A099
Surah: 009 - Ayah: 099
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9:99
Q.5. Are there any conditions necessary in order to obtain the Divine and angelic salawat, or can it be obtained without any conditions? If there are conditions, what are they?
A.5. Yes, there are certain conditions necessary to obtain the Divine and angelic salawat. The first and foremost condition is to follow (i.e. obey) Muhammad (s.a.s.) and his progeny. For the way salawat is recited by the command of God and His Prophet, its wisdom is to follow Muhammad (s.a.s.) and his progeny. That is, in the Qur'anic verse on sending salawat upon the Holy Prophet and in the words which the Prophet has ordained to recite, in the language of tawil it is enjoined to follow Muhammad (s.a.s.) and his progeny, for without this the mumins cannot receive the Divine and angelic salawat.
The second condition is pecuniary sacrifice, through which the true Guide purifies the mu 'min, so that he may thereby be closer to God and be able to receive His and His angels' salawat. See Qur'an 9:99, 103 for the details of this condition.
The third condition is abundant dhikr (remembrance of God) and tasbih-u Ibadat in the morning and in the evening. For the details of this condition see the verses (33:41-42) in which the salawat which comes to mu mins from God and His angels is also mentioned.
For the details of the fourth condition, see the verses (2:155-157), the gist of which is patience. Through patience is return unto God and after return is received the salawat.
We will now discuss this matter further, keeping an important question in mind from a Quraanic teaching: “(O God!) You alone we worship and from you alone we seek help.” The question relating to this holy prayer is: Is such a pure help, which is sought from God, possible without any means or is it possible through the general principal of the religion of Islam? If the answer is that this seeking of help is the same as that in Islam, then the practical form of it is mentioned in the Quraan, in that the mumin should seek help from God through the prayer of the Prophit (9:99) and through patience and prayers (2:153), so that He according to His law (sunnat) may help him through an angel (41:30-31), or Spirit (58:22), or Prophet (9:103) and Wakliyy (=Imam, 5:55). This form of help has always been the custom of God, the Exalted.
It should be known that to worship God and seek help from Him through the means ordained by Him is pure tawhid (Oneness of God) and id not shirk at all. For these means and signs (shaair) belong only to God and not to anybody else, whilst shirk really means to make someone else a means without his pleasure.
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