What is said upon a calamity and the ruling on seeking intercession
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Question:
The questioner: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it reported that when a Muslim is struck by a calamity, he says "Hasbi Allahu wa ni'ma al-wakil" (Allah is sufficient for me, and He is the best Disposer of affairs), or he says "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah" (There is no power nor strength except with Allah)?
Answer:
He says: What Allah the Exalted has commanded, or what He has guided to in His saying:[Al-Baqarah 2:156], and what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has guided to, is that one says: Sahih Muslim 2664 or "Qadar Allahu wa ma sha'a fa'ala" (It is the decree of Allah, and what He willed, He did). Yes.
Seeking intercession: Is it reliance upon the created? This is among the means. Seeking intercession in what is permissible is among what the intercessor is capable of doing. If the intercessor is capable of it, this is good intercession, and it is from what is permissible. Yes. If the intercession is bad, such as seeking to have them intervene to obtain something disliked or forbidden, or to encroach upon someone, this is not permissible. This is bad intercession.
The questioner: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it reported that when a Muslim is struck by a calamity, he says "Hasbi Allahu wa ni'ma al-wakil" (Allah is sufficient for me, and He is the best Disposer of affairs), or he says "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah" (There is no power nor strength except with Allah)?
Answer:
He says: What Allah the Exalted has commanded, or what He has guided to in His saying:
Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."
الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَif anything (in the form of trouble) comes to you, don't say: If I had not done that, it would not have happened so and so, but say: Allah did that what He had ordained to do
أصابك شيء فلا تقل له أني فعلت وكان كذا وكذا ولكن قل قدر الله وما شاء فعلSeeking intercession: Is it reliance upon the created? This is among the means. Seeking intercession in what is permissible is among what the intercessor is capable of doing. If the intercessor is capable of it, this is good intercession, and it is from what is permissible. Yes. If the intercession is bad, such as seeking to have them intervene to obtain something disliked or forbidden, or to encroach upon someone, this is not permissible. This is bad intercession.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَتَوَكَّلُوا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ } — islamhouse.com (1:07:20)
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