Asking Metaphysical Help To The Prophets Is Not Making Comparison With Almighty God Poem by Rhymer Rhymer

Asking material help from others is permissible but presuming that prophets/pious posses supernatural/mystical powers and can provide metaphysical help(Ghaibi madad) is "shirk / comparison".

Some people see no problem in asking a doctor for help but say asking saint for help is "shirk". The reason they say is doctor offers 'Physical Help' and asking a saint to grant health is asking ‘Metaphysical Help'(Ghaibi madad)and asking metaphysical help is shirk. This type of classification can nowhere be found in Quran and Hadith.People claiming to follow just Quran and Hadith should not distinguish between the two and even asking a doctor for help should be shirk. Various verses of Quran and Ahadith prove that pious people offered metaphysical help. (See Section 4 for Ahadith Hazrath Ali (RA) getting his eyes cured just with the touch of a hand and Hazrath Abu Huraira(RA) getting good memory are all examples of‘Metaphysical help')

Regain of Eyesight by Hazrath Yusuf's (As)shirt
"Take my shirt and lay it on the face of my father(Ya‘qub) , he will regain his sight." (Sura Yusuf12: 93)When the bearer of glad tidings arrived, he laid the shirt on the face of Yaqub and his sight returned immediately (Qur'an Yusuf12: 96)

Hazrath Isa(AS) use to cure the sick:
Hazrath Isa (AS)curing the leper, born blind, and raising the dead is well known. [Sura Al Imran 3: 49]
Few say that these are miracles that Allah has given only to the Prophets; here is an example of a Non-Prophet, Wali offering metaphysical help.

Asif bin Barkhiya(RA)brought throne of Bilqis (RA)in blink of the eye: Asif Bin Barkhiya, A wali and member of court of Hazrath Suleiman(AS)brought the Throne of Hazrath Bilqis (RA)from thousands of miles away in no time. "He said: I would bring the throne of Bilqis to you before the blink of your eye. And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he (Solomon) said, " This is from the favor of my Lord..." [SuraNaml 27: 40].

All these verses prove that Allah himself has granted His Beloved Servants some extraordinary powers, and they are powerful by the grant of Allah and the real comes from Allah alone. Some say it's logical to ask physical help to creation and metaphysical help to the Allah, that's wrong because even physical help is given only by Allah. Thinking that anyone among the creation has absolute power over anything be it physical or metaphysical, is Shirk/ Comparison.Because it is Allah alone, who has the Absolute power over everything. It is Allah alone who offers material help and it is Allah alone who offers metaphysical help. But just as Allah has granted some of his creation the power to help physically, he has granted His Pious worshipers (Ambiya and Awliya)the power to help metaphysically. In both the cases the actual helps comes from Allah himself.

Anyone who believes absolute power rests with Allah; and Momineen can help by the grant of Allah is justified by the following verse: Allah is his Maula [helper], and Gabriel, and the righteous believers and after that the angels are his helpers. [Sura Tahreem 66: 4]


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