Visiting
Bismillahir Rehmanir
Raheem
Assalat-O-Wassalam-O-Alaika YARASOOL ALLAH
We are living in a world of
uncertainty and misconceptions. Man is beginning to question the very roots of
his
beliefs for Allah Almighty and the Holy Prophet Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim, to create doubt in the
minds of the simple and un suspecting Muslims.
Here is proof from QUR'AN, Ahadith-e-Nabawi (Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam), Sayings of Sahab-e-Kiram
and from the writings of great and authentic scholars of Islam and
writings of those who declare this as SHIRK, BID'AT etc. which show beyond a
shadow of a doubt that Visiting Graves and Shrines of Anbia
(Alaihimus Salam) and Aulia
ALLAH (Rehmatullah Alaihi Ajamaien) is Lawful.
What does HOLY
QURAN says:
1. Holy Quran says:
و لو انهم إذ ظلموا أنفسهم جاءوك فاستغفروا الله واستغفر لهم الرسول لوجدوا الله توابا الرحيما
"And when they impose on their lives (sin), they must come to your (the Nabi's) presence, then seek repentance from ALLAH and the Rasool(Peace
Be Upon Him) also asks for their forgiveness. Then, they will indeed find ALLAH
Most Forgiving and Compassionate." (An-Nisa:61)
2. Holy Quran says
(summary is): "No Doubt ALLAH and his Prophet and those who offer
prayers, zakat are
helpers". (Al-Maaidah:55)
3. Holy Quran says (summary is): "Verily, ALLAH helps them and Jibril and Saaleh Mumineen and then angels are helpers".
(Al-Tehreem:4)
4. Holy Quran says: "Lo!
Verily, the friends of ALLAH are (those) on whom fear (cometh) not, nor do
they grieve." (Surah Younus:61)
What does Ahaadeeth-e-Nabawi says:
1. Syyeduna Rasoolullah
said:
"Wallahu Yu'ti wa anal QASIMU Rizqihi"
"ALLAH gives and I (Muhammad) distribute". (Bukhari, Muslim)
2. Hazrat Aaisha narrates: "Rasoolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam use to visit Baqee Shareef on late nights and Sarkar Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam prayed there
three times raising his Blessed Hands" (Muslim)
3. Allama Nabalsi states: "Sarkar use to visit Baqee Shareef and pray standing beside their graves 'I ask
comfort for you people and ourselves". (Muslim)
4. Syyeduna Rasulullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam said: "Recite Sura
Yaseen for your died ones" (Abu Dawud, Ibn-e-Maaja, Mishkaat - Kitaabul Janaiz)
5. According to Imam Baheeqi: "Rasoolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam regularly visits
the grave of Shuhda-e-Ahud every year.
And Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddiq, Hazrat Umer, Hazat Usman
and Hazrat Fatima (Ri
6. Syyeduna Rasolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam said: "One who visits my grave, my Shafa'at will be necessary (wajib)
upon him". (Daar Qutni,
Bazaz, Baheeqi, Ibn-e-Khuzaima)
7. Syyeduna Rasolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam said: "One who perform HAJJ after me and
then visits my grave, that means he visits me in my
life". (Daar Qutni,
Baheeqi, Mishkaat, Tibrani Fiss Sageeril
Ausat, Majma'
al zawaid)
8. Syyeduna Rasoolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wassallam said: "I ordered you to not to visit garves; I now order you to visit graves, because it reminds
you of Hereafter and keeps you away from world (Dunya)"
(Narrated By Hazrat Ibn-e-Masud
Radi ALLAH Anho in Ibn-e-Maaja, Mishkaat - Baab Ziaratul Quboor,
Sarhus Sudoor - Page No:
28, Ziaul Hadeeth - Page
No: 96)
9. Hazrat Muhammad Bin Noman
Radi ALLAH Anho narrates
that Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) said: "ALLAH
forgives the sins of those , who on fridays regularly
visits the grave of his mother and father or any one of them and his name will
be recorded amongst those who exercise kindness with parents". (Baheeqi, Mishkaat, Ziaul Hadeeth - Page No: 108)
10. Hazrat Aaisha Radi ALLAH Anha narrates that
Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) said: "When ever a person visits the
grave of his Muslim brother and sits besides him; then his Muslim brother feels
comfort, and this condition remain until the visitor left the grave" (Hayatul Amwaat Page No: 47, Ibn-e-Ibid dunya)
11. When Nabi Kareem Sallallahu
Alaihi passed near graveyard of Madina
Munawwarah then he said:
"Assalam O Aalaikum
Ya Ahlul Quboor Yagfirullahu Lana Walakum wa antum
salfuna wa nahnu bil asari"
(Mishkaat - Baab Ziaratul Quboor, Tirmizi)
12. Syyeduna Rasoolullah
said: "when ever some on send salam to saahib-e-Qabr then he replies, and if he know him in his
life then he do know him after death" (Baheeqi
Fee Su'Bil Iman, Ibn-e-Abi Dunya)
13. Imam Bukhari states Hadeeth-e-Qudsi
in his Sahi: "One who hates my WALI (freind), I declear
What Does
SAHABA-E-KIRAM Believe?
1. "When ever Hazrat Anas
Radi ALLAH Anho use to
visit the grave of Syyeduna Rasoolullah
Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam, He use to stand in a way that he is offering
prayer (in real he was not offering the prayer)" (Kitubus
Shifa, Vol2)
2. "Hazrat Abu Al-Jawaz
Radi ALLAH Anho narrates
that once there was no rain for long time in MADINA then the
3. "Hazrat Saad Bin
Abi Waqas use to visit Shuhda-e-Ahud with his companions and asked them to send salam upon them who answers your salam." (Sharhus Sudoor - Page 193, Jazbul Quloob - Page 202)
4. Hazrat Umro Bin Al-Aas in very last moments of his life said his son Hazrat Abdullah (Ri
"When you bury me, put the send slowly on my grave site beside my grave
for the duration in which a camel can be slaughtered and the meat of camel can
be distribute so that I can gain comfort and I should know what I have to
answer the angels." (Sahih Muslim, Mishkaat Babud Dafanil Mayyat)
5. Hazrat Ibn-e-Umer
states: "There are some believers of ALLAH, whome
ALLAH have awarded the quality of Helping the people and people turns to them
for the solution of their problems" (Al-Jamiul
Sageer, Vol 1, Page 93)
What the Great
Scholars of ISLAM says?
1. Imam Shaa'faiee states: "I gain the
blessings from the grave Imam Abu Hanifa and whenever
I get into trouble, then I offer two rakats and then
I visit his grave, and pray their for the solution, and ALHAMDO LILLAH my needs
are always fulfilled." (Al-Khairatul Hassan Vol 1 Page 38, Tareekh Khateeb-e-Baghdadi Vol 1 Page
123, Raddul Mukhrat Vol 1 Page 38)
2. Imam Ibn-e-Hajar Makki Shaafai states: "It is seen from many years that Ulma and the people use to visit the grave of Imam Abu Hanifa for the solution their problems and make him waseela for the completion of their needs".
3. Imam Ahmed Bin Hunble states: "When ever someone(i.e.muslim) died in Ansaar-e-Madina
then they use to visit their graves and recite Quran Kareem on their
graves". (Mirqaat Sharha
Mishkaat, Vol 4, Page 81)
4. Imam Gazali Radi ALLAH Anho said: "If seeking help from a person in his life
is lawful then it is lawful to seek help from him after his death". (Buhjatul Asraar)
5. Imam Ghazzali states: "This is property of
Auliya ALLAH that Blessings are found in their
speeches, their breath, their clothes, their houses, and in the sand of their
feet and at a place where he sits for a day" (Minhajul
Aabideen Ma'a Sharha Sirajus Saalikin, Page 529)
6. Allama Abdul Ghani Afandi Nabalsi said: "once
i heared with my ears when
I visited the grave of Arsalan Damishqi
that a man said 'Why you visit sand, this is foolish act', I was amazed that a
Muslim cannot say this" (Kashfun Noor - Page 19)
7. Allama Shahabuddin Khafaji states in his commentry: "Visitng the graves of Aulia ALLAH
and seeking waseela from them towards ALLAH is proved
and All Muslim Ummah accept this belief. But their are some mulhideen who do
not believe this. May ALLAH save us from their evil beliefs"
8. Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlvi
states: "The souls of Aulia gain more power
and spirituality after their death". (Fatawa
Azizia, Vol 2, Page 102)
9. Shah Waliullah Dehlvi in
his book "Faizul Haramain",
Page No: 57:
"If Someone achieves mystical knowledge then his soul become so
powerful that Tariqah, Maslak,
Saintly chain, Lineage, Genealogy, Relations and everything connected with that
person comes into the range of his favor and inclination; The favor of ALLAH,
reflects through his spiritual attention"
10. and in his book, "Hama-at":
"This Guarantees for the regular attending on death anniversaries (URS)
of the saints, regular visiting to their shrines, to recite Fatiha
there, Distribution of Charity, to honor his offspring, relations and Relics
are lawful in Shariah; and also these are
supererogation (Nafl and Mustahab)
actions."
11. Hazrat Daata Gunj Bux in his Famous Book
"Kashful Ma'joob"
said: "Do visit the graves of your relatives and beloved and do recite Fatiha and Yaseen at their
graves, so that they should pray for you."
12. "Gaining spritual reflections from Mashaikh and thier attention from
thier life and from their graves are no doubt
true". (Al-Muhmind i.e. Aqaid-e-Ulma-e-Deobanad
By Haji Imdadullah, Page 18 )
ACT of those who
declare this as SHIRK:
1. when Ahraf Ali Thanvi
came to
2. Ahraf Ali Thanvi said
for Sultanul Hind: "India is the emperor of Chishti's because of Khwaja Gharib Nawaz" (Al-Afazaatul Youmia, Vol 1, Page 309)
3. He further said about an English man: "One English man went
4. "Prime Minister and Doctor Israar Ahmed
are reciting Fatiha for the Late
brother of Doctor Asrar" (Daily Iman -
By the Divine Grace of
Almighty Allah, this brief but informative answer will suffice to remove doubts
from the hearts and minds of the Muslims created by the notorious Wahabi.