Ramadan Day Twelve
Yesterday we were to mention the hadeeth that illustrates the manner of ensuring that in beseeching Allaah for anything - whether of this world or the Hereafter, that one should precede that with praise and affirmation of Oneness of Allaah.
Abdullah bn Buraidah - radiyallahu anhuma - narrated from his father that the Messenger of Allaah - sallallahu alayhi wa sallam - heard a man supplicating to Allaah as follows:
Allahumma innee as'aluka bi annee ash'hadu annaka anta Allaah ladhee laa ilaaha illa anta, al-ahad as-samad, alladhee lam yalid wa lam yoolad wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad.
(O Allaah, indeed I beseech You as I bear the witness that You are Allaah Whom there is no other deity to be worshiped in truth except You, the One and the Eternal Master, Who never gave birth or was given birth to, and there is none similar to Him in any way)
The Messenger of Allaah - sallallahu alayhi wa sallam - then commented on the duaa:
'I swear by He in Whose Hand is my soul, he has indeed beseeched Allaah with His Great Name (Al-Ism al-A' dham) which whenever He is beseeched with He would answer, and when He is asked with, He would grant it.' The hadeeth is recorded by at-Tirmidhi and graded Saheeh by Al-Albaani in Saheeh at-Tirmidhi.
So this is an act of Tawassul to Allaah by affirming His Oneness and Praising Him with His Beautiful Names as, he for example cited the name 'as-Samad' for Allaah which Ibn Abbaas gave its meaning as' 'the Knowledgeable One Who is Perfect in His Knowledge; the Able One Who is Perfect in His Ability.'
Among other meanings.
The duaa also connotes freeing Allaah from tashbeeh and tamtheel when he said 'and there is none similar to Him in anyway.'
That is a pivotal point in the Aqeedah of Ahlus-Sunnah. And that it is permissible to make Tawassul with the belief in that, and that bearing testimony with it is establishing Al-Ism al-A'dham for Allaah.
