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Posted: 30 Jul 2018, 13:12
1. The hadith of the blind man
Instruction of the Prophet (s) to do tawassul and istiby him
حدثنا أحمد بن منصور بن سيار حدثنا عثمان بن عمر حدثنا شعبة عن أبي جعفر المدني عن عمارة بن خزيمة بن ثابت عن عثمان بن حنيف
أن رجلا ضرير البصر أتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال ادع الله لي أن يعافيني فقال إن شئت أخرت لك وهو خير وإن شئت دعوت فقال ادعه فأمره أن يتوضأ فيحسن وضوءه ويصلي ركعتين ويدعو بهذا الدعاء اللهم إني أسألك وأتوجه إليك بمحمد نبي الرحمة يا محمد إني قد توجهت بك إلى ربي في حاجتي هذه لتقضى اللهم شفعه في
Sayyiduna Uthmaan ibn Hunayf [radhiallaahu anhu] narrates that once a blind person came to Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] and said: 'O Rasulullah! Ask Allah to cure me.'
Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] replied,
'If you wish I will make Du'aa or else you may be patient and this is better for you.'
The man said, 'Make Du'aa instead'
Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] then commanded him to make Wudhu properly and that he recites the following Du'aa,
'Oh Allah, verily, I ask of you and I turn to you through your prophet, the prophet of mercy, O Muhammad, verily, I have turned to my Lord through you so that my need be fulfilled. Oh Allah, accept his intercession on my behalf.'
References
►- Musnad Ahmad vol.4 pg.138; (4:138 #17246-17247)
►- Sunan Tirmidhi: al-Jami-us-sahīh, book of da‘awat (supplications) ch.119 (5:569#3578)
►- Sunan ibn Majah, book of Iqamat al-salat wa al-sunnat (establishing prayer and its sunnahs) Hadith No#1385
►- Nasa'i: ‘Amal-ul-yawm wal-laylah (#658-659)
►- Haakim, Mustadrak (1:313,519)
►- Hakim, Mustadrak Sahiyan, Book : Salat At Tatawa' Volume : 1 Page : 449 Hadith number : 1181
►- Imam Bayhaqi, Book : Dalail An Nubuwwah Volume : 6
►- Bukhari in Tareekh Ul Kabeer Volume : 6 page : 209 Biography number : 2192
►- Abd Bin Humaid in Al Musnad Volume : 1 Page : 308 Hadith number : 379
►- Ibn e Khuzimah in Sahih Ibn e Khuzimah Chapter : Salat At Targheeb Wat Tarheeb (527) Volume : 2 Page : 225 Hadith number : 1219
►- Qadi Ayyad in As Shifa Chapter: Ibra Al Marda Wa Zil 'Ahaat (Volume : 1)
►- Nawawī in al-Adhkār (p.83)
►- Imam Mundhiri Book : Targheeb Wat Tarheeb Chapter : Salat Al Hajah Volume : 1 Page : 241
►- Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:558)
►- Ibn Hajar Haythamī, al-Jawhar-ul-munazzam (p.61)
Authentification
►Ibn Majah in Sunnan :
قال أبو إسحق هذا حديث صحيح
Imam Abu Ishaaq (rah) said: This hadith is sahih.
► Tirmidhī declared it hasan sahih gharib
► Ibn Khuzaymah and Dhahabī have declared it a sound (sahīh)
Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] also told him that he should make the same supplication whenever he needed to. (al-Raddul Muhkamul Mateen pg.145)
ANOTHER VERSION of the hadith of the blind man:
In another version narrated by Imam Hākim, ‘Uthmān bin Hunayf says that he was present in the Prophet’s company. A blind person called on the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and complained about the loss of his eyesight. He added: ‘O Messenger of Allah, there is no one to guide me and I am in great trouble.’ On hearing his complaint, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:
Bring an earthen pot for ablution, then perform the ablution and offer two cycles of optional prayer. Then say:
“O Allah, I appeal to You, and submit to You through the mediation of Your merciful Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). O Muhammad, through your mediation I submit myself to your Lord that He should give light to my eyes. O Allah, acknowledge his intercession in my favour and accept my supplication also in my favour.”
‘Uthmān bin Hunayf says: I swear by Allah that we had neither left the company nor had we carried on a long conversation that the man entered (with his sight fully restored) and it seemed as if he had never been blind.
References
►Nasā’ī, ‘Amal-ul-yawm wal-laylah (p.418#660)
►Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (4:138)
►Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:559)
►Suyūtī, al-Khasā’is-ul-kubrā (2:201)
►Qastallānī, al-Mawāhib-ul-laduniyyah (4:594)
►Bayhaqī, Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:166-7)
Using the above formula
AFTER THE DEMISE OF THE PROPHET (s)
Sayyiduna Uthmaan ibn Hunayf [radhiallaahu anhu] taught this du'aa to someone after the demise of Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam]. That person's need was also fulfilled.
وَهُوَ أَنَّ رَجُلاً كَانَ يَخْتَلِفُ إلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي حَاجَةٍ لَهُ، وَكَانَ عُثْمَانُ لاَ يَلْتَفِتُ إلَيْهِ، وَلاَ يَنْظُرُ فِي حَاجَتِهِ، فَلَقِيَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ حُنَيْفٍ فَشَكَا ذلِكَ إلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ: ائْتِ الْمِيضَأَةَ فَتَوَضَّأْ، ثُمَّ ائْتِ الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلِّ فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ، وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ، يَا مُحَمَّدُ! إنِّي أَتَوَجَّهُ بِكَ إلَى رَبِّي فَيَقْضِي حَاجَتِي، وَتَذْكُرُ حَاجَتَكَ وَرُحْ إلَيَّ حَتَّى أَرُوحَ مَعَكَ، فَانْطَلَقَ الرَّجُلُ فَصَنَعَ مَا قَالَ لَهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى بَابَ عُثْمَانَ فَجَاءَ الْبَوَّابُ حَتَّى أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ، فَأَدْخَلَهُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ فَأَجْلَسَهُ مَعَهُ عَلَى الطُّنْفَسَةِ، وَقَالَ: مَا حَاجَتُكَ؟ فَذَكَرَ حَاجَتُهُ فَقَضَاهَا لَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا ذَكَرْتُ حَاجَتَكَ حَتَّى كَانَتْ هذِهِ السَّاعَةُ، وَقَالَ: مَا كَانَتْ لَكَ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ فَائْتِنَا، ثُمَّ إنَّ الرَّجُلَ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَلَقِيَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ حُنَيْفٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ: جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً، مَا كَانَ يَنْظُرُ فِي حَاجَتِي، وَلاَ يَلْتَفِتُ إلَيَّ حَتَّى كَلَّمْتَهُ فِيَّ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ: وَاللَّهِ مَا كَلَّمْتُهُ، وَلَكِنْ شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ ضَرِيرٌ فَشَكَا إلَيْهِ ذَهَابَ بَصَرِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ: «أَوْ تَصْبِرُ»، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي قَائِدٌ، وَقَدْ شَقَّ عَلَيَّ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ: «ائْتِ الْمِيضَأَةَ فَتَوَضَّ
Imam Tabrani has narrated an incident that a person repeatedly visited Uthman bin Affan (ra) concerning something he needed but Uthman paid no attend to him. The man went to Uthman bin Hunaif (ra) and complained to him about the matter
Sayyiduna Uthmaan ibn Hunayf (Abu Umaamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf) [radhiallaahu anhu] told him to make Wudhu, go to the Musjid, offer 2 Rakaats of Salaat and recite the following Du'aa:
'O Allah, verily I ask you and I turn to you through our prophet, the prophet of mercy (Rasulullah - sallallaahu alayhi wasallam). O Muhammad! Verily, I have turned to our Lord through you so that He may fulfil my need.'
Then come so that I can go with you [to the caliph Uthman] So the man left and did as he had been told, then went to the door of Uthman ibn Affan (Allah be pleased with him), and the doorman came, took him by the hand, brought him to Uthman ibn Affan, and seated him next to him on a cushion. 'Uthman asked, "What do you need?" and the man mentioned what he wanted, and Uthman accomplished it for him ...(till the end of hadith)
References:
► Imam Tabrani in Al Ma'jam As Sagheer Volume : 1 Hadith number : 508; al-Mu'jamul Kabeer vol.9 Hadith number : 8311; Note: Imam Tabrani, after narrating the hadith usually doesn't say anything but in this case he specifically says it is "Sahih"
► Imam Tabrani in Al Mu'jamul Kabeer vol.9 Hadith number : 8311;
► Imam al-Mundhiri (rah) brought this under "Salah al-Hajah" and said: Imam Tabarani after narrating it said "this hadhith is sahih" [At-Targheeb wa Tarheeb, Page No. 129 in the chapter of Salaat al Hajah]
► Imam al-Haythami (rah) in Majma az Zawaid Volume No. 2, Hadith # 3668 under "Salat al-Hajah" also accepted the authentication of Imam Tabrani
► Imaam Bayhaqi in Dalaailun-nubuwwah vol.6
► Imam Taqi ud Din Subki in Shia As Siqam Volume : 1 under the chapter: "After the passing away of the Prophet (s)", and also quotes Imam Bayhaqi in the end
► Ibn Taymiyyah declared it sahih in his Qa'ida al Jaleela fit Tawassul wal Waseela (Page No. 156)
► Imam Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Salihi (rah) in Sabl al Hadi, Volume No.12, Page No. 407
Authentification:
► Imaam Tabrani has mentioned that this Hadith is authentic. (al-Mu'jamus sagheer vol.1 pg.184). Allamah ► ► ► Mahmood Zaahid Al- Kawthari has also classified the chains of Baihaqi to be Saheeh (authentic). (Maqaalatul-Kawthari pg.391).
► For a detailed analysis refer to al-Raddul Muhkamul Mateen of Shaykh Abdullah Siddique al-Ghumarie pgs.141-157; Raf'ul Manaarah of Shaykh Mahmood Sa'eed Mamdooh pgs.125-131
Instruction of the Prophet (s) to do tawassul and istiby him
حدثنا أحمد بن منصور بن سيار حدثنا عثمان بن عمر حدثنا شعبة عن أبي جعفر المدني عن عمارة بن خزيمة بن ثابت عن عثمان بن حنيف
أن رجلا ضرير البصر أتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال ادع الله لي أن يعافيني فقال إن شئت أخرت لك وهو خير وإن شئت دعوت فقال ادعه فأمره أن يتوضأ فيحسن وضوءه ويصلي ركعتين ويدعو بهذا الدعاء اللهم إني أسألك وأتوجه إليك بمحمد نبي الرحمة يا محمد إني قد توجهت بك إلى ربي في حاجتي هذه لتقضى اللهم شفعه في
Sayyiduna Uthmaan ibn Hunayf [radhiallaahu anhu] narrates that once a blind person came to Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] and said: 'O Rasulullah! Ask Allah to cure me.'
Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] replied,
'If you wish I will make Du'aa or else you may be patient and this is better for you.'
The man said, 'Make Du'aa instead'
Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] then commanded him to make Wudhu properly and that he recites the following Du'aa,
'Oh Allah, verily, I ask of you and I turn to you through your prophet, the prophet of mercy, O Muhammad, verily, I have turned to my Lord through you so that my need be fulfilled. Oh Allah, accept his intercession on my behalf.'
References
►- Musnad Ahmad vol.4 pg.138; (4:138 #17246-17247)
►- Sunan Tirmidhi: al-Jami-us-sahīh, book of da‘awat (supplications) ch.119 (5:569#3578)
►- Sunan ibn Majah, book of Iqamat al-salat wa al-sunnat (establishing prayer and its sunnahs) Hadith No#1385
►- Nasa'i: ‘Amal-ul-yawm wal-laylah (#658-659)
►- Haakim, Mustadrak (1:313,519)
►- Hakim, Mustadrak Sahiyan, Book : Salat At Tatawa' Volume : 1 Page : 449 Hadith number : 1181
►- Imam Bayhaqi, Book : Dalail An Nubuwwah Volume : 6
►- Bukhari in Tareekh Ul Kabeer Volume : 6 page : 209 Biography number : 2192
►- Abd Bin Humaid in Al Musnad Volume : 1 Page : 308 Hadith number : 379
►- Ibn e Khuzimah in Sahih Ibn e Khuzimah Chapter : Salat At Targheeb Wat Tarheeb (527) Volume : 2 Page : 225 Hadith number : 1219
►- Qadi Ayyad in As Shifa Chapter: Ibra Al Marda Wa Zil 'Ahaat (Volume : 1)
►- Nawawī in al-Adhkār (p.83)
►- Imam Mundhiri Book : Targheeb Wat Tarheeb Chapter : Salat Al Hajah Volume : 1 Page : 241
►- Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:558)
►- Ibn Hajar Haythamī, al-Jawhar-ul-munazzam (p.61)
Authentification
►Ibn Majah in Sunnan :
قال أبو إسحق هذا حديث صحيح
Imam Abu Ishaaq (rah) said: This hadith is sahih.
► Tirmidhī declared it hasan sahih gharib
► Ibn Khuzaymah and Dhahabī have declared it a sound (sahīh)
Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] also told him that he should make the same supplication whenever he needed to. (al-Raddul Muhkamul Mateen pg.145)
ANOTHER VERSION of the hadith of the blind man:
In another version narrated by Imam Hākim, ‘Uthmān bin Hunayf says that he was present in the Prophet’s company. A blind person called on the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and complained about the loss of his eyesight. He added: ‘O Messenger of Allah, there is no one to guide me and I am in great trouble.’ On hearing his complaint, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:
Bring an earthen pot for ablution, then perform the ablution and offer two cycles of optional prayer. Then say:
“O Allah, I appeal to You, and submit to You through the mediation of Your merciful Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). O Muhammad, through your mediation I submit myself to your Lord that He should give light to my eyes. O Allah, acknowledge his intercession in my favour and accept my supplication also in my favour.”
‘Uthmān bin Hunayf says: I swear by Allah that we had neither left the company nor had we carried on a long conversation that the man entered (with his sight fully restored) and it seemed as if he had never been blind.
References
►Nasā’ī, ‘Amal-ul-yawm wal-laylah (p.418#660)
►Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (4:138)
►Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:559)
►Suyūtī, al-Khasā’is-ul-kubrā (2:201)
►Qastallānī, al-Mawāhib-ul-laduniyyah (4:594)
►Bayhaqī, Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:166-7)
Using the above formula
AFTER THE DEMISE OF THE PROPHET (s)
Sayyiduna Uthmaan ibn Hunayf [radhiallaahu anhu] taught this du'aa to someone after the demise of Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam]. That person's need was also fulfilled.
وَهُوَ أَنَّ رَجُلاً كَانَ يَخْتَلِفُ إلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي حَاجَةٍ لَهُ، وَكَانَ عُثْمَانُ لاَ يَلْتَفِتُ إلَيْهِ، وَلاَ يَنْظُرُ فِي حَاجَتِهِ، فَلَقِيَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ حُنَيْفٍ فَشَكَا ذلِكَ إلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ: ائْتِ الْمِيضَأَةَ فَتَوَضَّأْ، ثُمَّ ائْتِ الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلِّ فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ، وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ، يَا مُحَمَّدُ! إنِّي أَتَوَجَّهُ بِكَ إلَى رَبِّي فَيَقْضِي حَاجَتِي، وَتَذْكُرُ حَاجَتَكَ وَرُحْ إلَيَّ حَتَّى أَرُوحَ مَعَكَ، فَانْطَلَقَ الرَّجُلُ فَصَنَعَ مَا قَالَ لَهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى بَابَ عُثْمَانَ فَجَاءَ الْبَوَّابُ حَتَّى أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ، فَأَدْخَلَهُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ فَأَجْلَسَهُ مَعَهُ عَلَى الطُّنْفَسَةِ، وَقَالَ: مَا حَاجَتُكَ؟ فَذَكَرَ حَاجَتُهُ فَقَضَاهَا لَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا ذَكَرْتُ حَاجَتَكَ حَتَّى كَانَتْ هذِهِ السَّاعَةُ، وَقَالَ: مَا كَانَتْ لَكَ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ فَائْتِنَا، ثُمَّ إنَّ الرَّجُلَ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَلَقِيَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ حُنَيْفٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ: جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً، مَا كَانَ يَنْظُرُ فِي حَاجَتِي، وَلاَ يَلْتَفِتُ إلَيَّ حَتَّى كَلَّمْتَهُ فِيَّ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ: وَاللَّهِ مَا كَلَّمْتُهُ، وَلَكِنْ شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ ضَرِيرٌ فَشَكَا إلَيْهِ ذَهَابَ بَصَرِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ: «أَوْ تَصْبِرُ»، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي قَائِدٌ، وَقَدْ شَقَّ عَلَيَّ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ: «ائْتِ الْمِيضَأَةَ فَتَوَضَّ
Imam Tabrani has narrated an incident that a person repeatedly visited Uthman bin Affan (ra) concerning something he needed but Uthman paid no attend to him. The man went to Uthman bin Hunaif (ra) and complained to him about the matter
Sayyiduna Uthmaan ibn Hunayf (Abu Umaamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf) [radhiallaahu anhu] told him to make Wudhu, go to the Musjid, offer 2 Rakaats of Salaat and recite the following Du'aa:
'O Allah, verily I ask you and I turn to you through our prophet, the prophet of mercy (Rasulullah - sallallaahu alayhi wasallam). O Muhammad! Verily, I have turned to our Lord through you so that He may fulfil my need.'
Then come so that I can go with you [to the caliph Uthman] So the man left and did as he had been told, then went to the door of Uthman ibn Affan (Allah be pleased with him), and the doorman came, took him by the hand, brought him to Uthman ibn Affan, and seated him next to him on a cushion. 'Uthman asked, "What do you need?" and the man mentioned what he wanted, and Uthman accomplished it for him ...(till the end of hadith)
References:
► Imam Tabrani in Al Ma'jam As Sagheer Volume : 1 Hadith number : 508; al-Mu'jamul Kabeer vol.9 Hadith number : 8311; Note: Imam Tabrani, after narrating the hadith usually doesn't say anything but in this case he specifically says it is "Sahih"
► Imam Tabrani in Al Mu'jamul Kabeer vol.9 Hadith number : 8311;
► Imam al-Mundhiri (rah) brought this under "Salah al-Hajah" and said: Imam Tabarani after narrating it said "this hadhith is sahih" [At-Targheeb wa Tarheeb, Page No. 129 in the chapter of Salaat al Hajah]
► Imam al-Haythami (rah) in Majma az Zawaid Volume No. 2, Hadith # 3668 under "Salat al-Hajah" also accepted the authentication of Imam Tabrani
► Imaam Bayhaqi in Dalaailun-nubuwwah vol.6
► Imam Taqi ud Din Subki in Shia As Siqam Volume : 1 under the chapter: "After the passing away of the Prophet (s)", and also quotes Imam Bayhaqi in the end
► Ibn Taymiyyah declared it sahih in his Qa'ida al Jaleela fit Tawassul wal Waseela (Page No. 156)
► Imam Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Salihi (rah) in Sabl al Hadi, Volume No.12, Page No. 407
Authentification:
► Imaam Tabrani has mentioned that this Hadith is authentic. (al-Mu'jamus sagheer vol.1 pg.184). Allamah ► ► ► Mahmood Zaahid Al- Kawthari has also classified the chains of Baihaqi to be Saheeh (authentic). (Maqaalatul-Kawthari pg.391).
► For a detailed analysis refer to al-Raddul Muhkamul Mateen of Shaykh Abdullah Siddique al-Ghumarie pgs.141-157; Raf'ul Manaarah of Shaykh Mahmood Sa'eed Mamdooh pgs.125-131