21INTERCESSION
1- “O Anas! Increase your good friends, because they will intercede.” (500 Hadith Book, Hadith no: 489; p. 389)
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2- “Acquire friends from the Salihin (the pious and the righteous), because each of them will be allowed to intercede on the Day of Judgment.” (Kanz-al Irfan, Hadith no: 873)
Wahhabis pray and fast; they recite the Qur’an. They are scholars, yet their madhhab deviates from the right path. They have some wrong beliefs. They do not believe in the intercession. Their belief is opposed to that of Ahl-i Sunnahh wal Jama’ah. They deny the visiting of tombs, the qaramat of the friends of Allah and the intercession of the prophets. If you praise our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam more, they are unhappy. They reject mushafaha and salawat. They ask: What can we expect from a human? They say that the Prophet was a man like us. They disregard his intercession and the ayats that praise our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
Some of the intercession ayats are: (Saba, 23; Zumar, 43-44; Zukhruf, 86; Muddaththir, 48; Anam, 51; Baqara, 48, 123, 255; A’raf, 53; Shuara, 100, 101; Ya-Seen, 23; Najm, 26)
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3- Anas, radhiallahu ‘anhu, narrated:
The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“When the Day of Resurrection comes, the people will surge with each other, like waves. They will come to Adam and say, ‘Intercede for us with your Lord.’ He will say, ‘I am not fit for that.’ Then they will apply to the greatest prophets, but they all say that they are not fit for that. So they will come to me and I will say, ‘I am fit for that.’ Then I will ask my Lord for permission and He will give me permission, and He will inspire me with words of praise with which I will praise Him, words that I do not know now. So I will praise Him with those words of praise and I will fall down prostrate before Him. He will say:
‘O Muhammad, raise your head. Speak and intercession will be granted to you, ask and you will be given, intercede and your intercession will be accepted.’ I will say:
‘O Lord, my ummah, my ummah!’ He will say, ‘Go and bring forth everyone in whose heart there is faith equal to the weight of a barley-grain.’ So I will go and do that. Then I will come back and praise Him with those words of praise and I will fall down prostrate before Him, saying:
‘O Lord, my ummah, my ummah!’ He will say:
‘Go and bring forth everyone in whose heart there is faith equal to the weight of a small ant or a mustard-seed.’ So I will go and do that. Then I will come back and praise Him with those words of praise and I will fall down prostrate before Him. He will say:
‘O Muhammad, raise your head. Speak and intercession will be granted to you, ask and you will be given, intercede and your intercession will be accepted.’ I will say:
‘O Lord, give me permission (to bring forth) all those who said Lailahaillallah.’ He will say:
‘You do not have permission in this regard, but by My Might, My Majesty, My Supremacy and My Greatness, I will most certainly bring forth those who said Lailahaillallah.’ (Sihah Sita, Vol. 14, p. 5091)
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4- “On that day no intercession shall avail except that of he who the Beneficent Allah allows and with whose word He is pleased.” (Ta-Ha, 109)
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5- “He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they do not intercede except for he whom He approves and for fear of Him they tremble.” (Anbiya, 28)
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6- “And intercession will not avail aught with Him save of him whom He permits. Until when fear shall be removed from their hearts, They shall say: What is it that your Lord said? They shall say: The truth. And He is the Most High, the Great.” (Saba, 23)
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7- “Five things (for this ummah on the Day of Resurrection) are intercessors: The Qur’an, visiting relatives, gaining trust, your Prophet, and those who know your religion well.” (Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 2608)
Tens of thousands of people visit the graves of those who know the religion well. They recite the Qur’an there and give charity, expecting intercession. Allah does not avail their anticipation.
Hadith Qudsi:
“I am as My servant thinks of Me.” (Sahih Bukhari, at-Tajrid as-Sarih, Vol. 12, Hadith no: 2183; Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 4076; Muzakkin Nufus, p. 56; Sunan Ibn Maja, Vol. 10, Hadith no: 442; Al-Uhud al Qubra (Imam Sharani), p. 317; Islam’da Helaller ve Haramlar, (Ibn Hajar al-Haytami), Vol. 1, p. 227; Imam Sharani “Olum-Kiyamet-Ahiret”, p. 39-40; Riyadh-as-Saleheen (Original and Translation), Hadith no: 439, p. 332; Forty Hadiths Forty Subjects, Hadith no: 18, p. 392; Tuhkfatul Ahwazi, Vol. 7, p. 63)
Some can intercede in this world, too. And do not speak of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead; nay, (they are) alive, but you do not perceive. (Baqara, 154)
Nobody goes to the grave of a dead person. Those alive in the graves can achieve what the alive cannot do. While constructing ways, the route of the way sometimes crosses graves. Engineers destroy all but one. It is prevented from being destroyed. They give up and change the route. When they want to destroy the house of a living person, there is nothing that person can do. Those alive in the graves are beloved, because they obey the commandments of Allah and spend out of what Allah has given them. (Baqara, 254) According to the ayat, (Ibrahim 31) they believe that they should maintain prayer and spend out of their sustenance. They have others do the same. Their beliefs are strong. They are loved and Allah makes them the beloved of people.
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8- “Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the Everliving, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His; who is it that can intercede with Him but by His permission? (cont.)” (Baqara, 255)
Thus, the prophets and the friends of Allah can intercede by Allah’s permission and with His help. Miracles, marvels and qaramat are all performed with Allah’s help.
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9- “(There is a) means of access to everything.” (Kahf, 84)
Allah created the prophets and the friends of the awliya for His courses. He is the Doer. They are all means. All help that is requested from the prophets and the friends of Allah is actually requested from Allah. They cannot perform anything if they do not have the help of Allah. Since they are beloved, they are able to perform anything. One should believe this way.
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10- “And We reveal of the Qur’an that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers.” (Isra, 82)
The healing of the Qur’an comes from our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. The greatest miracle of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, is the Qur’an.
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11- “And We have not sent you but as a mercy to the worlds.” (Anbiya, 107)
Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, was a mercy to the eighteen thousand worlds. This is one of the miracles of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Allah created eighteen thousand worlds. Your world is one out of them. [Kara Davut (Explanation of Dalail-e-Khayrat), p. 429; Mir’at-e-Kainat, Vol. 1, p. 77]
According to the ayat “We have not sent you but as a mercy to the worlds.” (Anbiya, 107) and the hadith mentioned above, our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, was sent as a prophet of the eighteen thousand worlds. Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, traveled the seven heavens in five minutes and talked to the angels and those in Paradise on the night of Isra.
Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, says: “I have experienced such events on the night of Isra that my lifetime is not enough to narrate them all.” He spoke with Allah, speaking ninety thousand words. He stopped by other worlds and he taught them the rules of his shariat.
A proverb says Allah makes one hour a thousand hours. This is not completely true; in fact, Allah makes one second a million years, or even more. The 309 years of the Companions of the Cave was a day or a part of a day. (Kahf, 19)
A hundred years of Uzayr, alaihissalam, was half of a day.
Five earthly minutes of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, lasted for a hundred years in the Arsh-e-A’la, because what he had done lasted for almost a hundred years. This is easy for Allah Almighty.
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13- Narrated by Abdullah Ibn Umar, radhiallahu ‘anhu:
“On the Day of Resurrection Allah will gather all people who followed prophets. People will go to the prophets and say:
‘O so and so! Intercede!’ Finally they will end up with our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. This happens on the day when Allah sends His Messenger, Muhammad, to Maqam-e-Mahmood. (the Praised Estate)” [On that day, everybody and every nation praises Muhammad Mustafa] (Sahih Bukhari, at-Tajrid as-Sarih, Vol. 11, Hadith no: 1712)
There are many prophets; their number is 124,000
You are both leader and master of them
You will intercede for all people
On that hardest day, O Muhammad Mustafa
Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, is the one who can intercede for all people, from the first to the last.
During his lifetime, Musa, alaihissalam, talked to Allah in worldly time. He spoke one thousand and one words only.
Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, talked to Allah in the time of the Hereafter. The hour of the Hereafter is one huqub. (Eighty thousand years. Imadiyal Islam, p. 64) His one hour lasted thousands of years. This was a spiritual state. He ascended into Mi’raj with his physical body. An hour on the earth lasts for thousands of years for him, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. When Adam, alaihissalam, was created, he was 33 years old. Our mother, Eve was 23 years old when she was created from his rib cage. These are easy for Allah. Some say: You cannot comprehend the work of Allah which is true. You can not understand the actions of Allah Almighty, the Qur’an, the relation between Allah and His Messenger, and the relations between Allah and His friends. Every human will have such states in Paradise.
One spends 70 years for one of his wives. Another perceives an hour or less than a hour. [Imam Sharani “Olum-Kiyamet-Ahiret”, Hadith no: 646, p. 356 similar]
The distance between Paradise and Hell is 70 thousand years. However, the people of both worlds see and talk to each other. The people of Hell say to the people of Paradise:
“O friend! We were neighbors in the world. We are thirsty now. Offer us the wine from kawthar.” The people of Paradise say:
“Allah Almighty forbade you to drink this. We cannot offer it. [Imam Sharani “Olum-Kiyamet-Ahiret”, p. 280]
If they were able to offer it, they would easily give it to their neighbors hands, despite the great distance between them.
Buraq in Paradise is like a plane in the sky, a horse on the land and a ship at sea. It is a friend if you talk to it. Allah has granted the greatest prophets and His awliya the ability to appear and disappear however and whenever they wish. The Miraj of the Prophet is an example of this. Bringing the throne of Balkis within the twinkling of an eye or the fruit coming to Maryam from Paradise are examples of this as well. (Naml, 40; Al-e-Imran, 37) Allah will grant these to the people of Paradise.
Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam:
“I am afraid that those who are the nearest of my ummah will weaken.” (Mukhtar-al Ahadith Nabawiyya, Hadith no: 46, p. 74; Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 227) It is difficult to believe such notions, many of which were stated in Qur’an and other hadiths; for these one needs not justification but belief. What the Qur’an begs is belief. There is no way other than to believe. Some will say that they will translate the Qur’an according to the logic of the twentieth century; this is nonsense according to the ayats of the Qur’an given here. Some so-called scholars hear a hadith which they have not heard before, yet they continue to behave against it. (Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 5749) May Allah correct us! (Amen)
“O Muhammad! I will grant you the permission of intercession, more than that which you desire. (Sihah Sita, Vol. 14, p. 5092; Sahih Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith no: 327 (193), p. 276)
Allah will grant our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, more intercession. Our Prophet will intercede for whomever he wishes. Allah Almighty says to Our Prophet:
“ O Muhammad! Continue to intercede!”
“ I have interceded for whomever I wished.
Allah Almighty will say:
“ O Muhammad! You can not be more merciful than Me.”
Allah is very merciful. He forgives the Ummat-e-Muhammad.
The mercy of Allah Almighty is of a hundred parts. One is distributed to the creatures in this world and ninety nine parts resides in the Hereafter. (Mukhtar-al Ahadith Nabawiyya, Hadith no: 7, p. 659; Sahih Bukhari, at-Tajrid as-Sarih, Vol. 12, Hadith no: 1973; Sihah Sita, Vol. 7, Hadith no: 1983)
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14 - “I and other prophets have cursed seven groups of people:
a - Those who add to the book of Allah
If they claim: “This verse tells it this way, but according to the twentieth century it is not this way,” this means that they have added to the book of Allah. But if they say: “This is another meaning of the ayat,” then this is not adding to the Qur’an.
b - Those who refute the destiny of Allah
They refute the destiny written in the Lawh-e Mahfuz. (The protected plate) Some deviant sects claim that the servant is the creator of his act. That is, Allah has not for foreordained anything and the servant will have punishment or reward for what they do. But praying, visiting relatives and charity will change their destiny. For example, praying changed the destiny of the Prophet Yunus’s nation. (Anwar-al Ashkeen, p. 194-197) So does visiting relatives (Sihah Sita, Vol. 10, Hadith no: 3290, p. 58) and charity. (Sihah Sita, Vol. 10, Hadith no: 3262, p. 32)
Committing adultery (Mukhtar-al Ahadith Nabawiyya, Hadith no: 398, p. 253; Kanz-al Irfan, Hadith no: 778), drinking alcohol and cruelty also change destiny if they are excessive.
One enters into Hell while he is of the people of Paradise or his life lasts. These two are also other examples. Allah keeps the Lawh-e-Mahfuz, the mother of all books, in His state. He erases and re-writes whatever He wishes.
c - Those who deem what is haram as halal
d - Those who deem forbidden things regarding my Ahlul-Bayt as halal
e - Those who disparaged my sunnah and abandon it
The sunnah gives details for everything in our lives, including praying, ablution, manners and eating. May Allah be pleased with our descendants! They have placed all the sunnah acts into our customs and traditions. We perform most of them, yet we do not realize that they are sunnah, as is the case for the sunnah of boys.
F - Those who do not share loot gained in battle
Only our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, can spend willingly on the goods taken from enemies in wartime. The rest cannot take more than what is their share.
g- The cruel are those who try to make the people Allah glorifies appear depraved and the people whom Allah depraves as glorified. (Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 3689)
They deprave and downgrade a beloved awliya or scholar. Allah has depraved them, including infidels, hypocrites and sinners. They are as the likeness of the ass carrying books. (Jumua, 5) So are to respect them.
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15 - Hadith ash-Sharif:
“Go the people of the grave if you are in trouble and need help. Allah will help you through them.” (Zinat-al Qulub, p. 78)
Asking for the help of the people of grave is the same as asking for the help of Allah Almighty.
“(There is a) means of access to everything.” (Kahf, 84,85) The means between Allah and you may be them. Think, the Doer and the One Who Makes Things done is Allah Almighty.
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16 - Hadith ash-Sharif:
“If you are alone in a valley, and confused about where to go, if you need help and can find no one who can take care of you, call “faqulu”:
“O servant of Allah! ‘A’inuni’, help me! ‘Ageesuni’”, rescue me!”
“ibadeerrahmanu la yurahum”, the Merciful, has such servants that they will help you without being noticed and they will rescue you. (Excerpt from a record of a sermon by Hajji Bilal Nadir kaddesallahu sirrah.)
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17- “I prayed that my Lord will forgive my companions who were in conflict after me. He revealed the following to me, saying:
‘O Muhammad! Your companions are the stars in the sky in My state. Some of them are superior. (They know better than others.) Whoever investigates and applies the subjects which are debatable, they are on the right path.’” (Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 3665, 5622; Ibn Abedeen, Vol. 1, p. 84; Bariqa, Vol. 2, p. 270; Mir’at-e-Kainat, Vol. 1, p. 592; Sihah Sita, Vol. 12, p. 4368; Kanz-al Irfan, Hadith no: 426; Ihya, Vol. 2, p. 218; Muzakkin Nufus, p. 417; Dort Buyuk Halife Kitabi (Shemsuddin Ahmed Efendi), p. 379; Mawahib-e Ladunniya, Vol. 1, p. 773)
If he investigates their conflict, Allah’s mercy will be upon that person and increase their knowledge. For example, investigating the battles of Ali and Muawiya and the conflict of Ali and Aisha is this kind of action.
Some stars are bright and some are less bright. Some cannot be perceived. The same is true of the companions. They are all stars. Their difference is the difference of light. Their knowledge is either lesser or greater. You are guided if you follow any of them.
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18 - “If any of my companions dies in a place, he will intercede for the people there.” (Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 5535,2159; Sihah Sita, Vol. 12, p. 4367)
They visit his grave and he says: I witness their belief, because they came and visited me without seeing anything than stone and dust.
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19 - If a servant says: “Lailaha illallahul kareemul haleem. Subhanallahi Rabbil Arshil Azeem. Wal hamdulillahi Rabbel Alemeen”, then Allah promises him that he will rescued from hellfire. (Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 2157)
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20 - Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“A Muslim who loses three children (in infancy) will not be touched by the Fire (of Hell) except for the fulfillment of Allah's Oath.” (Sahih Bukhari, at-Tajrid as-Sarih, Vol. 1, Hadith no: 87; Riyadh-as-Saleheen (Original and Translation), Hadith no: 951, p. 610) They say:
‘O our Lord! We did not have the pleasure of our parents in the world. Let us not be separated from them here.’
Allah grants their wishes. They intercede for their parents and save them from the hellfire.
The companions asked: ‘What if he or she loses two children? Do they intercede, too?’ Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said: ‘Even two intercede.
The companions asked again: ‘What about one?’
Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said: ‘Even one.’ (Sahih Bukhari, at-Tajrid as-Sarih, Vol. 1, Hadith no: 87; Riyadh-as-Saleheen (Original and Translation), Hadith no: 951, p. 610)
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21 - “I intercede for a greater number of people than the number of trees and the dust on the ground.” (Ihya, Vol. 4, Hadith no: 676, p. 947)
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22 - “One among my ummah intercedes for a number of people to enter Paradise; that number is greater than the tribes of Rabia and Mudar. (Ihya, Vol. 4, Hadith no: 678, p. 949)
This person is Uways Qarani, kaddasallahu sirrah.
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23 - Narrated by Sheikh Ali al-Garsani:
Sheikh Abd-al-Qadir said:
“I had a talk with the guardians of Hell. I asked them:
‘Does anyone among us enter Hell?’ They said:
‘By Allah, no.’
Of course not, because my hand lays over my students as the sky lays over the earth. So, by Allah’s Majesty, I will not leave the state of my Lord before I am allowed to make all of us enter into paradise.” (Hagiography of Abd-al-Qadir Gailani p.50)
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24- “When the Day of Resurrection comes, three groups of people will intercede. The first group is the Prophets, alaihumussalam. The second group is the scholars who apply their knowledge and third group is the martyrs.” (Kanz-al Irfan, Hadith no: 331; Sunan Ibn Maja, Vol. 10, Hadith no: 4313)
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25- “One who enters into Paradise will ask about his parents and his family. Allah will say to him:
‘They could not attain your level.’ He will say:
‘O my Lord! I performed not only for myself but also for them.’ (He will intercede). Then Allah will order them to join him.” (Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 574)
27EIGHTEEN THOUSAND WORLDS
1 - Ayat: “And of everything We have created pairs.” (Dhariyat, 49)
One of the eighteen thousand worlds is this world. Along with this world, there are seventeen thousand nine hundred ninety nine thousand worlds. As was said in ancient times, they are the falaq. Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, was sent as a mercy to the worlds and the people living therein. (Explanation of Dalail-e-Khairat, “Kara Davut”, p. 429; Mir’at-e-Kainat, Vol. 1, p. 77)
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2- “We have not sent you but as a mercy to the worlds.” (Anbiya, 107; Mir’at-e-Kainat, Vol. 1, p. 414; Marifatnama, p. 496)
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3- O Jibril! He (Muhammad) is esteemed for Me. He is a mercy to eighteen thousand worlds. If I had not created him, I would not have created this universe. (Irshad, Vol. 2, p. 446; Muzakkin Nufus, p. 420; Marifatnama, p. 1; Mir’at-e-Kainat, Vol. 1, p. 414)
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4- Hadith Qudsi: “I created a million nations.” Another narration: “There are a hundred thousand worlds.” (Explanation of Dalail-e-Khairat, “Kara Davut”, p. 429)
If you count the nations in this century, they do not exceed one thousand. If you try to count them from the beginning of creation, it would be ten times more. There are ayats and hadiths which are evidence that there are worlds containing people other than this world. The technology and knowledge of our time may soon discover this.
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5 - From our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam:
Allah Almighty, whose blessings covered all and Who has no partner at all, created eighteen thousand worlds. Your world is just one of them. (Explanation of Dalail-e-Khairat, “Kara Davut”, p. 429; Mir’at-e-Kainat, Vol. 1, p. 77)
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As Kaygisiz said, there is spirituality within spirituality and truth within truth. We cannot claim that the companions did not have spirituality. Nor can we say that they could not recognize the Prophet in the best manner. However, comparing with Uways Qarani, their knowledge and love did not suffice. Uthman began to teach Ibrahim, the son of our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. While he was trying to have him memorize the beautiful names of Allah Almighty, the child began to count His attributes. Uthman was shocked. Finally he said:
“You and your father can count them, but I cannot.” He realized that his knowledge was nothing in comparison to of the child, the son of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, because the child had the truth of the Truth.
Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“I cannot recite the Qur’an as it is recited by Jibril. I cannot recognize all the meanings of it.”
In our time, all the inner meanings have been lost; only the outer meaning is cared about. Even some parts are refuted, since they do not seem to be appropriate in terms of logic.
Tasawwuf means bringing out the inner and spiritual meanings of the Qur’an and the Sunnah, which are unknown, and to live accordingly. I transcribe all my writings in this regard. The Qur’an states:
“We have not sent you but as a mercy to the worlds.” (Anbiya, 107)
According to this ayat, Allah has created eighteen thousand worlds. Your world is just one of them. (Explanation of Dalail-e-Khairat, “Kara Davut”, p. 429; Mir’at-e-Kainat, Vol. 1, p. 77)
Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, was sent as a mercy to the worlds and the people living therein. For us, our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, was born in every world of those eighteen thousand worlds. He lived in eighteen thousand worlds. He became the Prophet in eighteen thousand worlds. And he passed away in eighteen thousand worlds. Every world claims that he, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, was born, grew up, lived, became Prophet and passed away in its world.
The evidence: Our Prophet’s family, Umm Khani, did not know about the journey of the Mi’raj. Nobody knew about it. During the journey of the Mi’raj, Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, traveled through many worlds. What if he traveled to all these worlds every night of his prophecy? Who would know about it? As a king reveals many secrets to one of his men, Allah may reveal many secrets to our Prophet by elevating him to the Arsh-e-A’la.
Allah Almighty says: “We have not sent you but as a mercy to the worlds.” Why would our Prophet be a mercy to the worlds if he does not know these worlds? A hadith states that he is the Mustafa of eighteen thousand worlds.
Believers have many troubles
They will enjoy in the Hereafter
Mustafa of the eighteen thousand worlds,
Muhammad, he and his name are beautiful.
Yunus Amra
Example: A rich man has wives and houses in every corner of the world. He has an expensive vehicle. He is with and meets other people regularly. He has children, too. This might be possible in terms of this worldly life. Compare this with the case where Allah grants such means. Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, had millions of such means.
Now, pay attention! One night, our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, was in his home. He traveled to Kudus. He prayed there and led all the spirits of the prophets. He saw seven heavens, angels and different creatures all on the same night. He spoke with Allah Almighty, exchanging ninety nine thousand words. He visited Paradise and interviewed those who lived there. He went to the spot where “Bismillahirrahmanerraheem” emerged and where Jibril was not allowed. He inquired there. (Explanation of Dalail-e-Khairat, “Kara Davut”, p. 344)
He came to the Maleek of Hell. Maleek opened a window and our Prophet saw all the punishment there. On his return, he prayed with Allah Almighty to decrease the prayer times from fifty to five. (Mawahib-e Ladunniya, Vol. 2, p. 16; Mir’at-e-Kainat, Vol. 1, p. 432; Anwar-al Ashkeen, p. 251; Mukhtar al-Ahadith Nabawiyya, Hadith no: 445, p. 280) He decreased the twelve months of fasting to one month. He went and came back in the same hour. He said: “I went, turned back and found my bed warm.” (Mir’at-e-Kainat, Vol. 1, p. 437; Explanation of Dalail-e-Khairat, “Kara Davut”, p. 347) Let us examine this night:
Umm Khani radhiallahu ‘anha and the people of Mecca, the spirits of the prophets in Kudus, the people of the worlds in the sky all claim that the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, spent that night with them. The people of Paradise and the people of Hell also think that the Prophet was with them. On his return, the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, stopped by many worlds and those living in these worlds became his ummats. (Explanation of Dalail-e-Khairat, “Kara Davut”, p. 263-266) They all thought that he, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, had spent that night with them. Allah Almighty said to His Messenger: “I will make you disappear and ruin the world unless they believe by ‘asr on Tuesday.” The Almighty asked him, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, to disclose the Mi’raj, just one night in his life. If he had not disclosed it, nobody would know anything about it. He spent all of his nights in different worlds. If he spent one hour of the night in this world, which is like a hundred years in another world, who could claim otherwise?
If Ali, radhiallahu ‘anhu, did not disclose the event of the Kabin Mountain, nobody would know anything about it.
(There are further explanations in our other books regarding this event. Please refer to these.)
For us, our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, is a great treasure. All spiritual and material knowledge of humanity is like a gold coin taken from this treasure. The example of the knowledge of our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, is a gold coin taken from the treasure of Allah Almighty. Khidr, alaihissalam, said to Prophet Musa, alaihissalam:
- The knowledge that you have, plus the knowledge that I have, when compared to Allah Almighty’s knowledge, is like the one drop of water on this sparrow’s beak. (Marifatnama, p. 869) Allah Almight’s knowedge is like an ocean.
Ayat: “And were every tree that is in the earth (made into) pens and the sea (to supply it with ink), with seven more seas to increase it, the words of Allah would not come to an end; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (Luqman, 27) There is no objection about this. The only possibility is to believe.
In the Qur’an we can find the following: They are muzebzeb; their hearts in two belief, so their hearts are between to believe and to not believe. (Nisa,143)
There is no escape in this regard. The only way is to believe. The Qur’an says:“Surely the hypocrites are in the lowest stage of the fire.” (Nisa, 145)
I humbly believe that disbelief in such events is because of doubt. They say that they have reached divine knowledge, yet they do not believe in events as testified by ayats and the sunnah. It shows that they are in the middle of two states, belief and disbelief. We do not mean the ignorant. We mean those who claim that they are scholars. Why do not they believe while they talk about divine knowledge and spiritual states? My evidence is the ayats and the sunnah. Let those who disbelieve show the ayats and the sunnah as evidence! Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, was in thousands of places in just one night. He lived in every world. He became prophet in every world. He got ummats in every world. He passed away in every world. Here is my evidence:
Idris, alaihissalam, was martyred. He was resurrected and re-martyred. Again, one of the companions of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, Nofal, was martyred in a battle and resurrected afterwards. He lived ten years more. He was martyred again. [Dort Buyuk Halife Kitabi (Shamsuddin Ahmed Efendi) Menkibe 30, p. 42-47] Nofal was killed by infidels and resurrected by Abu Bakr, radhiallahu ‘anhu. The performer of all these things, including resurrecting the ummat of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, is Allah Almighty. [If He grants such things to the Prophet’s ummat, imagine what he might grant to the Prophet.] How could the Prophet, sallallahu alahi wa sallam, not become prophet of eighteen thousands worlds? Any doubt implies the negation of Allah’s power. “Allah is able to do all things.” (Baqara, 20, 106; Al-e-Imran, 26, 29) We should not hesitate. The Companions of the Cave slept for 309 years; yet they said we slept half the day. (Kahf, 19, 25) Prophet Yunus, alaihissalam, survived six months (or twenty days according to another narration) inside the fish’s stomach. He was ejected and continued with his mission. (Anwar-al Ashkeen, p. 196; similar) If all of these are possible, it is possible for our Prophet, too. Uways Qarani has three tombs in three different places. So does Ukkasha, radhiallahu ‘anhu. The wisdom is that they will intercede for three peoples. The wisdom of Our Prophet is that he will intercede for eighteen thousand worlds. [Sihah Sita, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 5091; Sahih Bukhari, at-Tajrid as-Sarih, Tawheed, 36, 19, 37; Muslim, Iman 327 (193)]
Pir was invited to seventy places in Ramadan to break his fast. He broke his fast in seventy places. Idris, alaihissalam was buried in every place he was martyred. He has tombs in those places.
People of three countries struggled to have the corpse of Uways Qarani. They made three coffins. They said: Wherever he is buried, let him stay there. He was buried in all of them. Everybody thought he was in their coffins.
All praise is to Allah that I wrote all my books depending on ayats and sunnahh. I am told that some of our hodjas object by saying: “This is wrong or this is deficient.” They oppose, yet they do not depend on ayats and sunnah. I ask them to depend on ayats and sunnahh. Otherwise, I will not accept their objections.
31ALLEGIANCE
Allah was well pleased with the believers when they swore allegiance to the Prophet. (Fath, 18) This is the command of Allah and the sunnah of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. (Mumtahina, 12) Allegiance (inaba, stretching out the hands) is applied in this tariqah. There is no other form in Sharia. True strivers are the people of the tariqah. This is an order from Allah Almighty and the sunnah of our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Women also should pledge allegiance.
1- “The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, made pledges with women under his rida’ (upper garment).” [Islam Tarihi (M. Asim Koksal), Vol. 1-2, p. 66; (Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 582 (Section 30); Sihah Sita, Vol. 2, p. 276)
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2- Umaima bint Ruqaiqa, radhiallahu ‘anha said:
“A group of women from Ansar came to Rasolallah, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and said:
‘We make our pledge with you to worship Allah and not to associate anything with Him, not to steal anything, not to kill our children, not to slander now or from now on, and not to rebel against you in what you legitimately order us to do.’ The Prophet immediately added:
‘As far as you are capable of.’
The women said: ‘Allah and His Messenger are more merciful than us.’”
Sufyan says: “Women are meant to pledge like men, by laying their hands in the Prophet’s hand. Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“I do not perform musafaha with women. My call to hundred women is like a call to each of them separately.” [Sihah Sita, Vol. 2, p. 275; Hadith no: 4 (43); Hayat-us Sahaba, Vol. 1, p. 226, 227; Muwatta, Bay’a 2, (2, 982); Tirmidhi, Siyar 37 (1597)]
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3- ‘Azza, the daughter of Hayil, came to our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, to pledge her faith. Allah’s Messenger took her pledge on the condition that she did not commit adultery, did not steal and did not kill her children, be this action hidden or apparent.
‘Azza said: “I understood what Rasollah meant by apparent killing, but what is hidden killing? I did not ask. He did not tell me, either. I think it meant to have an abortion. By Allah, I will never abort my child.” (Hayat-us Sahaba, Vol. 1, p. 228; Narrated by Tabarani, too)
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4- “Surely those who swear allegiance to you do but swear allegiance to Allah; the hand of Allah is above their hands.” (Fath, 10)
Allah orders women to swear allegiance. (Mumtahina, 12) Why do those who do not follow any tariqat refrain from swearing allegiance?
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5- “O Prophet! when believing women come to you giving you a pledge that they will not associate aught with Allah, and will not steal, and will not commit fornication, and will not kill their children, and will not bring a calumny which they have forged of themselves, and will not disobey you in what is good, accept their pledge, and ask forgiveness for them from Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (Mumtahina, 12)
It is stated in the ayat that our Prophet takes pledges even if all the sins mentioned had been performed before by the one who pledges. It is said that some sheikhs do not take the pledges of some Muslims. Yet, our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, did not refuse a disbeliever after he had become Muslim. Neither do I. Women can join the tariqat. According to this verse, joining a tariqat is a kind of divine order. This is the order of Allah. Why do you not accept it?
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6- “Certainly Allah was well pleased with the believers when they swore allegiance to you under the tree” (Cont.) (Fath, 18)
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7- When our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, came to Medina, he sent ‘Umar, radhiallahu ‘anhu, to the Ansar women. ‘Umar extended his hand inside the house and the women extended their hands outside the house; in this way he was able to take their pledge. [Islam Tarihi (M. Asim Koksal), Vol. 1-2, p. 65; Hayat-us Sahaba, Vol. 1, p. 225-226]