Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (2/27)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

and Generous; He is too modest to let His servant, when he raises his hands to Him, lower them empty-handed”1—that is, with nothing in them.

In the hadith concerning the divine descent, the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—said: “Our Lord—Mighty and Majestic—descends every night to the lowest heaven when the final third of the night remains and says, ‘Who will call upon Me so that I may answer him? Who will ask Me so that I may give him? Who will seek My forgiveness so that I may forgive him?’” 2 This is a mass-transmitted hadith, narrated from the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—by twenty-eight Companions.

A sacred hadith explaining the rank with Allah of His righteous, God-fearing servants states that Allah—Mighty and Majestic—says: “Whoever shows hostility to a devoted servant of Mine, I declare war against him. My servant draws near to Me with nothing more beloved to Me than what I have made obligatory upon him. My servant continues to draw near to Me through voluntary deeds until I love him. When I love him, I become his hearing with which he hears, his sight with which he sees, his hand with which he grasps, and his foot with which he walks. If he asks Me, I will surely give him; and if he seeks refuge in Me, I will surely grant him refuge…” Imam al-Bukhārī narrated it in his Sahih.3

These hadiths and others conveying the same meaning demonstrate with the utmost clarity that Allah—Mighty and Majestic—does not turn away any of His believing servants who ask Him, nor disappoint anyone who places his hope in Him. This, however, has been questioned, as al-Hāfiz Ibn Hajar noted, on the grounds that a number of

1. *Sunan Abī Dāwūd* (no. 1488); *Sunan al-Tirmidhī* (no. 3556); *Sahīh Ibn Hibbān* (no. 876); and *Fath al-Bārī*, 11:143. 2. *Sahīh al-Bukhārī* (nos. 1145, 6321, and 7494); and *Sahīh Muslim* (no. 758). 3. *Sahīh al-Bukhārī* (no. 6502).

كريمٌ يستحيي مِن عبده إذا رفع يديه إليه أن يردَّهما صِفْراً "١، أي: خالية. وفي حديث النزول الإلهي يقول ﷺ: " ينزل ربُّنا ﵎ كلَّ ليلة إلى السماء الدنيا حين يبقى ثُلث الليل الآخر فيقول: مَن يدعوني فأستجيب له، مَن يسألني فأعطيَه، مَن يستغفرني فأغفرَ له " ٢، وهو حديث متواتر رواه عن النبيِّ ﷺ جمعٌ من الصحابة بلغ عددُهم ثمانية وعشرين صحابياً. وجاء في الحديث القدسي في بيان منزلة أولياء الله المتقين عند الله، أنَّ اللهَ ﵎ يقول: " مَن عادى لي وليًّا فقد آذنته بالحرب، وما تقرَّب إليَّ عبدي بشيء أحب إليَّ ممَّا افترضتُه عليه، وما يزال عبدي يتقرَّبُ إليَّ بالنوافل حتى أحبَّه، فإذا أحببته كنتُ سَمْعَه الذي يَسمع به، وبصرَه الذي يُبصر به، ويدَه التي يَبطِش بها، ورِجلَه التي يمشي بها، وإن سألني لأعطينَّه ولئن استعاذ بي لأعيذنَّه ... "، رواه الإمام البخاري في صحيحه٣. إنَّ هذه الأحاديث وما جاء في معناها تدلُّ أبين دلالة على أنَّ الله ﵎ لا يردُّ مَن سأله من عباده المؤمنين، ولا يخيب مَن رجاه، لكن قد استُشكل هذا، كما ذكر الحافظ ابن حجر بأنَّ جماعةً من

١ سنن أبي داود (رقم:١٤٨٨) ، وسنن الترمذي (رقم:٣٥٥٦) ، وصحيح ابن حبان (رقم:٨٧٦) ، وفتح الباري (١١/١٤٣) . ٢ صحيح البخاري (رقم:١١٤٥) ، (٦٣٢١) ، (٧٤٩٤) ، وصحيح مسلم (رقم:٧٥٨) . ٣ صحيح البخاري (رقم:٦٥٠٢) .