The subject of intermediation between Allaah
and the creation is an extremely important one. Unfortunately, many of the
Muslims are ignorant of it. A result of this is that we have forbidden ourselves
the help of Allaah and being strengthened by Him, something which He promised
us, should we seek refuge in Him (alone) and follow his command.
Allaah the Exalted said:
And it is a duty upon Us to help the
Believers [Rum 30:47]
If you aid Allaah He will aid you and
establish your feet firmly (upon the earth) [Muhammad 47:7]
And to Allaah, His Messenger and the
Believers belongs the Honour [Munaafiqoon 63:8]
Mankind can be divided into three
groups in terms of their understanding of how intermediation exists between
Allaah and His creation.
THE FIRST: Those who reject that Allaah sent
the Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) as an intermediary to teach the Sharee'ah (Allaah's right to be
worshipped alone, His commands and prohibitions and all the ways and means Allaah has
legislated to help mankind achieve their purpose on this earth) and claim that this
Sharee'ah is for the common people, naming it the External Knowledge. They depend upon
opinions and dotings for their form of worship and have given it the name Internal
Knowledge. They also call it Kashf (sudden enlightenment). In reality however, these are
nothing but whisperings of Shaytaan and the satanic means and ways which are in opposition
to the simplest pillar of Islaam! Their well known saying in this regard is: My heart
informed me about my Lord.[1]
They ridicule the scholars of the Sharee'ah and
criticise them because they claim theytake their knowledge 'from the dead'. As
for themselves, they claim to take their knowledge (directly) with good tidings
(i.e. they receive revelation) from the Ever-Living and Self-Sustaining. As a
result of this they have put many to trial and have led them astray. They commit
such actions which are in complete opposition to the Sharee'ah and which are can
be found in their books, that the scholars have declared them to be disbelievers
and also declared their blood to be lawful due to their apostacy; being ignorant
or feigning ignorance of the first pillar principle of the Sharee'ah which is
that whoever worships Allaah by something other than what was revealed to
Muhammad is a Kaafir without a doubt, due to the saying of Allaah the Exalted:
But no by your Lord! They do not believe
until they make you judge in all their disputes and then find no resistance in
their souls to what you decide and offer their fullest submission [Nisaa 4:65]
As such, Shaytaan has made their actions alluring to
them by corrupting their knowledge and extinguishing its light. As a result they
travel in darkness upon darkness and resort to their desires and imaginations
worshipping Allaah by them. They are those whom Allaah has described in the
Qur'aan:
Say: Shall we tell you of those who lose
most in respect of their deeds?-Those whose efforts have been wasted in this
life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works? They are
those who deny the Signs of their Lord and the fact of their having to meet Him
(in the Hereafter): Vain will be their works, nor shall We, on the Day of
Judgment, give them any weight. [Kahf 18:103-105]
This group has also been divided
into a number of factions each of them disagreeing and fighting with another due to their
being far from the Straight Path, the Path of those whom Allaah has favoured, not of those
upon whom is His anger nor of those who go astray. All of these groups are in the Fire
like the Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) mentioned: Ummah will split into 73 groups. Seventy two will
be in the Fire and one in Paradise: (the one) which is upon what I and my companions are
upon.orted by Abu Daawood, Tirmidhee and Nasaa'ee with an authentic chain of
narration from Abu Hurairah]
THE SECOND:Then there are
others who exaggerate in this intermediation. This particular understanding is
one of error.They have made it carry a meaning which, in reality, it does not.
They have taken the physical essence of the Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) and others from
among the prophets and righteous as intermediaries believing that Allaah the
Exalted will not accept any action from His servants unless they approach Him
through these intermediaries. Exalted is Allaah from what they say. They have
described Allaah - and refuge is sought from Allaah - with something He refuses
to be described with. It is the oppressive kings of this world who place
barriers at their own doors so that none can enter (and converse with them or
request from them) except he who has some sort of intermediary between himself
and the king.
Intermediation Between Allaah and the Creation
