The Reality and Evidence of Wasilah (Intermediary Between Man and God)
Ghulam Mohammad Soomro from Makli, Sindh asks: Gohar Shahi Marhaba. The Wahhabis say that God is the only helper.
Only God should be asked for help.
Can we also ask Prophet Mohammad, Ali, Ghous-e-Azam or Imam Mehdi for help?
Are they also able to help us? Please shed some light on this.
These Wahhabis have included their hatred and grudge into these sensitive matters of the Koran
as a result of which they have made these matters doubtful.
In regards to help, God did not say that you must ask God for help in every single matter.
God has taken the responsibility of some things
and some things are Prophet Mohammad's responsibility.
For example, the matter of guidance.
God has said he will grant guidance.
Life and death are in God's hands.
Distribution of provisions is God's responsibility.
However, the task of granting spiritual benevolence to the hearts of people is Prophet Mohammad's.
How will faith enter your hearts?
Guidance will be granted by God but the knowledge of how faith will be inserted in your heart will be granted through Prophet Mohammad.
If we are under any calamity or face any troubles, even for that we must ask help from the saints and Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
Now, for example, the Koran says: Ask those who possess the knowledge, if you do not know it.
So asking for knowledge is also a form of asking for help, is it not?
The Koran clearly states that you must ask the Ahle Zikar about the knowledge which you do not know of.
God did not say that you must obtain all the knowledge from him, did he?
Secondly, those who say that all the knowledge is within the Koran,
if that were the case then why would the Koran tell you to ask the Ahle Zikar to obtain the knowledge you do not have.
This verse of the Koran itself states that not all the knowledge is within the Koran.
There is a lot of knowledge that is outside the Koran.
Prophet Mohammad said: I am the City of Knowledge and Ali is its Gateway.
Similarly, where there is mention of asking for help in Chapter Fatiha
if you just read the words that God wrote and the reason behind those words
then you will come to know that the Wahhabis have created a great deal of mischief in the religion.
Pay attention to these words.
Bilal, come and take this please.
Okay, go back.
Now, I will ask you to give the phone back
give it to Nasir and Nasir will hand it to me.
Alright?
Okay, Bilal, please give me the phone.
Alright. Now, if Bilal says, 'Sir, have you received the phone from me?'
'Yes, Bilal. I received it only from you, he [Nasir] was just an intermediary.'
'You were the one I got it from.'
''You were the one'' holds the secret.
Now, what is the secret?
There are two things, one is Bil Wasta and the other is Bila Wasta.
One is Bil Wasta (with intermediary) and the other is Bila Wasta (without intermediary).
We cannot ask God directly, without an intermediary. Even if we did, we would not obtain anything.
Therefore, we must ask of God through an intermediary (Bil Wasta).
How can it be that God's method of rendering guidance is Bil Wasta and the method of helping would be Bila Wasta.
What do you think?
How can it be that in order to grant guidance to us, God sent prophets and messengers
so that we would obtain guidance to God through them
but when it comes to asking for help in matters of provisions, employment etc. you would ask God directly?
If we had a direct connection to God, would God have thought it necessary to send the messengers?
You must utilise your brain.
If you are fortunate and God has gifted a brain to you, then use it.
How can it be that we ask God for help and we do not require an intermediary
and when we need guidance we must seek the help through prophethood and messenger-hood.
God wrote in the Koran: O' Lord, we want to worship you only and in order to become capable of worshipping you, we seek your help.
What was the hidden philosophy here?
God was not saying this in reference to the bodies.
''We want to worship you''
This is an indication towards the special worship.
This is an indication towards the worship of the soul not the worship of the body.
That is what is being said here.
''We want to worship you''
In other words: we want to take our bodies and souls to you
The word 'nabudu' means to worship with your body and soul.
Like I explained earlier that 'Abd' is the compound of body and soul.
Similarly, 'nabudu' means: we want to worship you with our body and soul.
We want to worship you with the compound of our body and soul.
Now, we can make our bodies prostrate but how do we make our souls worship? We need your help.
Help us so that our souls learn how to worship you.
And then it says: Show us the Straight Path that leads to you.
The path of those whom you have rewarded with your blessings.
Now, there is mention of who you are supposed to follow.
This is blatantly clarifying the intermediary.
This is clear evidence that we require God's help; what is God's help?
The prophets, messengers, saints, Sualiheen, Fuqra coming into the world
and connecting our hearts with God.
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