Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (2/39)

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

63 — Supplication Is the Exclusive Right of Allah

We previously encountered the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “Supplication is worship,” after which he recited: “Your Lord has said, ‘Call upon Me; I will answer you. Indeed, those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell in utter humiliation.’”1 2

There can be no doubt that this hadith is among the most emphatic indications of the tremendous importance of supplication and that it is a form of worship. Every Muslim knows that worship is the exclusive right of Allah alone. Just as Allah—Blessed and Exalted is He—has no partner in creation, provision, giving life, causing death, governing, or directing affairs, so too He has no partner in any form of worship, including supplication.

Thus, whoever invokes anyone besides Allah—Mighty and Majestic—asking them for something that only Allah can accomplish has worshipped someone besides Allah and associated another with Him. Allah—Blessed and Exalted is He—sent His messengers and revealed His Books solely to call people to worship Him sincerely and to warn them against directing worship to anyone besides Him.

Allah, Exalted is He, says: “They were commanded only to worship one God. There is no deity except Him. Glory be to Him above whatever they associate with Him.”3

He also says: “They were commanded only to worship Allah, devoting their worship sincerely to Him.”4

And He says: “I did not create the jinn and humankind except to worship Me.”5

And He, Exalted is He, says: “Indeed, to Allah belongs devotion

(1) Surah Ghāfir, verse 60. (2) *Al-Musnad*, 4/267; *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, no. 3247; and *Al-Adab al-Mufrad*, no. 714. It was authenticated as sound by the eminent scholar al-Albānī—may Allah have mercy on him—in *Sahīh al-Adab al-Mufrad*, no. 1757. (3) Surah al-Tawba, verse 31. (4) Surah al-Bayyina, verse 5. (5) Surah al-Dhāriyāt, verse 56.

٦٣ ـ الدعاءُ حقٌّ خالصٌ لله لقد مرَّ معنا قولُ النبي ﷺ: " الدعاء هو العبادة، ثمَّ قرأ: ﴿وَقَالَ رَبُّكُم ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ﴾ ١ "٢، ولا ريبَ أنَّ في هذا الحديث أبلغَ دلالة على عِظم شأن الدعاء، وأنَّه نوعٌ من أنواع العبادة، ولا يخفى على كلِّ مسلم أنَّ العبادةَ حقٌّ خالصٌ لله وحده، فكما أنَّ الله ﵎ لا شريك له في الخلق والرزق والإحياء والإماتة والتصرُّف والتدبير، فكذلك لا شريك له في العبادة بجميع أنواعها ومنها الدعاء، فمَن دعا غير الله ﷿ طالباً منه أمراً من الأمور التي لا يقدرُ عليها إلاَّ الله فقد عَبَدَ غيرَ الله وأَشركَ معه غيرَه، والله ﵎ لَم يَبعث رُسلَه ولم يُنزل كتبَه إلاَّ لدعوةِ الناس إلى الإخلاص في العبادة والتحذير من صرفِها لغير الله، قال الله تعالى: ﴿وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُوا إِلَهًا وَاحِداً لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُو سُبْحَانَهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ﴾ ٣، وقال تعالى: ﴿وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُوا اللهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ﴾ ٤، وقال تعالى: ﴿وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الجِنَّ وَالإِنسَ إِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُونِ﴾ ٥، وقال تعالى: ﴿أَلاَ للهِ الدِّينُ

١ سورة غافر، الآية: (٦٠) . ٢ المسند (٤/٢٦٧) ، وسنن الترمذي (رقم:٣٢٤٧) ، والأدب المفرد (رقم:٧١٤) ، وصححه العلامة الألباني ﵀ في صحيح الأدب المفرد (رقم:١٧٥٧) . ٣ سورة التوبة، الآية: (٣١) . ٤ سورة البينة، الآية: (٥) . ٥ سورة الذاريات، الآية: (٥٦) .