They have such a severe enmity with the awliya Allah that...

They have such a severe enmity with the awliya Allah that any kind of respect manifested towards them will very much annoy them. Now it is time to talk and discuss about ziyara of grave of the Holy Prophet (s) from Islamic proofs and reasoning’s. Ziyarat of the Grave of the Holy Prophet (s) We shall here bring forth the logical proofs from the Holy Qur’an and traditions and request the respected readers for more concentration in this section.

Evidence from Qur’an The Holy Qur’an commands the sinners to approach the Holy Prophet (s) and request him to seek forgiveness for them from Allah since his request and plead is accepted by Allah.

The Holy verse says: وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ جَاءُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّهَ تَوَّابًا رَحِيمًا “And had they, when they were unjust to themselves, come to you and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Apostle had (also) asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Oft-returning, Merciful.

(Nisa 4:64)” If in case we were having only one such verse, we could say that the verse is related to the day when the Holy Prophet (s) was living amongst the people. However, due to a number of reasons, we can derive from this verse, one general conclusion that it is not specific to this worldly life.

They are, firstly the verses of Qur’an that consider a barzakhi life for the Prophet (s), awliya and some particular group of people and introduces them as the ones who can see and hear in that world. This segment of verses will be discussed under the topic of Tawassul (recourse) to the Holy souls. Secondly, the Islamic traditions (hadiths) clearly bear testimony to the fact that the angels transmit the messages of the people to the Holy Prophet (s).

This tradition has come in Sihah as such: إن رسول الله قال ما مِن احدٍ يُسلٍّم على إلا ردَّ الله على روُحى حتى أرُد عليه السلام The Holy Prophet (s) said: “There is no one who sends greetings upon me but that Allah makes his greetings reach me and I answer his greetings.” [^1] And: وقال رسول الله...

وصلُّوا على َّ فإن صلاتكم يبلُغني حيث كُنتم “And said the Prophet of God (s) …… ‘Send greetings upon me for your greetings reaches me’.” [^2] Thirdly, right from the beginning, the Islamic society has grasped a general and wider meaning from this verse (mentioned above) and acted accordingly without the demise of the Holy Prophet (s) becoming any obstacle in this regard.

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