Asking Prophet Mohammad For Help: Polytheism or Not?
Moulana Mohiuddin Qadri from Islamabad asks:
Nowadays, a lot of people here are saying that we must not ask Prophet Mohammad for help.
That we must only turn to God for help.
[They even say that] calling upon Ali is polytheism. May God forgive me.
I have tried many times to give an answer to these claims.
However, now I want to make sure that our people are able to give a rock solid answer to these disbelievers.
Therefore, please kindly answer this question: is it disbelief or polytheism of any kind to ask Prophet Mohammad, Ali or the saints of God for help?
This disgusting and extremely inaccurate notion comes from and is spread by one particular school of thought.
They are known as Salafi. Followers of the other school of thought [related to Salafism] are known as Wahhabis, and Deobandis are a branch of Wahhabis in India and Pakistan.
They further branch out into Ahle Hadith and Tauhidsi.
This school of thought has used money to dominate the entire religion of Islam.
And day by day their numbers are increasing.
Number 1 - Not only do these Wahhabis, Salafis and the like propagate their extremely blasphemous tenets
but the other saddening thing which must be mentioned is that -
- for example, somebody doubts that the speciality of water that of quenching one's thirst.
That person continues to deny that water quenches the thirst even while numerous people attest to it.
However, none of them have access to water.
For some time, those who believe in the powers of water will engage in debates and discussions in favour of it.
However, when they find no water, a day will come when they will also be inclined to believe that [water cannot quench one's thirst].
Now, [let's talk about] whether it is permissible or prohibited to ask for help from Prophet Mohammad.
The most concrete evidence for this should be for you to actually try and ask the Prophet for help.
If you receive help then it is the truth.
And if not, then there are two reasons for it.
If you do, it's the truth. If you don't, there are two reasons.
Number 1: either the Wahhabis are right and it is wrong to ask Prophet Mohammad for help.
Or [Number 2]: you do not have access to Prophet Mohammad.
When people lost their connections to Prophet Mohammad and Ali and the Esoteric Knowledge became nonexistent,
and seeing God and Prophet Mohammad, as well as the rank of Fana Fi Rasool became unobtainable,
and the Sufis could only be reached through the books -
- and those who claim to belong to Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat, those who claim to believe in the saints
and those who claim to practise Barelivism - they were only left with hollow claims.
When people no longer had access to Prophet Mohammad, the saints of God or Moula Ali
they would call upon Prophet Mohammad for help day and night, but to no avail.
They called upon Ali day and night to come and help them, but he didn't come.
Day and night, they cried out 'Abdul Qadir Jilani, help us,' but he didn't help them.
As a result of this, their hearts slowly began to harbour negative conjectures.
And then, one day, they became influenced by the Wahhabi philosophies.
Otherwise, 30-40 years ago in Pakistan and India, especially in the Province of Punjab, all the Muslims believed in the saints and would send benedictions upon Prophet Mohammad.
They used to raise slogans in favour of Moula Ali and they loved the Household of Prophet Mohammad.
On one hand, the blasphemous teachings and literature spread across the globe with the help of Saudi Arabia's oil money
and Saudi Arabia turned into a religious monster.
No Muslim - whether they are from Saudi Arabia or not - is permitted to ask [the Saudis] any questions about the Kaaba, the tenets of Islam or the explanations of the Koran.
The Muslims, wherever in the world they come from, are not allowed to bring their Islamic literature to Saudi Arabia.
This is how Wahhabism gained power and prosperity.
And then there were some Muslims in India and Pakistan who, while staying in their countries, would believe in, pray to and revere the saints of God
but when they found employment in Saudi Arabia and observed the Saudi lifestyle [and mindset] they converted to Wahhabism too.
And after that, they forgot everything else.
My friend! This war against the blasphemers of Prophet Mohammad cannot be fought verbally or on the basis of religious opinions.
If we want to win this war we must transform the hearts into Medina!
If we want to win this war we must connect people to Prophet Mohammad!
We must illuminate the hearts of people with the name of Prophet Mohammad.
We must connect the hearts of people to the heart of Prophet Mohammad.
We must raise the awareness of the Esoteric Knowledge which enlightens the hearts of people.
We must beseech HDE Gohar Shahi to return to Pakistan!
Ever since You took Your leave, my Lord - You were the only one to raise the voice of truth.
You were the one who took us to see the Prophet and taught us the Prophet's love.
You took people to see Prophet Mohammad in a matter of seconds.
So now we beseech You, my Lord, to please return!
We request You, my Lord, to please come back and once again transform the hearts of people into Medina!
So that they close their eyes and witness the beauty of Prophet Mohammad!
So that they close their eyes and witness the beauty of Ali!
So that they close their eyes and see Abdul Qadir Jilani!
When will this come to pass?
This will happen when your heart becomes Medina; the treasury of divine energy.
When the lamp of God's Personal Name will be ablaze in the hearts
and Prophet Mohammad's name will also be shining brilliantly in the hearts.
The hearts will be so illuminated with God's love and beauty that they will transform into a treasury of divine energy and become Medina itself!
As long as you are spiritually dead, you will declare all prophets as dead.
Until your heart is unawakened, you will declare all saints to be dead.
But when your heart is revived and you become spiritually alive,
then you will see all the prophets as living; walking, talking, eating and drinking.
You will see with your own two eyes that you had only just developed the desire to see the Prophet and he appears before you.
But this will only happen when the hearts are connected like the beads of a rosary.
This will only happen when Prophet Mohammad reigns over your heart.
If you think you are a Devout Believer then pick up the Koran and read it!
The Koran says, 'O' Devout Believers, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is closer to you than your own Lower Selves.'
If he is closer to you than your Lower Self then why does he not come to help you when you call upon him?
Because now he is not close to you, whereas, he was before.
He was close to Abu Bakr Siddiq, Usman-e-Ghani and Ali, Talha bin Zubair, Abu Zar Ghaffari in that era.
Who are you? What are you?
You do not possess divine energy!
The lamp of God's Personal Name is not lit up in your heart!
When the lamp of God's Personal Name is lit up again, when Prophet Mohammad's name is etched on your hearts again
then you will not even have to call upon him!
''Wherever I set my gaze, I see your face. I don't know if it's a dream or reality.''
You will see Prophet Mohammad wherever you look!
Now, about asking for help
A Prophetic Tradition states: God says, 'I am the one who grants.'
Prophet Mohammad says, 'I am the distributor and God is the one who grants.'
Since God has appointed Prophet Mohammad as the distributor -
'Qasim' means 'divider', one who divides or distributes.
Since God has appointed him as the distributor and you, in your insolence, want to call the provider directly, he will cut you off. He will say you have called the wrong number.
Why is it the wrong number?
God will say, 'I am not the distributor.'
For example, there are two types of trading. One is for the consumer, the common public; and the other trading is for a wholesaler.
Do you understand?
In a similar way, God Almighty has appointed his agent, Prophet Mohammad, as the distributor
and said, 'You have the responsibility to distribute my product.'
Therefore, you must call upon the one whom God has appointed as the distributor, right?
And if you neglect the distributor who has been given the authority of distribution by God to ask God directly,
then what do you think you are doing?
You are going against the act of God.
According to my understanding, in the light of this Prophetic Tradition,
that when God has given the responsibility of distribution to Prophet Mohammad, in that case asking God directly for help is not only disrespectful but also blasphemous to God.
In the case where the responsibility of distribution is given to Prophet Mohammad by God, you are going against the decision of God.
You are being disobedient to God!
What does it mean to be obedient to God and follow God's command?
It is to follow Prophet Mohammad's command.
It is to be obedient to Prophet Mohammad.
God even said, 'You say you love God? No, I do not accept it...'
'O' Messenger of God, tell them: follow me; colour your inner and outer with my colours.'
Make your inner identical to mine,
and make your outer identical to mine.
What will be the reward for when you do that? 'God will love you.'
It means that God only loves Prophet Mohammad.
Those who follow Prophet Mohammad automatically become the recipients of God's love.
Those who say asking Prophet Mohammad for help is polytheism, innovation or disbelief are the dogs of hellfire.
Asking Prophet Mohammad for something, in reality, is asking God for it.
The true method of asking for help is to call upon Prophet Mohammad.
It's a different story if you have a grudge against Prophet Mohammad.
Those who begrudge Prophet Mohammad begrudge God.
Why? Because Prophet Mohammad is nothing but God.
Prophet Mohammad is just another beautiful image of God.
Prophet Mohammad is the name of one of God's beautiful images.
If you have problems with asking Prophet Mohammad for help, then it means you are an enemy of God.
You will enter the lowest grade of hell.
This concludes the answer.
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