The Meaning of 'Umar's Statement: "We Used to Seek Nearness to You Through Our Prophet"
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the statement of 'Umar...
The Shaykh:
And this will come, if Allah wills; the Shaykh will answer it.
The questioner:
Yes. He says: Is the statement of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), "O Allah, when we were afflicted with drought, we used to seek nearness to You through our Prophet," an oath by Allah using a created being, such that the preposition "ba" is the preposition of oath?
The Shaykh:
That means you have not understood our speech from the beginning of the lesson until now. We say that this is not tawassul (seeking nearness to Allah through a means) through a created being, but tawassul through supplication. The evidence is that 'Umar said, "Stand up, O 'Abbas, and supplicate." So this is tawassul through the supplication of a created being, not through the created being himself, because he said, "Supplicate." Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the statement of 'Umar...
The Shaykh:
And this will come, if Allah wills; the Shaykh will answer it.
The questioner:
Yes. He says: Is the statement of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), "O Allah, when we were afflicted with drought, we used to seek nearness to You through our Prophet," an oath by Allah using a created being, such that the preposition "ba" is the preposition of oath?
The Shaykh:
That means you have not understood our speech from the beginning of the lesson until now. We say that this is not tawassul (seeking nearness to Allah through a means) through a created being, but tawassul through supplication. The evidence is that 'Umar said, "Stand up, O 'Abbas, and supplicate." So this is tawassul through the supplication of a created being, not through the created being himself, because he said, "Supplicate." Yes.
Source
شرح قاعدة جليلة في التوسل والوسيلة، بداية من قوله : وقال - تعالى - : { سأصرف عن آياتي الذين يتكبرون في الأرض بغير الحق } — islamhouse.com (1:06:29)
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