Status of Auliya Allah-1

<span class="content1">&nbsp; <p><strong>Taken from Mawaiiz-e-Hasana of Hadhrat Muhaddith-E-Deccan (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him). </strong></p> <p>This world is the world of means (<i> asbaab </i>). Every thing is learnt and got through some means. If these means are declared as <i>shirk </i>(association with Allah SWT), 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 <i>shirk </i>and do not make efforts, then you will remain without a job for your whole life and neither can any other work be done.</p> <p>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 (<i> Wasilah </i>). Then how silly is it to declare means and channels as <i>shirk </i>. It is the same case with seeking the help of Auliya Allah. By leading their lives in light of the commands of Allah SWT and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), they become the beloved and accepted (<i> Maqbul </i>) of Allah SWT. Even after passing away, there is no change in their status. The way they prayed for the slaves of Allah SWT in their lives, even after passing away, they do so in the life of the <i>Barzakh </i>(the netherworld, the world between this world and the Aakhirah). I don&rsquo;t understand what is wrong with this.</p> <p>All these objections are because of the weakness of Iman and because of lack of proper belief in Allah SWT. If they had considered Allah SWT as present (<i> maujood </i>) 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 (<i> dhikr </i>and <i>adhkaar </i>). Remembrance of Allah SWT is that because of which there would not have been any problem in considering Allah SWT as present and as the accomplisher of our affairs. If you had gained the status of <i>Mushahada </i>(i.e. witnessing Allah SWT) through <i>Mujahada </i>(striving against the desires of the self/in the path of Allah SWT) then your tongue would not have moved for an objection like this.</p> </span>