Resorting to the Saints of God

He sighed and said to himself ''woe polytheists that call themselves Muslims and woe….
Muhammad said to him '' who are you talking about?''
Kamal answered '' I mean Shias''.
Muhammad said '' do not abuse them and do not consider them polytheists because they are Muslims''.
Kamal said '' killing them is better than killing polytheists''.
Muhammad said '' what is your stupid angry for? Why are they polytheists?''
Kamal said '' they have chosen other Gods except single God and worship something else that cannot benefit them instead of God''.
Muhammad said '' how is it possible?''
Kamal said '' they resort to the prophet and Imams and call them with statements such as '' o' the messenger of God'', '' o' Ali'', ''o' Hussein'', '' o' Saheb Al-Zaman'' and …and want them to meet their needs. Shias claim that they are the Imams of God and can meet their needs. In your opinion, isn't it polytheism, blasphemy and worshiping a person except God?''
Muhammad said '' Let me tell you matters briefly''.
Kamal said '' please tell me''.
Muhmmad said '' I was one of persons that abused and insulted the Shias. Wherever they were not, I abused them. Finally, I met one of Shias in Hajj. Since I was on bad terms with Shias, I did not get along with him and expressed him my animosity with Shias, but he remained silent and behaved me mildly as he had a kind face. Although I abused him, he looked at me mildly and kindly. His good temperament extinguished the fire of animosity. When I was quiet, he looked at me and said '' O brother! , Muhammad, let me talk to you''.
We talked about different topics. One of matters that made me interested in accepting reality was resorting to the saints of God''.
Kamal said '' It seems that their tricks and polytheism have influenced you. Your knowledge about the religion and the Islam is little''.
Muhammad said '' according to the Quran, I am ready to debate with you about the way of the righteous Muslims and resorting to the saints of God''.
Kamal said '' great God is kinder than his creatures toward his persons and there is no barrier between him and his creatures and a person should be in touch with God anywhere and anytime directly and without any intermediate and resorts to him. it is not allowed to resort to other persons other than God even prophets, Imams, angles and righteous persons that have the highest position in God''.
Muhammad asked '' why isn't it allowed to resort to them?''
Kamal said '' a person vanishes forever after his or her death and she or he has no use after his or her death. Therefore, how can we resort to persons that have died?''
Muhammad asked '' why are you saying that persons vanish after their death? and who express such matters?''
Kamal said '' Imam, Muhammad Bin Abd Al-Vahab says '' if we resort to the righteous persons that have passed away, it is like resorting to persons that do not exist anymore and this is an ugly and unpleasant action logically''. In addition, one of his followers narrates

Muhammad said '' this story is vice versa. When a person dies, he or she discovers realities that had not been found out in the time of their life''. God states about this matter
'' We removed the cover (over your eyes). Now your sight is sharp''.
'' Do not imagine that the persons killed in the path of God have died. They are alive, but you do not know''.
'' Do not imagine that the persons killed in the path of God have died. But they are alive and are rewarded by God''.
It has been said in the book '' Sahih Bokhari''
'' The prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) came beside Ghalib of Badr (the place that the killed persons of the troop of blasphemy had been fallen) and said to the polytheists
'' We have found out that the promises of God are true. Have you found the promises of God true?''
The prophet was asked whether he addressed the killed persons!
The prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) stated '' they can hear my remarks better than you''.
Ghazali (one of heads of Shafei Religion) says
'' Some imagine that death is mortality….this is the imagination of renegades and (unbelievers)''.
Kamal said '' Imam Ghazali considers belief in mortality after death blasphemy and renegade! Where has he said such a remark?''
Muhammad answered '' He has expressed such matters in the book '' Ahya Al-Olum. Referring to this book, you will see his remarks about this matter''.
Kamal said '' this remark of Ghazali is surprising''.
Muhammad said '' this remark of Ghazali is not surprising, but lack of your awareness is surprising. Haven't you heard the address of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) to the killed persons of Ghalib of Badr?
When persons die, they cannot hear and understand. Hence, it is difficult to understand the remark of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants). According to the remark of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants), they can understand and hear like you. Are you convinced now?
Kamal said '' I am astonished of why I have not thought about these verses throughout these years in order to understand them and have not heard the Hadith of the prophet and the remark of one of our dignitaries even once.''
Muhammad said'' now that you have accepted that the belief of Shias in relation to lack of mortality after death is a fair remark and true, do you hesitate about this matter still?''
Kamal said '' I am sure about this matter. But something else has made you doubtful?''
Muhammad asked '' what has made you doubtful?''
Kamal said '' Ghazali believes in such a belief and its disbelief is the remark of renegades. The prophet emphasizes and says clearly '' dead persons can hear and understand like living persons. But Muhammad Bin Al-Vahab believes that human is mortal after their death.
On the other hand, Muhammad Bin Abd Al-Vahab says boldly
'' My stick is better than the stick of the prophet because mine is effective, but his isn't. Such matter has astonished me''.
Muhammad said '' you should not be astonished. We should measure persons in the scale of Quran, tradition and the way of righteous persons in the past. Persons whose remarks and behaviors are in line with Quran and the tradition and the way of the righteous persons are believers and we should not know and evaluate the religion with persons. Do we consider a believer whose remarks and behaviors are against Quran and the tradition and the way of the righteous persons and are in line with blasphemy and renegade as a real Muslim of the Islam? No, it is not right. But we should hate persons that go awry and follow right path''.
Kamal said '' it is right. I have believed in this person (Muhammad Bin Al-Vahab) strongly. But now that you made me aware of his great fault that is blasphemy and renegade, my belief in him has weakened. Hence, I will not learn the rules of the religion from him any more''.
Muhammad said '' Let's forget talking about him (Muhammad Bin Abd Al-Vahab) and continue our remarks''.
Kamal said '' I accept that a person is not in mortality after his death. In spite of the fact that it is said '' resorting to persons other than God is polytheism and leaving the religion'', how can we resort to the prophet, Imam or one of other righteous persons?''
Muhammad answered '' it is accepted from the point of view of the religion that we resort to living persons, request help from them, beg them to pray for us and say ''o' Bagher!, o' Jafar! o' Reza!, o'…give us little money to us; seek forgiveness from God for me and take me to the mosque''.
Kamal said '' of course, it is accepted''.
Muhammad asked '' sine it has proved that a dead person can hear like living persons, what's wrong with resorting to him?
Kamal hesitated for few minutes. Then he said '' what you said is right''.
Muhammad said '' there is another reason in relation to the acceptance of resorting to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and other righteous persons''.
Kamal asked '' what is that reason?''

Muhammad said '' the companions resorted to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) in the time of his life and after his decease. The companions of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) did not prevent the people from resorting to the prophet in the time of his life and after his decease. If resorting to a person other than God is considered as polytheism, the companions of the prophet prevented them from doing such a thing''.
Kamal asked '' who has resorted to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) after his decease?''
Muhammad said '' I will mention some persons
'' Beihaghi and Ibn Abu Shobeihe have narrated with valid documents and it has been also narrated from Ahmad Bin Zeini Dehlan '' the people suffered from famine in the time of the caliphate of Umar. Balal Balal Bin Harath went beside the grave of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and said '' O' the messenger of God! Seek rain from your nation that is perishing from hunger and drought''.
We know that Balal was the companion of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) for a long time and received the rules from the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) without any intermediates. If calling the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and resorting to him were considered as polytheism, Balal did not commit such actions and if he did so, the companions prevented him from doing it. Such a matter is the firmest reason for resorting to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants).
Beihaghi has narrated from Umar Bin Khtatab that the messenger of God stated
'' When Adam committed a sin, he said '' O' God! I want you to forgive my sin for the sake of Hazrat Muhammad upon him and his (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants)…
Hence, if resorting to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) was haram and polytheistic, Hazrat Adam never did it.
It has been said in another narration
'' When Mansur Davanighi went Hajj, he also visited the grave of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants). Malek, the head of the Maleki Religion, said '' O' Abu Abdullah! Do I stand toward Kiblah or toward the grave of the prophet?''
Malek said '' do you turn away from the prophet that is your intermediate between you and your father, Adam, and God? Go to him and consider him as your intermediate. Definitely God will accept his intermediate about you because God has stated '' the persons that had committed sins came to you and sought forgiveness from God and the prophet sought forgiveness from God for them. They believed that God was a kind repentant''.
The sentence '' he is intermediate between you and your father, Adma, and God'' is a firm reason that resorting to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) is mostahab.
Darami narrates in the book '' Sahih'' from Abu Al-Juza
'' The people of Medina suffered from famine; therefore, they talked about their problem in the presence of Aeshe. She said '' look at the grave of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and have him as intermediate between you and God without barriers.
They did it and went .Consequently, it started raining, the plants grew up and the camels became fat after they ate a lot of grass. That year was called '' Chak''.

Resorting to the Saints of God

Translator: Zahra. Kalaa
Source: Rasekhoon.net
Key words: God, Imams, prophets
He sighed and said to himself ''woe polytheists that call themselves Muslims and woe….
Muhammad said to him '' who are you talking about?''
Kamal answered '' I mean Shias''.
Muhammad said '' do not abuse them and do not consider them polytheists because they are Muslims''.
Kamal said '' killing them is better than killing polytheists''.
Muhammad said '' what is your stupid angry for? Why are they polytheists?''
Kamal said '' they have chosen other Gods except single God and worship something else that cannot benefit them instead of God''.
Muhammad said '' how is it possible?''
Kamal said '' they resort to the prophet and Imams and call them with statements such as '' o' the messenger of God'', '' o' Ali'', ''o' Hussein'', '' o' Saheb Al-Zaman'' and …and want them to meet their needs. Shias claim that they are the Imams of God and can meet their needs. In your opinion, isn't it polytheism, blasphemy and worshiping a person except God?''
Muhammad said '' Let me tell you matters briefly''.
Kamal said '' please tell me''.
Muhmmad said '' I was one of persons that abused and insulted the Shias. Wherever they were not, I abused them. Finally, I met one of Shias in Hajj. Since I was on bad terms with Shias, I did not get along with him and expressed him my animosity with Shias, but he remained silent and behaved me mildly as he had a kind face. Although I abused him, he looked at me mildly and kindly. His good temperament extinguished the fire of animosity. When I was quiet, he looked at me and said '' O brother! , Muhammad, let me talk to you''.
We talked about different topics. One of matters that made me interested in accepting reality was resorting to the saints of God''.
Kamal said '' It seems that their tricks and polytheism have influenced you. Your knowledge about the religion and the Islam is little''.
Muhammad said '' according to the Quran, I am ready to debate with you about the way of the righteous Muslims and resorting to the saints of God''.
Kamal said '' great God is kinder than his creatures toward his persons and there is no barrier between him and his creatures and a person should be in touch with God anywhere and anytime directly and without any intermediate and resorts to him. it is not allowed to resort to other persons other than God even prophets, Imams, angles and righteous persons that have the highest position in God''.
Muhammad asked '' why isn't it allowed to resort to them?''
Kamal said '' a person vanishes forever after his or her death and she or he has no use after his or her death. Therefore, how can we resort to persons that have died?''
Muhammad asked '' why are you saying that persons vanish after their death? and who express such matters?''
Kamal said '' Imam, Muhammad Bin Abd Al-Vahab says '' if we resort to the righteous persons that have passed away, it is like resorting to persons that do not exist anymore and this is an ugly and unpleasant action logically''. In addition, one of his followers narrates

Muhammad said '' this story is vice versa. When a person dies, he or she discovers realities that had not been found out in the time of their life''. God states about this matter
'' We removed the cover (over your eyes). Now your sight is sharp''.
'' Do not imagine that the persons killed in the path of God have died. They are alive, but you do not know''.
'' Do not imagine that the persons killed in the path of God have died. But they are alive and are rewarded by God''.
It has been said in the book '' Sahih Bokhari''
'' The prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) came beside Ghalib of Badr (the place that the killed persons of the troop of blasphemy had been fallen) and said to the polytheists
'' We have found out that the promises of God are true. Have you found the promises of God true?''
The prophet was asked whether he addressed the killed persons!
The prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) stated '' they can hear my remarks better than you''.
Ghazali (one of heads of Shafei Religion) says
'' Some imagine that death is mortality….this is the imagination of renegades and (unbelievers)''.
Kamal said '' Imam Ghazali considers belief in mortality after death blasphemy and renegade! Where has he said such a remark?''
Muhammad answered '' He has expressed such matters in the book '' Ahya Al-Olum. Referring to this book, you will see his remarks about this matter''.
Kamal said '' this remark of Ghazali is surprising''.
Muhammad said '' this remark of Ghazali is not surprising, but lack of your awareness is surprising. Haven't you heard the address of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) to the killed persons of Ghalib of Badr?
When persons die, they cannot hear and understand. Hence, it is difficult to understand the remark of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants). According to the remark of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants), they can understand and hear like you. Are you convinced now?
Kamal said '' I am astonished of why I have not thought about these verses throughout these years in order to understand them and have not heard the Hadith of the prophet and the remark of one of our dignitaries even once.''
Muhammad said'' now that you have accepted that the belief of Shias in relation to lack of mortality after death is a fair remark and true, do you hesitate about this matter still?''
Kamal said '' I am sure about this matter. But something else has made you doubtful?''
Muhammad asked '' what has made you doubtful?''
Kamal said '' Ghazali believes in such a belief and its disbelief is the remark of renegades. The prophet emphasizes and says clearly '' dead persons can hear and understand like living persons. But Muhammad Bin Al-Vahab believes that human is mortal after their death.
On the other hand, Muhammad Bin Abd Al-Vahab says boldly
'' My stick is better than the stick of the prophet because mine is effective, but his isn't. Such matter has astonished me''.
Muhammad said '' you should not be astonished. We should measure persons in the scale of Quran, tradition and the way of righteous persons in the past. Persons whose remarks and behaviors are in line with Quran and the tradition and the way of the righteous persons are believers and we should not know and evaluate the religion with persons. Do we consider a believer whose remarks and behaviors are against Quran and the tradition and the way of the righteous persons and are in line with blasphemy and renegade as a real Muslim of the Islam? No, it is not right. But we should hate persons that go awry and follow right path''.
Kamal said '' it is right. I have believed in this person (Muhammad Bin Al-Vahab) strongly. But now that you made me aware of his great fault that is blasphemy and renegade, my belief in him has weakened. Hence, I will not learn the rules of the religion from him any more''.
Muhammad said '' Let's forget talking about him (Muhammad Bin Abd Al-Vahab) and continue our remarks''.
Kamal said '' I accept that a person is not in mortality after his death. In spite of the fact that it is said '' resorting to persons other than God is polytheism and leaving the religion'', how can we resort to the prophet, Imam or one of other righteous persons?''
Muhammad answered '' it is accepted from the point of view of the religion that we resort to living persons, request help from them, beg them to pray for us and say ''o' Bagher!, o' Jafar! o' Reza!, o'…give us little money to us; seek forgiveness from God for me and take me to the mosque''.
Kamal said '' of course, it is accepted''.
Muhammad asked '' sine it has proved that a dead person can hear like living persons, what's wrong with resorting to him?
Kamal hesitated for few minutes. Then he said '' what you said is right''.
Muhammad said '' there is another reason in relation to the acceptance of resorting to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and other righteous persons''.
Kamal asked '' what is that reason?''

Muhammad said '' the companions resorted to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) in the time of his life and after his decease. The companions of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) did not prevent the people from resorting to the prophet in the time of his life and after his decease. If resorting to a person other than God is considered as polytheism, the companions of the prophet prevented them from doing such a thing''.
Kamal asked '' who has resorted to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) after his decease?''
Muhammad said '' I will mention some persons
'' Beihaghi and Ibn Abu Shobeihe have narrated with valid documents and it has been also narrated from Ahmad Bin Zeini Dehlan '' the people suffered from famine in the time of the caliphate of Umar. Balal Balal Bin Harath went beside the grave of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and said '' O' the messenger of God! Seek rain from your nation that is perishing from hunger and drought''.
We know that Balal was the companion of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) for a long time and received the rules from the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) without any intermediates. If calling the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and resorting to him were considered as polytheism, Balal did not commit such actions and if he did so, the companions prevented him from doing it. Such a matter is the firmest reason for resorting to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants).
Beihaghi has narrated from Umar Bin Khtatab that the messenger of God stated
'' When Adam committed a sin, he said '' O' God! I want you to forgive my sin for the sake of Hazrat Muhammad upon him and his (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants)…
Hence, if resorting to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) was haram and polytheistic, Hazrat Adam never did it.
It has been said in another narration
'' When Mansur Davanighi went Hajj, he also visited the grave of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants). Malek, the head of the Maleki Religion, said '' O' Abu Abdullah! Do I stand toward Kiblah or toward the grave of the prophet?''
Malek said '' do you turn away from the prophet that is your intermediate between you and your father, Adam, and God? Go to him and consider him as your intermediate. Definitely God will accept his intermediate about you because God has stated '' the persons that had committed sins came to you and sought forgiveness from God and the prophet sought forgiveness from God for them. They believed that God was a kind repentant''.
The sentence '' he is intermediate between you and your father, Adma, and God'' is a firm reason that resorting to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) is mostahab.
Darami narrates in the book '' Sahih'' from Abu Al-Juza
'' The people of Medina suffered from famine; therefore, they talked about their problem in the presence of Aeshe. She said '' look at the grave of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and have him as intermediate between you and God without barriers.
They did it and went .Consequently, it started raining, the plants grew up and the camels became fat after they ate a lot of grass. That year was called '' Chak''.