Iqtiḍāʾ al-Ṣirāṭ al-MustaqīmIbn Taimiya

Supplications of this sort are unanimously sanctioned by the scholars.

As for the wording,

“I ask You by the moorings of majesty of Your Throne,”(1)

there is a difference of opinion about it. More than one scholar allowed it because a report has come down regarding it, while it is related from Abū Ḥanīfah that he regarded it as disliked.

Abū’l-Ḥusayn al-Qudūrī(2) states in his Sharḥ al-Karkhī(3): Bishr ibn al-Walīd(4) said, “I heard Abū Yūsuf say: Abū Ḥanīfah—may Allah have mercy on him—said, ‘No one should call upon Allah except by Him, and I dislike the expressions, “by the mooring of the majesty of Your Throne,” or “by the right of Your creation.”’ ”

Abū Yūsuf added, “The mooring of the majesty of His Throne(6)(7) is Allah Himself, so I do not object to that. What I do object to is the wording, ‘by the right of so-and-so,’ or ‘by the right of Your prophets and messengers,’ or ‘by the right of the House and the Sacred Monument.’ This appeal to ‘right’ is what I deem objectionable.”

All of them agreed that asking by means of created beings is impermissible, for the creation has no claim upon the Creator; therefore one may not ask on the basis of something to which no entitlement exists. However, the mooring of majesty

(1) In manuscripts C and D the reading is bi-maqaʿid (“with seats”). (2) The printed edition reads: “Abu al-Hasan,” but the wording retained in the present text is the correct one. (3) Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Quduri (d. 428 AH/1037 CE) was one of the foremost Hanafi jurists. Born in 362 AH/972 CE, he was a reliable, upright transmitter and eventually became the leading authority for the Hanafis of his time. See: al-Fawaʾid al-bahiyya, pp. 30–31; al-Lubab, 3/19–20. (4) Bishr b. al-Walid b. Khalid al-Kindī (d. 238 AH/852 CE), a Hanafi judge and a disciple of Abu Yusuf, was devout, widely learned in fiqh, and trustworthy. See: al-Fawaʾid al-bahiyya, pp. 54–55; Lisan al-mīzān, 2/35 (no. 120). (5) Manuscript A reads: “or by the right of So-and-so,” and the printed edition further adds: “This is a view attributed to Abu Yusuf.” (6) In manuscripts C and D the reading is bi-maqʿad (“with a seat”). (7) Manuscript A has: “min ʿarshī” (“from My Throne”), while the printed text has: “min ʿarshik” (“from Your Throne”). (8) The printed edition adds the word ʿalayh (“upon him”). (9) In manuscripts C and D the word is maqʿad (“seat”).
ونحوها مشروعة باتفاق العلماء. وأما إذا قال: " أسألك بمعاقد (١) العز من عرشك " فهذا فيه نزاع، رخص فيه غير واحد لمجيء الأثر به. ونقل عن أبي حنيفة كراهته. قال أبو الحسين (٢) القدوري (٣) في (شرح الكرخي) : قال بشر بن الوليد (٤) سمعت أبا يوسف قال: قال أبو حنيفة رحمه الله: لا ينبغي لأحد أن يدعو الله إلا به، وأكره أن يقول: بمعقد العز من عرشك، أو بحق خلقك (٥) . قال أبو يوسف: بمعقد (٦) العز من عرشه (٧) هو الله، فلا أكره هذا، وأكره: بحق فلان، أو بحق أنبيائك ورسلك، وبحق البيت والمشعر الحرام، بهذا الحق يكره. قالوا جميعًا: فالمسألة بخلقه لا تجوز؛ لأنه لا حق للخلق على الخالق، فلا يجوز أن يسأل بما ليس مستحقا (٨) ولكن معقد (٩) العز من
(١) في (ج د) : بمقاعد. (٢) في المطبوعة: أبو الحسن. والصحيح ما أثبته. (٣) هو: أحمد بن محمد بن أحمد القدوري، من أكابر فقهاء الحنفية، ولد سنة (٣٦٢هـ) ، وكان ثقة صدوقا، انتهت إليه رياسة الحنفية في زمنه، توفي سنة (٤٢٨هـ) . انظر: الفوائد البهية (ص ٣٠، ٣١) ؛ واللباب (٣ / ١٩، ٢٠) . (٤) هو: بشر بن الوليد بن خالد الكندي، القاضي، الحنفي، من أصحاب أبي يوسف، وكان صالحا عابدا واسع الفقه، ثقة. توفي سنة (٢٣٨هـ) . انظر: الفوائد البهية (ص ٥٤، ٥٥) ؛ ولسان الميزان (٢ / ٣٥) ، (ت١٢٠) . (٥) في (أ) : أو بحق فلان. في المطبوعة زاد: وهو قول لأبي يوسف. (٦) في (ج د) : بمقعد. (٧) في: (أ) : من عرشي. وفي (ط) : من عرشك. (٨) في المطبوعة زاد: عليه. (٩) في (ج د) : مقعد.

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