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Jubayr ibn Mut’im (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: “The souls are exhausted, the dependents are lost, the wealth is depleted, and the livestock have perished. So ask Allah for rain for us, for we seek intercession through you to Allah and seek intercession through Allah to you.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Glory be to Allah, Glory be to Allah,” and he continued glorifying until it was evident on the faces of his companions. Then he said: “Woe to you! Allah is not sought as an intercessor to anyone. Allah’s station is greater than that. Woe to you, do you know what Allah is? His Throne is above His heavens like this 1,” and he said, gesturing with his fingers like a dome over it, “and it creaks under Him like the creaking of a saddle under a rider.” [Narrated by Abu Dawud] Tirmidhi narrated from Uthman ibn Hunayf that a blind man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “Pray to Allah to heal me.” He said: “If you wish, I will pray, or if you wish, you can be patient, and that is better for you.” He said: “Pray for me.” He instructed him to perform ablution, do it well, and pray with this supplication: “O Allah 2, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet of Mercy. I turn through you to my Lord for this need of mine to be fulfilled. O Allah, let him intercede for me.” Tirmidhi said: This is a good, authentic, and unique Hadith. A similar narration was reported by Nasai, Ibn Majah, Tabarani, who mentioned a story at the beginning, and Ibn Khuzaymah in his Sahih, and Al-Hakim, who said: It is authentic according to the conditions of Bukhari and Muslim. Al-Bayhaqi also authenticated it from Uthman ibn Hunayf. The wording of Nasai is: A blind man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: “O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to restore my sight.” He said: “Shall I leave you?” He said: “O Messenger of Allah, the loss of my sight is hard on me.” He said: “Go, perform ablution, pray two rak’ahs, then say: O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet of Mercy. O Muhammad, I turn through you to my Lord to restore my sight. O Allah, let him intercede for me and let me intercede for myself.” He returned, and Allah had restored his sight.
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Commentary and footnotes (5)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “like this”: The lam is with a fathah, entering as an emphasis for the predicate. His statement: “and he said, gesturing with his fingers” means he indicated it verbally and with a gesture. His statement: “like a dome over it.” (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 2
(2) His statement: “O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet, etc.”: The scholar Al-Munawi said regarding the Hadith “O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet, the Prophet of Mercy” that it should be exclusive to the Prophet, and one should not swear by anyone else to Allah, as it is among his unique qualities. Al-Subki said: It is good to seek intercession through the Prophet to his Lord, and none of the early or later scholars denied it except Ibn Taymiyyah, who innovated what no scholar before him said. Ibn Amir al-Haj disputed the claim of exclusivity and elaborated on it in the thirteenth chapter at the end of his commentary on Al-Munyah, so refer to it. (As stated in Radd al-Muhtar)
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(۱) قوله: هكذا: بفتح اللام الابتدائية دخلت على خبر (إن تأكيدا للحكم. وقوله: وقال بأصابعه» أي أشار بها » بيان للمشار إليه قولا، قوله : مثل القبة عليه. كذا في «المرقاة».
Note 2
(۲) قوله: اللهم إني أسألك وأتوجه إليك بنبيك إلخ ذكر العلامة المناوي في حديث اللهم إني أسألك وأتوجه إليك بنبيك نبي الرحمة أنه ينبغي كونه مقصورا على النبي ، وأن لا يقسم على الله بغيره، وأن يكون من خصائصه. قال السبكي: يحسن التوسل بالنبي إلى ربه، ولم ينكره أحد من السلف ولا الخلف، إلا ابن تيمية، فابتدع ما لم يقله عالم قبله. ونازع العلامة ابن أمير الحاج في دعوى الخصوصية، وأطال الكلام على ذلك في الفصل الثالث عشر آخر شرحه على «المنية فراجعه. كذا في رد المحتار».
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امام نسائی، امام ابن ماجہ اور امام طبرانی نے بھی اسی طرح روایت کی ہے۔ اور اس کے شروع میں ایک قصہ بیان فرمایا ہے، امام ابن خزیمہ نے اپنی ”صحیح“ میں اور امام حاکم نے بھی روایت کیا ہے اور فرمایا ہے کہ یہ حدیث امام بخاری اور امام مسلم کی شرط کے مطابق صحیح ہے۔ اور امام بیہقی نے بھی حضرت عثمان بن حنیف رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے روایت کیا اور اس حدیث کو صحیح قرار دیا ہے۔