The Difference Between Saying “By the Right of So-and-So” and Saying “By the Status of So-and-So”

Question:
May Allah reward you with good. The questioner asks: What is the difference between the caller saying “By the right of so-and-So” or “By the right of your Prophet,” and the caller saying “By the status of so-and-So”?

Answer:
All of it is not permissible. All of it is swearing by Allah, Mighty and Majestic, by what is not permissible. It is not permissible to swear by Allah by any of His creation, neither by a Prophet nor by anything else. One only swears by Allah and by His names and attributes, and does not swear by the created. Nor does one ask by status. Status is also an innovation (bid'ah). There is no report of asking by the status of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); it has never been reported. As for following the Messenger, asking “I ask you by my love for your Prophet” or “I ask you by my following of your Messenger,” this is correct; this is a righteous deed. But by status, this has not been reported. Nor by the Messenger: “I ask you by Muhammad” or “By the right of Muhammad”—this has not been reported. Yes.