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Iqtiḍāʾ al-Ṣirāṭ al-MustaqīmIbn Taimiya

and in poetry as well. Moreover, it is established in the Ṣaḥīḥ that ʿUmar said:

“O Allah, whenever drought befell us we would beseech You through our Prophet and You would send us rain; now we beseech You through the uncle of our Prophet, so send us rain.”

They were then granted rain.(1)

Al-Nasāʾī, al-Tirmidhī, and others also transmit the ḥadīth of the blind man, which al-Tirmidhī and others judged sound: a blind man came to the Prophet and asked him to supplicate Allah to restore his sight. The Prophet told him to perform ablution, pray two rakʿahs,(2) and say:

“O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet Muḥammad, the Prophet of mercy. O Muḥammad, O Messenger of Allah, I turn through you to my Lord regarding this need of mine, that it be fulfilled.(3) O Allah, accept his intercession on my behalf.”(4)

The man prayed, and Allah restored his sight.(5)

The answer to this is as follows. First, there is no doubt that Allah has made certain rights binding upon Himself for His believing servants, as He, Exalted is He, says: “And it is ever incumbent upon Us to help the believers” (al-Rūm 30:47)(6) and: “Your Lord has prescribed mercy for Himself” (al-Anʿām 6:54).(7)

Furthermore, in the two Ṣaḥīḥs it is reported that the Prophet (8) said to Muʿādh ibn Jabal while Muʿādh was riding behind him: “Muʿādh, do you know what Allah’s right is upon His servants?” I replied, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said, “His right over them is that they worship Him alone and associate nothing with Him. Do you know what the servants’ right upon Allah is…”

(1) Previously cited; see the Hadith Index. (2) In manuscripts T and B the wording is: “wa-yusalli” (and he performs the prayer). (3) This is the reading of both the printed edition and the manuscripts. Al-Tirmidhi records it as “li-tuqda li” (so that it may be granted to me); Ibn Majah has “li-tuqda” (so that it may be granted); the Musnad reads “fa-tuqda li” (so it will be granted to me). (4) Related by al-Tirmidhi, Book of Supplications, chap. 119 (5/569), who judged it “hasan sahih gharib; we know it only through this chain.” Also reported by Ibn Majah, Book of the Establishment of Prayer, “The Prayer of Need,” no. 1385 (1/441–42), who adds: “Abu Ishaq said: this hadith is sahih.” Ahmad narrates it as well in his Musnad (4/138). (5) In manuscripts B and T the text reads: “so He restored his sight to him.” (6) Quran, Surah al-Rum 30:47 (partial). (7) Quran, Surah al-Anam 6:54 (partial). (8) In manuscript AṬ: “when he said to Muʿadh.”

في الشعر، ولأنه قد ثبت في الصحيح أن عمر قال: " اللهم إنا كنا إذا أجدبنا نتوسل إليك بنبينا فتسقينا، وإنا نتوسل إليك بعم نبينا فاسقنا " فيسقون (١) . وفي النسائي والترمذي وغيرهما: حديث الأعمى الذي صححه الترمذي وغيرهما: " أنه جاء النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فسأله أن يدعو الله أن يرد بصره فأمره أن يتوضأ فيصلي (٢) ركعتين ويقول: «اللهم إني أسألك، وأتوجه إليك بنبيك محمد نبي الرحمة، يا محمد، يا نبي الله إني أتوجه بك إلى ربي في حاجتي لتقضيها (٣) اللهم فشفعه في» (٤) فدعا الله، فرد الله (٥) عليه بصره. والجواب عن هذا أن يقال: أولا: لا ريب أن الله جعل على نفسه حقا لعباده المؤمنين، كما قال تعالى {وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [الروم: ٤٧] (٦) وكما قال تعالى {كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ} [الأنعام: ٥٤] (٧) وفي الصحيحين: أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم (٨) قال لمعاذ بن جبل وهو رديفه: «يا معاذ، أتدري ما حق الله على عباده؟ قلت: الله ورسوله أعلم، قال: " حقه عليهم أن يعبدوه، ولا يشركوا به شيئا. أتدري ما حق العباد على الله

(١) مر، انظر: فهرس الأحاديث. (٢) في (ط ب) : ويصلي. (٣) كذا في المطبوعة والمخطوطات، وفي الترمذي: "لتقضى لي "؛ وفي ابن ماجه: " لتقضى"؛ وفي المسند: " فتقضى لي". (٤) أخرجه الترمذي في كتاب الدعوات، باب (١١٩) ، (٥ / ٥٦٩) ، وقال: " هذا حديث حسن صحيح غريب لا نعرفه إلا من هذا الوجه "، وابن ماجه في كتاب إقامة الصلاة، باب ما جاء في صلاة الحاجة، الحديث رقم (١٣٨٥) ، (١ / ٤٤١) ، ثم قال: " قال أبو إسحاق: هذا حديث صحيح (١ / ٤٤٢) ، وأحمد في المسند (٤ / ١٣٨) . (٥) في (ب ط) : فرد عليه بصره. (٦) سورة الروم: من الآية ٤٧. (٧) سورة الأنعام: من الآية ٥٤. (٨) في (أط) : لما قال لمعاذ.