Status of Auliya:

This world is the world of means (asbaab).  Every thing is learnt and got through some means.  If these means are declared as Shirk (association with Allah), then life will be rendered difficult.  For example, to get a job, where all you have to go and different kinds of efforts are required.  If you consider these means as Shirk  and do not make efforts, then you will remain without a job for your whole life and neither can any other work be done.

Also, if some person can fulfill some need of yours and you go and meet him as a stranger then that person will not even talk to you properly and neither will he do what you want.  If you take that person's friend and acquaintance along with you and make him recommend you, then your work can be completed easily and because of the recommendation of the friend, that person will treat you and help you like an old friend.  This is a worldly example, but you must have understood that it is difficult to get what we want without means.  In the same way, when we look at every thing, we come to know that it is completed through a means (Wasilah).  Then how silly is it to declare means and channels as Shirk.  It is the

same case with seeking the help of Auliya Allah.  By leading their lives in light of the commands of Allah Ta’ala and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), they become the beloved and accepted ( Maqbul ) of Allah Ta’ala.  Even after passing away, there is no change in their status.  The way they prayed for the slaves of Allah Ta’ala in their lives, even after passing away, they do so in the life of the Barzakh (the netherworld, the world between this world and the Aakhirah).  I don’t understand what is wrong with this.

All these objections are because of the weakness of Iman and because of lack of proper belief in Allah Ta’ala.  If they had considered Allah Ta’ala as present (Maujood ) and had taken the path which He prescribed to gain Him, then they would not have fell in these confusions.  The biggest mistake is that we have forgotten His remembrance (Dhikr).  Remembrance of Allah Ta’ala is that because of which there would not have been any problem in considering Allah Ta’ala as present and as the accomplisher of our affairs.  If you had gained the status of Mushahada (i.e. witnessing Allah Ta’ala) through Mujahada (striving against