Ruling on the statement: Some of the righteous can make a person wealthy with a single word
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Question:
He also has a question in which he says: One of the people says to us, after saying that we are poor and so on, he says: One of the people says to us: Some of the righteous servants of Allah can make a portion of this world wealthy with a single word. Is it permissible to say this or not?
Answer:
This is invalid. The management of the universe belongs to Allah alone, and the servant does not possess it, even if he were the most righteous of the righteous, or even if he were one of the messengers. He does not possess the management of the universe, nor the making of people wealthy, nor the making of them poor. Rather, this is in the hand of Allah . It is He who makes wealthy and makes poor (Exalted and Majestic is He), and He is the Manager of affairs, Glorified is He, and the Disposer of the matter (Exalted and Majestic is He), and He is the Creator of every thing : [Yasin:82] . As for the servants, even if they are the most righteous of people, they do not have the management of the universe, nor do they possess the disposition of the universe.
Yes, a believer may make a blessed supplication and it is answered for him. He may supplicate for his brother that Allah will heal him, and he is healed. He may supplicate for him for forgiveness, and he is forgiven. This is from the category of the acceptance of supplication from the grace of Allah . He may answer the supplication of the believing man and woman for their brother, and there is no harm in this. This has occurred.
But no one among the righteous or others has the management of the universe, or the disposition of the universe. This belongs to Allah alone . And what may occur for some of the Sufis or others, of believing this in some of their shaykhs, and that he says to a thing: "Be," and it is, and that he disposes of affairs, all of this is exaggeration, all of it is excessive praise, and all of it is disbelief and misguidance. This is not permissible. Rather, this is from the disbelief in Allah . Yes.
He also has a question in which he says: One of the people says to us, after saying that we are poor and so on, he says: One of the people says to us: Some of the righteous servants of Allah can make a portion of this world wealthy with a single word. Is it permissible to say this or not?
Answer:
This is invalid. The management of the universe belongs to Allah alone, and the servant does not possess it, even if he were the most righteous of the righteous, or even if he were one of the messengers. He does not possess the management of the universe, nor the making of people wealthy, nor the making of them poor. Rather, this is in the hand of Allah . It is He who makes wealthy and makes poor (Exalted and Majestic is He), and He is the Manager of affairs, Glorified is He, and the Disposer of the matter (Exalted and Majestic is He), and He is the Creator of every thing :
His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.
إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُYes, a believer may make a blessed supplication and it is answered for him. He may supplicate for his brother that Allah will heal him, and he is healed. He may supplicate for him for forgiveness, and he is forgiven. This is from the category of the acceptance of supplication from the grace of Allah . He may answer the supplication of the believing man and woman for their brother, and there is no harm in this. This has occurred.
But no one among the righteous or others has the management of the universe, or the disposition of the universe. This belongs to Allah alone . And what may occur for some of the Sufis or others, of believing this in some of their shaykhs, and that he says to a thing: "Be," and it is, and that he disposes of affairs, all of this is exaggeration, all of it is excessive praise, and all of it is disbelief and misguidance. This is not permissible. Rather, this is from the disbelief in Allah . Yes.
Source
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