What is the ruling on supplicating to the Messenger?
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Question:
What is the ruling on supplicating to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplicating to anyone else? It is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), because supplication is the greatest of the types of worship.
Answer:
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning it is among the greatest of its types. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: [Ghafir 40:14] and He says: [Al-Baqarah 2:186]. And He, Glorified and Exalted is He, says: "So do not invoke": [Al-Jinn 72:18].
So supplication is the pure right of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. If a person supplicates to a created being, a prophet or a wali (close friend of Allah) who is dead or absent, and asks him to fulfill his needs and relieve his distress, then that is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), and I seek refuge in Allah.
This is the shirk (associating partners with Allah) of the first polytheists who invoke other than Allah, Mighty and Majestic. So it is not permissible to supplicate to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), nor to supplicate to anyone else among the dead or the absent, nor even to the present, in matters that only Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is able to do. Ah, ah, ah.
He also said that swearing by him, swearing by the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), likewise, swearing by the Messenger or by anyone else is shirk (associating partners with Allah), as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Riyad as-Salihin 1711 And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited swearing by other than Allah. This swearing is not to be done except by Allah, Mighty and Majestic, because it is an act of exalting. And in it is a type of worship directed to the one by whom one swears. So it is not permissible to swear except by Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Whoever is swearing, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 2679
What is the ruling on supplicating to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplicating to anyone else? It is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), because supplication is the greatest of the types of worship.
Answer:
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Supplication is worship
الدعاء هو العبادةSo invoke Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion
فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَAnd when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِAnd [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allah, so do not invoke with Allah anyone.
وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًاSo supplication is the pure right of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. If a person supplicates to a created being, a prophet or a wali (close friend of Allah) who is dead or absent, and asks him to fulfill his needs and relieve his distress, then that is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), and I seek refuge in Allah.
This is the shirk (associating partners with Allah) of the first polytheists who invoke other than Allah, Mighty and Majestic. So it is not permissible to supplicate to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), nor to supplicate to anyone else among the dead or the absent, nor even to the present, in matters that only Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is able to do. Ah, ah, ah.
He also said that swearing by him, swearing by the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), likewise, swearing by the Messenger or by anyone else is shirk (associating partners with Allah), as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He who swears by anyone or anything other than Allah, has indeed committed an act of Kufr or Shirk
من حلف بغير الله فقد كفر أو أشركWhoever has to take an oath should swear by Allah or remain silent.
من كان حالفا فليحلف بالله أو ليصمت
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم دعاء الرسول؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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