Questions: We ask you, O honorable Shaykh, to clarify the ruling on this action.
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The questioner : We ask you, O honorable Shaykh, to clarify the ruling on this action: One of the brothers performed the lesser pilgrimage and said, "This is a gift for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." When we informed him that this action is not permissible, he said it is a good deed and compared it to sending blessings upon him, since we send blessings upon him (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : The truth is that most of the errors people make are in defective analogical reasoning (qiyas); defective qiyas whose pillars are not established, or which is invalid in consideration because it contradicts the explicit text, or something similar.
The problem is that some people perform analogical reasoning without knowing the pillars of qiyas, and without knowing what the operative cause ('illah) is that establishes the ruling, so that the branch can be attached to the root.
We say to this one who performed the lesser pilgrimage on behalf of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and exerted effort in reasoning: We say to him, "Are you more loving of the good that reaches the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than his Companions who were specifically distinguished by him? What is his answer?"
If he says, "Yes, I am more intense in my love for good reaching him than his Companions," what do we say to him? We say: "This is not correct. It is not possible for you to be more eager or more loving of good reaching the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than his Companions. Did any of them have a sound, good, or weak hadith narrated from him that he used to perform a righteous deed and say, 'O Allah, make its reward for…' or say, 'This is for Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)'? Never. So let whoever claims that please come forward and bring it."
This is the first time it occurred; I think it was in the fourth century. Some scholars did it, but the people rejected it.
And the truth is that we say to this brother who exerted effort in reasoning: The difference between what you did and sending blessings upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is an apparent difference, and combining them through analogical reasoning is combining two things that are separate. Sending blessings upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is something Allah and His Messenger commanded.
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ahzab 33:56], and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to send blessings upon him, saying: Sunan an-Nasa'i 1292Hasan (Darussalam), and he commanded to send many blessings upon him, may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him. But he did not say in a single hadith: "Pray for me," or "Give zakah on my behalf," or "Give charity on my behalf," or something similar.
Then we say: If you perform a deed and make it for the Messenger (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him), the implication of that is that you have deprived yourself of its reward, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has not benefited from this deed of yours in any way. Do you understand?
The student: I understand.
The Shaykh : If you perform a deed intending its reward to be for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the implication of that is that you have deprived yourself of its reward, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has not benefited from it in any way. Why did you deprive yourself of its reward? Because you made it for whom? For the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And he has not benefited from it, because the reward of your deed is recorded for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) whether you made the deed for him or not. There is no righteous deed we perform except that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has a reward like ours, because the one who points to good is like the one who does it, and the Messenger (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him) is the one who points to good. Every righteous deed you do, whether it is glorification, magnification, declaration of oneness, recitation, prayer, or otherwise, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has a reward like it.
There is no need… since he has already attained the reward, whether you gifted it to him or not, do not gift it to him.
The Shaykh : The truth is that most of the errors people make are in defective analogical reasoning (qiyas); defective qiyas whose pillars are not established, or which is invalid in consideration because it contradicts the explicit text, or something similar.
The problem is that some people perform analogical reasoning without knowing the pillars of qiyas, and without knowing what the operative cause ('illah) is that establishes the ruling, so that the branch can be attached to the root.
We say to this one who performed the lesser pilgrimage on behalf of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and exerted effort in reasoning: We say to him, "Are you more loving of the good that reaches the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than his Companions who were specifically distinguished by him? What is his answer?"
If he says, "Yes, I am more intense in my love for good reaching him than his Companions," what do we say to him? We say: "This is not correct. It is not possible for you to be more eager or more loving of good reaching the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than his Companions. Did any of them have a sound, good, or weak hadith narrated from him that he used to perform a righteous deed and say, 'O Allah, make its reward for…' or say, 'This is for Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)'? Never. So let whoever claims that please come forward and bring it."
This is the first time it occurred; I think it was in the fourth century. Some scholars did it, but the people rejected it.
And the truth is that we say to this brother who exerted effort in reasoning: The difference between what you did and sending blessings upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is an apparent difference, and combining them through analogical reasoning is combining two things that are separate. Sending blessings upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is something Allah and His Messenger commanded.
Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace.
إن الله وملائكته يصلون على النبي يا أيها الذين آمنوا صلوا عليه وسلموا تسليماand say: Alahumma salli 'ala Muhammad
قولوا اللهم صل على محمدThen we say: If you perform a deed and make it for the Messenger (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him), the implication of that is that you have deprived yourself of its reward, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has not benefited from this deed of yours in any way. Do you understand?
The student: I understand.
The Shaykh : If you perform a deed intending its reward to be for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the implication of that is that you have deprived yourself of its reward, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has not benefited from it in any way. Why did you deprive yourself of its reward? Because you made it for whom? For the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And he has not benefited from it, because the reward of your deed is recorded for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) whether you made the deed for him or not. There is no righteous deed we perform except that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has a reward like ours, because the one who points to good is like the one who does it, and the Messenger (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him) is the one who points to good. Every righteous deed you do, whether it is glorification, magnification, declaration of oneness, recitation, prayer, or otherwise, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has a reward like it.
There is no need… since he has already attained the reward, whether you gifted it to him or not, do not gift it to him.