Fazaail-e-Aamaal mentions
numerous quotations in
support of the Deobandi view
that the Prophet (sallallahu
alaihi wa-sallam) is aware
of his nation and also helps
them physically in their
needs.
1. Moulana Zakariyah
mentions, “Indeed, one
should have the idea in mind
(when standing in front of
the Prophet’s grave), that,
‘Here I stand in his
presence as if he is
still alive, because as
for the knowledge of his
position, the condition of
his Ummah (Muslim Nation)
and their intentions are
concerned, Rasoolullah
(Allah’s Messenger) knows
of it now in death, as he
knew about the Ummah in his
lifetime.”[1]
2. “Hazrat Sulaiman bin
Sahim said that he saw the
Holy Prophet in a dream and
asked him, “O Prophet of
Allah! Are you aware of the
people who visit you and say
salaam to you?” The Holy
Prophet said, “O Yes I
recognize them and
acknowledge their salaam.”[2]
3. “A man by the name of
Musa Darir said, “I was
sailing in a ship which
started to sink. At the same
time, drowsiness overpowered
me. In that condition,
the Holy Prophet taught me a
Darood and said, ‘The
people aboard the ship
should recite it one
thousand times.’ The Darood
was hardly recited 300
times, the ship recovered
its normal sailing.”[3]
[4]
4. “Once an old man came to
Qari Abu Bakr Mujahid (a
teacher of the Qur’aan) and
said, “My wife gave birth to
a son last night. Now the
family members asked me to
bring ghee and honey. On
hearing the circumstances,
Qari Abu Bakr became
worried. In the same
condition, drowsiness
overpowered him and he
dreamt the Holy Prophet
saying, ‘Don’t be so much
perturbed. Go to Ali Ibn
Isa, the minister, convey my
salaams to him and tell him
this sign, He does not sleep
until he recites one
thousand times Darood ...
After telling him the sign;
ask him to give one hundred
gold coins to the father of
the new born’.... The men
did as they were advised and
got 100 gold coins from the
wazir.”[5]
[1]
Fazaail-e-Aamaal, (Eng.
Trans.), Virtues of
Hajj, Chapter:9, p.148,
(New Edition 1982,
Published by Dini Book
Depot).
[2]
Fazaail-e-Aamaal, (Eng.
Trans.), Virtues of
Durood , Chapter.1, p.19
and 46. (Edt. 1985,
Published by Dini Book
Depot - Delhi).
[3]
Fazaail-e-Aamaal, (Eng.
Trans.), Virtues of
Durood , Chapter.5,
p.111. (Edt. 1985,
Published by Dini Book
Depot - Delhi). Also see
Zadus Saeed by Moulana
Ashraf Ali Thanvi (Eng.
Trans. by Majlis Ulama)
p.14.
[4] Allah
relates the reaction of
disbelievers when faced
with affliction in
Soorah Yunus. Even
though the disbelievers
associate partners with
Allah in ease, they
would turn to Allah
alone in difficulty and
supplicate to Him Alone
because they knew and
firmly believed that it
is Allah Alone, Who can
dispel their dificulties,
Allah says: “He it is
Who enables you to
travel through land and
sea, when you are in the
ships and they sail with
them with a favorable
wind, and they are glad
therein, then comes a
strong wind and the
waves come to them from
all sides, and they
think that they are
encircled therein, they
invoke Allah, making
their Faith pure for Him
Alone, saying: ‘If You
(Allah) deliver us from
this, we shall truly be
of the graceful.”
[Soorah Yunus (10): 22]
Thus, even Arab Pagans
would invoke Allah
Alone, when ceazed by
storm in the sea, but
the Soofis of today, who
claim to be among the
true followers of Islam
do not invoke Allah
even in difficulty!!
[5]
Fazaail-e-Aamaal, (Eng.
Trans.), Virtues of
Durood, Chapter.5, p.132
(Edt. 1985, Published by
Dini Book Depot -
Delhi).
