Posts Tagged ‘ haram ’

Istighathah: Seeking aid from other than Allah

By Saad Khan
September 19, 2010
Istighathah: Seeking aid from other than Allah

Du'a (supplication and invoking aid) is worship ('ibadah). Allah Most High says in the Qur'an, "And your Lord says, 'Call upon Me; I will respond to you'. Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell contemptible" (Al-Ghafir, 60). In this verse Allah has equated du'a to worship. The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) is reported to have said, "Du'a is worship, and then he recited the following verse of the Qur'an, 'And your Lord says, Call upon Me;...
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Authority to Permit and Prohibit

By 'Allamah Sarfaraz Khan Safdar
August 20, 2009
Authority to Permit and Prohibit

In regard to making things halal (permitted) and haram (prohibited), it is the well-established belief of the Ahl al-Sunnah wa 'l-Jama'ah that Allah alone has authority over it. To make something halal or haram is exclusively the work of Allah Most High and He is unique in this. This is purely His right; no one else is involved in this process in any manner. Neither does anyone have this power in essence nor has Allah relegated this power to anyone.
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