) said:
And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."
فَنَادَىٰ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ أَن لَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَLikewise, the statement of the believer: "I ask You because I bear witness that there is no god but You, alone, without any partner," and the like of that. This is tawassul to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) through His tawhid. As for the phrase "by the status of"
There is no deity but Allah
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
الفوزان - الإجابات العلمية والتوجيهات المنمهجية - 02 — archive.org (33:57)
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