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“They err in their understanding of the reality of intermediaries, and recklessly rush to the judgement that any intermediary is shirk ...”
From: Notions That Must Be Corrected
Shaykh Muhammad b. `Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani, p.53ff
’Ubāda b. al-Sāmit narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said "The Abdāl (chosen saints) of my community are thirty: by means of them you are all provided with sustenance, rain and victory." ’Ubāda said "I hope Hasan is one of them."
These four Hadīth cited above were mentioned by Hafiz Ibn Kathir in his explanation of the aforementioned Qur’anic verse: { And had Allah not repelled some people… } and they are fitting to be used as evidence, and when taken all together, they all reach the level of being rigorously authentic.
Anas b. Malik ( رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The earth will never be deprived of forty men of the like of the Intimate friend (Khalīl) of Allah; by means of them you are given water and succour. Each time one of them dies, Allah substitutes another in his place."
On the Day of Resurrection, the Day of Divine oneness, the Day of faith, the Day in which the Throne will appear manifest, the benefit of the greatest intermediary will come to light: that of the possessor of the lofty station (al-maqām al-mahmūd), he whose intercession is never rejected, and whose surety is never dispelled by He who promised never to disappoint him, debase him, dismay him, or grieve him on account of his community— when all of creation seek him out and plead for his intercession, and he stands before his Lord and does not return except with the height of nobility and honour revealed to us by the words of Allah to him: "O Muhammad! Raise your head, and intercede, your intercession will be met; and ask, you shall be given!"
May the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him, and upon his family, companions, and all those who follow them until the Day of Judgement.
صلّى الله على سيّدنا محمّد و على آله و صحبه و سلّم
The blessings and peace of Allah on the Prophet, his Family, and his Companions, ( sallAllahu `aleihi wa sallam ) .
Related texts
The Intermediary of Shirk
Notions That Must Be Corrected; Shaykh Muhammad b. `Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani
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