Is it true that Qadi Iyad holds the view of seeking blessing from relics?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What does he say?
The brother Umar says, "Just prepare for the journey," but what does he say?
Read, Khalid.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful: "And every person whose faith is firm and whose chest is open to it would travel to it, and then thereafter, at all times until our present day, to visit the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and seek blessing from his sites and his relics and the relics of the noble Companions. No one comes to it except a believer. This is the statement of the Qadi, and Allah knows best what is correct."
The Shaykh : Seeking blessing from his sites and his relics.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The point is, we say: If you find a good interpretation of the scholars' words, adopt it. The meaning of seeking blessing from his relics might be that a person, for example, visits Quba, visits Uhud, or visits al-Baqi', and this is a righteous deed in which there is blessing.
The questioner : The relics of the Companions, I say.
The Shaykh : Because the relics are not present now; that is, the relics of the Companions in the time of Qadi Iyad were not present; they may have been lost.
The reader: I say, O Shaykh, for the benefit, may Allah reward you, our brother Yusuf al-Qadi studied the book al-Shifa by Qadi Iyad in his master's thesis, a complete study and research into all the speech in which the Qadi spoke in the book al-Shifa and al-Shama'il about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), but it has not been published yet.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The thesis has not been published yet because it has not been defended yet.
The Shaykh : In any case, there is no doubt that Qadi Iyad is among those who seek blessing, and they also reported from Qadi Iyad regarding the issue of the grave, and likewise from Ibn Aqil, that the grave is better than the Ka'bah, and as for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) being in it, nothing equals it; it is better even than the Ka'bah.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, he said: "No, by Allah, not even the Throne and its bearers, nor the Ka'bah" (may Allah have mercy on him).
The Shaykh : What does he say?
The brother Umar says, "Just prepare for the journey," but what does he say?
Read, Khalid.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful: "And every person whose faith is firm and whose chest is open to it would travel to it, and then thereafter, at all times until our present day, to visit the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and seek blessing from his sites and his relics and the relics of the noble Companions. No one comes to it except a believer. This is the statement of the Qadi, and Allah knows best what is correct."
The Shaykh : Seeking blessing from his sites and his relics.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The point is, we say: If you find a good interpretation of the scholars' words, adopt it. The meaning of seeking blessing from his relics might be that a person, for example, visits Quba, visits Uhud, or visits al-Baqi', and this is a righteous deed in which there is blessing.
The questioner : The relics of the Companions, I say.
The Shaykh : Because the relics are not present now; that is, the relics of the Companions in the time of Qadi Iyad were not present; they may have been lost.
The reader: I say, O Shaykh, for the benefit, may Allah reward you, our brother Yusuf al-Qadi studied the book al-Shifa by Qadi Iyad in his master's thesis, a complete study and research into all the speech in which the Qadi spoke in the book al-Shifa and al-Shama'il about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), but it has not been published yet.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The thesis has not been published yet because it has not been defended yet.
The Shaykh : In any case, there is no doubt that Qadi Iyad is among those who seek blessing, and they also reported from Qadi Iyad regarding the issue of the grave, and likewise from Ibn Aqil, that the grave is better than the Ka'bah, and as for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) being in it, nothing equals it; it is better even than the Ka'bah.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, he said: "No, by Allah, not even the Throne and its bearers, nor the Ka'bah" (may Allah have mercy on him).