WASILA (INTERCESSION)
By: Hazrat Allama
Professor Muhammad Maqsood Illahi Naqshbandi
Translated by: Muhammad Jamil Maqsoodi Naqshbandi


WHEN Allah Almighty created this world, Satan
refused to prostrate before Adam as Allah wanted him to
do. This act of disobedience resulted in his eternal
damnation and curse. Upon this Satan asked Allah
Almighty for eternal life, and vowed that he would astray
humans from the right path till their last breath. Allah
Almighty said that Satan will have no control over His
chosen beings and above all, He will accept their
repentance to the last moment of their life. To guide
humanity to the right path, Allah Almighty sent a line of
prophets. This chain ended with the last Beloved Prophet
Hazrat Muhammad .Allah Almighty made him the Last of
his prophets and gave him a complete code of life in the
shape of the Holy Quran, so that human being can find
path to righteousness.Each and every word of this Book
is replete with light of Marafat(a true understanding of
Allah). Allah Almighty Who is the Sole Creator of this
universe, loves His people a lot. The mother, who
nourishes and carries a baby in her bosom, loves it very
much then why the creator of humans will not love them.
In fact Allah loves people more than seventy times a
mother does.
According to a Tradition, during the time of the
Blessed Prophet a child was taken as prisoner in a war. It
was a very hot day. When a woman saw the child, she
rushed towards him, and carried it to her chest; put her
shadow on him, so that, it could be saved from the
scorching sun. The people were surprised and started
weeping when they saw love of the woman. When the
Blessed Prophet arrived,he was told about the whole
incident.He became glad when he came to know about
the love expression of the woman, and its effect on the
people.He asked them if they were surprised over the
love of that woman.The people replied in affirmative.On
this the Holy Prophet said, Allah Almighty loves you
seventy times more than this woman does to her child
(Chemia-e- Sahadat)
Allah Almighty, the Most Merciful and Beneficent,
bestowed humanity with His greatest favour by sending
His Last Prophet as a Blessing for all the worlds.His
being as Blessing, transcends all the confines of time
and space, and will continue to benefit the humanity till
the Day of Judgement.Blessed are those who become his
followers.Allah Almighty says in the Holy Quran,
‘We have not created you out of jest and sport, but
the cycle of life and death has been set in to judge the
actions of the people.’
This life is like an examination center, and the
secrete of success has been given by Allah Almighty in
this verse:
“O you who believe! Do your duty to Allah
and fear Him.and seek the means of
approach to Him; and strive hard in His
cause that you may be successful.” (5:35)
Had the address been it would have included word
humanity;Allah Almighty addresses His Beloved Prophet
by lovely names like,etc. Here, Allah Almighty addresses the Ummah
(followers of the Holy Prophet ) with reference to His
Beloved Prophet. Here the address is to the believers and
Jinns.Four things have been specified in this verse,
faith,Taqwa(piety),intercession( a source or a mean) and
jihad(strive or fight in the way of Allah ). The three things
are in fact heart of success, that is faith, taqwa and jihad,
while finding a mean to approach the destination forms
the spirit of the whole structure.
Who are the faithful?
Faith or Iman means to believe in the Oneness of
Allah and the Prophethood of Hazrat Muhammad to the
core of one’s heart. Iman or faith does not become fruitful
unless one follows the teachings of the Holy Prophet .In
sura Al-Baqarah Allah Almighty counts five things to be
believed in. The real virtue lies in belief in Allah, the Day
of Judgment, in Angels, the Books and the Prophets.
Belief in Allah
It means, one should believe that Allah is Everlasting
in His Being.He is All-Knower and All Wise. Nothing is
hidden or unheard from Him.He is All-Hearer and All-
Seeing.He is the Rich, the All-Powerful, and none is
equal unto Him.He is the One and the Sole Master.
If seen justly, do we have the first attribute of those
who have faith (Iman)? Do we realize that Allah Almighty
observes us all the time? He listens to each and every
one of us. There was a young man who fell in love with a
girl. One day, he came to know that she was
accompanying a caravan .He too started moving with the
same caravan. When the people stopped to rest during
the night, that young man started seducing the girl for an
evil act. The girl asked, if all the people were asleep. The
young man nodded yes. Then the girl asked, if Allah was
also sleeping. The young man started weeping and
conceded that neither sleep nor slumber overtakes Allah.
Belief in the Hereafter
The Day of Judgment is an absolute truth, and a
reality which humanity will come across one day. On this
day, people will be asked to account for their deeds and
misdeeds. This is the Day when prophets of Allah and
His chosen beings will intercede. Our Blessed Prophet
will entertain believers with the holy water of Al-Kauthar(a
river in Paradise).It is the same day, when people will
have to cross the Bridge-Sarat(a hair like thin bridge over
the Hell fire).To believe in the Hereafter means to verify
the truths and incidents of the Day of Judgment, as
stated in the Holy Quran or told by the Blessed Prophet. It
is important to think that when we believe in reward and
punishment then, why doesn’t our lives have that state of
fear of Allah and feeling of His being as Omnipotent.
Belief in Angels
To believe in the existence of Angels forms another
important part of professed Iman.It should be believed
that Angels are the obedient creatures of Allah.They are
neither male nor female. Only Allah Almighty knows their
real number. There are four Archangels, Gabriel, Mikael,
Israel, and Israfiel.
Belief in Divine Books
One should believe that all the Divine Books are
revealed by Allah.There are four main Books, viz. Torah,
sent to Hazrat Musa (Moses) ,the Holy Bible,given to Hazrat Isa(Jesus) and the Holy Quran was revealed to
the last of prophets Hazrat Muhammad. The Holy Quran
establishes the truth of Divine messages given in Divine
Books earlier.Fifty (50)Divine Papers were given to Hazrat
Shish ,three(3)Divine Papers were given to Hazrat Idrees
, Ten (10) were sent to Hazrat Adam, and ten were
revealed to Hazrat Abraham (Ibrahim)
Belief in Prophets
The fifth pillar of Iman is belief in prophets who were
deputed by Allah Almighty for the guidance of humanity.
They were innocent and free from all kinds of error and
sin. Their total number is not known exactly. However
there are 313 Rasools.All the prophets were male and no
woman was ever raised to Prophethood. Hazrat Imam
Abu Hanifa ,in the light of the Holy Quran and Sunnah
says about faith. “It is essential to declare that I believe in
Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Prophets, reward and
punishment in the Hereafter and belief in the existence of
Paradise and Hell.”
Faith means to believe in Allah, His Angels, Divine
Books, the Hereafter and fate (good or bad); while Islam
means to declare there is only one Allah and the Holy
Prophet Hazrat Muhammad is His Last Prophet and
Rasool;to offer prayer and give Zakat(poor due),observe
Fasts during the month of Ramadan and perform Hajj of
Bait-Allah(Kaaba).The practical observance of Iman is
called Islam.
There is a saying of the Holy Prophet .‘No one can
be a perfect Momin (believer), unless he loves me more
than anything else does’. It means, the love of the Holy
Prophet and practical demonstration of his life pattern
completes faith.
Piety is impossible without following the Sunnah of
the Holy Prophet (PBUH.)
Correctness of Iman or belief ensures a successful
life. Islam as Deen is the same as was brought by the
Holy Prophet and followed by his companions(not the
sundry sects which are being proliferating these
days).Now fortunately, if we fall in those who believe then,
what is the next command of Allah?He says ‘O those
who believe ,fear Allah and observe taqwa(piety).’ Taqwa
means to refrain from doing any thing bad, leave or keep
oneself away from those things which have been
prohibited by the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Holy
Prophet .To fear the wrath of Allah, punishment in the
Hereafter and abandon sins is piety (taqwa).
There are two types of Taqwa.The whole structure of
piety rests on the obedience of Allah and His Last
Prophet while the soul of it lies in following the Sunnah of
the Holy Prophet .The verse
Describes the structure of taqwa, while the verse
Shows the soul of piety. The Holy Prophet said that
Allah Almighty says,”I never gather double fear or double
peace on any person.The one who fears My punishment
in the world ,I will free him from the fear of punishment in
the Hereafter.But the one who does not fear My
punishment in the world,he will be harassed and punished
in the Hereafter”.In a Tradition the Holy Prophet says, ‘if a
tear ,equal to the size of head of a fly, falls from the eye
of a Momin (believer) out of fear of Allah, the fire of Hell
will not touch his face.’
It is stated in that Hell will be brought forth on the
Day of Judgment,terrible voice coming out of it, will
horrify people.Allah Almighty says::
“And you will see each nation humbled to
their knees (kneeling); each nation will be
called to its Record (of deeds). This Day
you shall be recompensed, for what you
used to do,” (28:45)
When people approach Hell, they will come across
an extremely hot air, and horrible voices coming out of it.
These voices could be heard from the distance of five
hundred (500) years. On this Day, every living creature
will think none but itself. The Holy Prophet ,who is a
blessing incarnate for the whole worlds,will be calling
Ummah ! Ummah! Right at that moment, a big fire will
arise out of Hell and sprawls towards the Ummah
(followers) of our beloved Holy Prophet .The people of
Ummah will cry, ‘O fire! For the sake of those who feared
Allah, gave alms and charity and observed fasts, keep
itself away from us.’ But the fire will continuously move
towards them. In the mean time Hazrat Gebriel will
approach our blessed Prophet and offer him a glass of
water. When he sprinkles this water fire will go out. The
Holy Prophet will ask Gabriel about this water.Gabriel will
tell that this water is collected from the tears of your
followers who wept out of fear of Allah. ‘I have been
asked to offer this water to you, so that you can
extinguish the Hell fire.’
This verse first demands faith and correct belief and
then fear of Allah. The fear of Allah in a Momin brings
Taqwa (piety), yet access to Allah is till not possible, note
the next command:
Without taqwa Iman has no value. Performing good
deeds is not possible unless Wasila (a mean, a source)
supplements Taqwa. The word Wasila means to seek or
find. There are separate outlets for everything, as
different things are available at respective shops. If we
want to buy anything we visit that specific place. Seek
Allah at the door of the Holy Prophet ,and His Beloved(the
Holy Prophet )at the doors of Aulia Allah.Wasila means
nearness,love and a special place in Paradise.
There is no doubt Allah Almighty is near to our
jugular vein, yet He can not be approached everywhere.
Although He is Omnipresent but one can not find Him in
bars and cinemas. There are special places where one
can seek His nearness. To look for means to approach
Him is an obvious command of Allah given in this verse.
It’s same as train passes every inch on the line, but it
can be found only at the stations. The electrical current
flows through all the cable, but we get light from the bulb.
This is why Allah urges us to find Wasila in His way. One
of the attributes of Allah is Ghani (self-sufficient), yet He
does not bestow anything of this world without a mean.
Then how can we disregard Wasila (mean) in seeking
Allah.
1- He gave us existence through the mean of father and
mother.
2- He gives knowledge through a teacher.
3- He gives wealth and riches through rich people.
4- He alleviates our ailments through doctors and
Hakeems.
5- He takes away life through the Angel of death.
6- We got Iman, the Holy Quran and all other blessings
of Allah through our beloved Prophet.
7- Makkah and Madina owe their consecration to the
Holy Prophet.
8- All the Angels prostrated themselves before Prophet
Adam taking him as a mean to find pleasure and
nearness to Allah Almighty. They did while Satan
performed thousands of acts of worship without
Wasila and could not win the pleasure of his Lord.
9- Hazrat Adam was forgiven because of our beloved
Holy Prophet .
10- The Holy Quran says, whenever punishment of frogs
and louses descended upon Pharaoh, he would
entreat Hazrat Musa (Moses):
“O Moses, if you take this punishment
away from us, we will certainly believe in
you and give away Bani Israel unto you.
But, when Moses prayers alleviated their
afflictions, they would not believe in him as
prophet.”
When Allah Almighty intended to destroy Pharaoh
and his disciples, he did not let Pharaoh reach Moses
instead, let Moses and his followers crossed the river
safely and drowned Pharaoh in the middle of the river.
Pharaoh exclaimed:
‘I believe in the Lord of Moses and Haroon!’Since
there was no mean in between so, his faith was not
accepted and he was drowned.
11- The People of the Book used to pray for victory
against Makkans by invoking the name of the Last
Prophet of Allah and would get victory.
12- whenever faced with trouble, the pagans of Makkah
would come in person to the Holy Prophet for prayer.
13- Camels, sparrows and she-deers entreated the Holy
Prophet in the times of trouble.
14- The Holy Quran says:
“If they, when they had been unjust to themselves,
had come to you (Muhammad ) and begged Allah’s
forgiveness for them:indeed they would have found Allah
All-forgiving, The Most Merciful.”It is narrated on the
authority of Hazrat Ali that an Arabi came to us after
three days of Holy Prophet’s departure from this world. He
fell on the grave of the Blessed Prophet ,and out of grief,
started throwing the holy dust on his head.He cried; ‘O
prophet of Allah, whatever you said we heard;whatever
you learnt from Allah, we learnt from you. There was one
verse also; ‘I have been unjust to myself, and have come
to your doorstep, O blessings for the worlds, ask
forgiveness for me.’ A voice came from the sacred grave,
‘You have been forgiven’.
15- During the night of Ascension (Mehraj) the Holy
Prophet was given the gift of fifty prayers, which
were later reduced to only five.It was Hazrat
Musa(Moses) who effected this change.
16- Darood Sharif (sending blessings and salam to the
Holy Prophet ) is a sure source of acceptance of
prayers, causes forgiveness and gathers ten
blessings of Allah.
17- Umm-e-Salma had sacred hair of the Holy Prophet
which became a source of cure for many people.
18- Hazrat Khalid bin Walid used to win battles by
invoking Allah with reference to the sacred hair of the
Holy Prophet.
19- The eternal damnation of Abu Lahab was lessened,
because he had set his slave girl Sobia free when he
heard the good news of the birth of the Holy Prophet.
20- Allah Almighty says, if you want to get my love, follow
the Blessed Prophet.
Say, (o Muhammad) “if you (really) love Allah, then
follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins.
And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”. (3:31)
21- During the caliphate of Hazrat Abu Bakr, one of the
servants of the Holy Prophet Safina was captured
and later fled from the confinment.Suddenly a lion
appeared in front of him. He said to the lion, “O lion I
am a slave of the Holy Prophet ‘I have come across
such and such incidents”. After listening this, lion
approached Hazrat Safina while waging its tail and
started walking along him. Whenever it heard any
voice, it would hide itself in the sideways. In this way,
it moved along him till the later met Muslim soldiers.
This shows that even the animals recognized the
slaves of the Holy Prophet and became obedient for
the sake of the Holy Prophet .
22- Hazrat Usman Bin Hanif said once a blind
companion of the Holy Prophet came in the company
of the Prophet and asked him to pray for his
health.The Holy Prophet said, ‘you can either be
patient or I can pray for you.’The companion
requested for prayer.The Holy Prophet said him to
perform ablution, and pray like this: “O Allah I turn my
face towards You and ask You for Your Blessed
Prophet Muhammad ‘s sake.O Prophet of Allah I
have turned my face towards Allah, so that for your
sake my need be fulfilled. Allah accept Holy Prophet’s
intercession for me.”The narrator says, when the
companion prayed after Salat, Allah Almighty returned
his sight and he remained blind no more.
23- Allah Almighty could have thrown all the idols out of
Kaaba Himself, yet He did this through His Blessed
Prophet .
24- A dead is asked three questions in the grave. The
first question is about the Oneness of Allah, second
about his Deen (religion) but successful answering
first two questions does not ensures salvation and
window to the Paradise is not opened. The third
question is asked: “Do you know this Beloved who
has black hair and green tomb?”Faithful and obedient
servant of our Beloved Prophet replies, ‘he is our
prophet and Rasool, and I am one of his
followers.’This confirms his success.A voice says,
“my slave is true, open for him the door to
Paradise”.It means even in the grave one can not be
successful without the blessings of the Holy Prophet
.The dead is not asked about the deeds he
performed,it will be asked on the Day of Judgment.
25. This world is a similitude of the Hereafter.We can
guess and deduce what is going to happen there.
The Holy Quran, in order to explain the situations in
Hereafter, uses similes and symbols of this world.
The real Benefactor is One, the one who receives it
is also one, but through him this benediction passes
to the rest. The king or ruler is one and his minister
is also one, but his sorders are passed to the ruled
through his minister. The sun is one, the moon is
also one but countless stars and planets are
benefited by them. A tree has a root and a single
trunk yet every leaf, vein and veinlet recieves its part
of sap. So Allah Almighty, the Sole Ruler of all the
worlds, is also Alone; His great Beloved Prophet is
also one who receives the blessings of Allah.These
blessings of Allah, through the personhood of the
Holy Prophet ,and then through Ulema and Aulia
Ikram reach each and every particle of this world.The
one who disregards these approved sources can not
get the blessings of Allah.Although rail passes on
every inch of the line, yet it has specific points where
one can catch and reach one’s destination.Similarly
the Holy Prophet and Aulia Ikram are those persons
who act as sure places where one can find Allah
Almighty and His blessings.
26- When Sultan Mahmood Ghzani could not conquer
Somnat despite his best efforts, he prayed to Allah by
using the turban of Sheikh Abu-al-Hassan Kharkani
.He got such a victory, which has become a legend
in the pages of history.
Hazrat Maulana Jalal-u-Din Rumi in his Mathanvi
Sharif narrates that during the time of great Sufi saint
Bayazid Bostami ,a prostitute came in the town of
Bostam.Her beauty and melodious voice instantly
emptied the mosques and churches.People thronged her
house day and night to listen to her songs.Someone
complained to the great Sufi saint Bayzid, ‘how it
comes,Bostam is filled with corruption and immorality
when you still live in this city!’On being asked, the man
told the whole story. The great Sufi saint took his praying
mat and a pot of water for ablution .He sat in front of the
gate of that woman and started offering nawafal (a kind of
prayer) there. When people saw Hazard Sahab there,
they slipped away secretly. At the midnight, when
everybody had gone, he called for that woman and gave
money that she could have earned during that day. Hazrat
Sahab said to the woman, ‘you have got the money, so I
have the right to ask you do what I like’. He spread the
praying mat and asked her to pray. Willy nilly she stood
for prayer. When she prostrated, the holy saint raised his
hands in prayer and said, “O Allah! You are Almighty and
I am feeble and weak man. I have made this fallen
woman bow infront of You.this is what I could do. You are
the Almighty change her heart. Don’t think who she is,
but see who has made her prostrate infront of You.For
the sake of Your Beloved Prophet change her heart lest
this slave of yours should be disgraced in the eyes of the
people.”When these words came out of the mouth of the
holy saint the life of that woman had changed. She gave
up the life of sin and became a walia (saint). When her
friends called her from outside, she said,’ I had seen the
holy saint and the Friend.The one who sees them, would
not turn her face towards anyone else.’
When we cause sunrays fall on a piece of cloth
through a glass, it (cloth) burns. If there is no glass in the
middle, no fire can be produced. The blissful sun rays of
Madina Munawara (the Holy Prophet ) is shinning with all
its manifestations.Aulia Ikram are those glasses, which
cause these blissful rays of that everlasting sun fall on
the hearts.Thus the holy verse further explains:
“O you who believe! Do your duty to Allah
and fear Him. And seek the means of
approach to Him and strive hard in His
cause, so that you may be successful”
(5:35)
Now a man who has faith and fears Allah, he is
commanded to find a source or a mean to reach Allah
his Lord and, what is key to success then, “And fight in
His way”. It is narrated in a Tradition, once the Holy
Prophet was returning back from a battle along with his
companions.When he reached near Madina Sharif he
addressed to one of his companions:
“We are coming from a smaller to a bigger
jihad (shriving in the way of Allah). Your
biggest enemy is your evil self who is
hidden inside you”
The evil self of man is his the biggest enemy, that is
in all out war with him all the time. It urges him to do evil
and sinful deeds. It the same evil self of man that shows
man deceptive and delusive dreams about future and
stops him from treading the right path. To restrain and
stop one from indulging in sin and restring evil
propensities of this evil self is called strive (jihad) in the
way of Allah. A Kamil Murshid (a perfect guide) guides us
to a way, which helps taming this evil self and its
disposition towards sinfulness and error. Its evil changes
into obedience to Allah. If one finds such Murshid, one
should remain in touch with him, and act upon his advice
and guidance. This account for jihad in the way of Allah
and needs really a great effort to reach the goal. The first
and foremost condition is love and belief in one’s
murshid.
Allah Almighty commands: “And strive in His way,
So that you be successful”.
Live such a life in this world, which makes you a
chosen being of Allah. Sufia Ikram say, this world is both
slippery and dark. If one follows such path one needs a
reliable support (stick) and a light that could support and
lighten his way. The love of the Holy Prophet is the light
of this way and Shariat Pak (Islamic Jurisprudence) is the
stick or support of this slippery way.If one is equipped
with both these tools,with Allah’s help, he will reach his
destination.One can find both these things at the
doorsteps of Aulia –e-Ikrams.Find them,then hold fast to
them you will reach your goal soon.



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