Warning Against the Invalidity of the Story Attributed to Ibrahim (peace be upon him) Concerning Jibril (peace be upon him) When His People Intended to Throw Him into the Fire

The Shaykh : It is also not correct that which is attributed to our father Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon him), that when his people intended to throw him into the fire, Allah sent Jibril (peace be upon him) to him, and he said to him: "Do you have any need to your Lord?" He said: "His knowledge of my state suffices me from asking."
This is also a Sufi narration. I say Sufi because some of the Sufis exaggerated in a number of matters in which they exaggerated, so they turned away from this great act of worship which the Messenger (peace be upon him) made the foundation of worship when he said: . So what did some of the Sufis say? They said: "Your asking Him is an accusation against Him!"
They are the commentators; because one of the words of the Sufis is like the Prophetic hadiths, just as the Prophetic hadiths have commentators, so the Sufi words have commentators. So they said in explaining this word: "Your asking Him or inquiring of Him is an accusation against Him." Why? They said: Because He knows the secret and what is more hidden than that. So why do you ask Him? Does He not know what is in your heart? So these people were heedless of the meaning contained in the servant's turning to his Lord in his supplication, which is the ultimate in submission and the manifestation of servitude and need for Him. So your relying only on your knowledge that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) knows what is in your heart has no relation to your servitude, but it has a relation to the lordship of your Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He). And it is obligatory for us to affirm our servitude to Him in addition to our belief in His lordship and His divinity (Blessed and Exalted is He). So when that person says: "Your asking Him is an accusation against Him," he has destroyed the servitude related to Him, and relied on the fact that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) knows the secret and what is more hidden than that.
Therefore, you will find the Qur'an and the hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in hundreds of texts regarding the prophets, the awliya (close friends of Allah), and the righteous, that they are always supplicating to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And how numerous are the verses regarding Ibrahim: to the end of the surah, or the end of the surah. And the supplication of Nuh (peace and blessings be upon him), the supplication of Ya'qub; meaning, a person could gather the supplications of the prophets and messengers in a treatise, and find them many and very many. And He said (the Exalted): . Whose description is this? The description of His chosen, excellent servants. Therefore, the error is very great that we turn away from supplicating to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) on the pretext that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) knows the secret and what is more hidden than that, and knows the need that one of us wants.
We say: Yes, but He (also) wants from us that we humble ourselves to Him, that we submit to Him, and that we ask Him. Therefore, the urging came in some hadiths from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that one of us should ask his Lord even for the thong of his sandal. What do you think? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) urged the Muslims to ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for the most trivial thing, which is the strap of the "qabaqab" or the strap of the "sharukh" sandal breaking. So he asks his Lord to make a person available to patch it for him or to sew it for him. To this extent, the matter of the thong is a trivial matter, but your turning to Allah by asking Him to deal with this trivial matter for you is an affirmation of your need and your servitude to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So how is it that you do not ask Him for Paradise, and do not ask Him for the Fire? And do not ask Him as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: ?