Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (2/120)

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

And He, Most High, says:

“Say: Invoke those whom you claim besides Allah. They do not possess even the weight of an atom in the heavens or on earth, nor do they have any share in either, nor does He have any supporter among them. No intercession will avail with Him except for one whom He permits. Then, when fear is lifted from their hearts, they will ask, ‘What did your Lord say?’ They will reply, ‘The truth. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.’”1

And He, Most High, says:

“Those whom you invoke besides Him do not possess even the membrane of a date stone. If you invoke them, they cannot hear your supplication; and even if they could hear, they would not respond to you. On the Day of Resurrection, they will disavow your shirk. None can inform you like the All-Aware.”2

There are many verses conveying this meaning.

Despite the clarity of this matter, the abundance of evidence supporting it, and the manifest indication of that evidence, there are still people whose resolve is weakened by callers to misguidance and leaders of falsehood. They confuse matters for them, obscure the truth, and make falsehood seem attractive. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—feared misguiding leaders for his ummah. Imam Ahmad, Abū Dāwūd, al-Hākim, and others narrated with a sound chain of transmission from Thawbān that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: “What I fear for my ummah are leaders who lead others astray.”3

What the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—feared for his ummah did occur during certain periods of history, when some callers to falsehood and leaders of misguidance gained ascendancy and made it seem appealing to people to call upon stones, attach themselves to graves, and approach them with various kinds of offerings and vows. To quote Abū al-Wafā

(1) Sūrat Sabaʾ, verses 22–23. (2) Sūrat Fātir, verses 13–14. (3) Al-Musnad (5/278, 284), Sunan Abī Dāwūd (no. 4252), and al-Mustadrak (4/449), as part of a lengthy hadith. It was authenticated by the eminent scholar al-Albānī, may Allah have mercy on him, in Sahīh al-Jāmiʿ (no. 1773).

تعالى: ﴿قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِن دُونِ اللهِ لاَ يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَلاَ فِي الأَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِيهِمَا مِن شِرْكٍ وَمَا لَهُ مِنْهُمْ مِن ظَهِيرٍ وَلاَ تَنفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِندَهُ إِلاَّ لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا الحَقَّ وَهُوَ العَلِيُّ الكَبِيرُ﴾ ١، ويقول تعالى: ﴿وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لاَ يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْ وَيَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ وَلاَ يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ﴾ ٢، والآيات في هذا المعنى كثيرة. ورغم وضوحِ هذا الأمرِ وكثرةِ الشواهد عليه، وظهور دلالتها على ذلك إلاَّ أنَّ مِن الناس مَن لا يزال يفتُ في عضدهم دعاةُ الضلال وأئمةُ الباطل، فيُشبِّهون عليهم الأمورَ، ويلْبسون عليهم الحقائق، ويزيِّنون لهم الباطل، وقد خاف النبي ﷺ على أمَّته من الأئمَّة المضلِّين، روى الإمام أحمد وأبو داود والحاكم وغيرُهم بإسناد صحيح من حديث ثوبان عن النبي ﷺ أنَّه قال: " وإنَّما أخاف على أمتي الأئمةَ المضلِّين "٣، وهذا الذي خافه النبي ﷺ على أمته قد وقع في بعض فترات التاريخ، حيث تسلَّط بعضُ دعاةِ الباطل وأئمةِ الضلال فزيَّنوا للناس دعاءَ الأحجار والتعلُّقَ بالقبور، والتقدُّمَ إليها بأنواع القرابين والنذور، قال أبو الوفاء

١ سورة سبأ، الآيتان: (٢٢، ٢٣) . ٢ سورة فاطر، الآيتان: (١٣، ١٤) . ٣ المسند (٥/٢٧٨، ٢٨٤) ، وسنن أبي داود (رقم:٤٢٥٢) ، والمستدرك (٤/٤٤٩) في حديث طويل، وصححه العلامة الألباني ﵀ في صحيح الجامع (رقم:١٧٧٣) .