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The Prophet (s.a.w.) as His Intermediary

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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi’i ( r.a. ) wrote, in his Diwan , on intercession of Prophet ( s.a.w. ) after his life:   “The family of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), They are my means in this life and the next life; Through them, I hope to be Given my records, In my right hand on the Day of Judgement.”

Imam Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal (r.a.) Practiced Tawaswswul

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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal ( r.a. ) approved of, and practiced, tawaswswul .  Imam Ahmad ( r.a. ) used to make tawaswswul through the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) a part of every du’a , according to Imam ‘Ala’ ad-Din Abi Hassan ‘Ali ibn Sulayman al-Mardawi ( r.a. ).  He wrote, in his al-Inswaf fi Ma’rifat ar-Rajih min al-Khilaf ‘ala Madzhab al-Imam al-Mubajjal Ahmad ibn Hanbal , “The correct position of the madzhab is that it is permissible in one’s supplication to use as means a pious person, and it is said that it is desirable.  Imam Ahmad said to Abu Bakr al-Marwazi, ‘Let him use the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) as a means in his supplication to Allah.’”   To corroborate, this same report is found in Imam Ahmad’s ( r.a. ) Kitab al-Manasik , narrated by his student, Imam Abu Bakr ‘Abdullah ibn Ahmad al-Marwazi ( r.a. ).  The lengthy wording of the tawaswswul according to the Hanbali madzhab , as established by Imam Abu al-Wafa’ ‘Ali ibn ‘Aqil ( r.a. ),

Discussion on Sayyidatina ‘Aishah bint Abu Bakr’s (r.a.) Age at the Time of Marriage

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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following was a discussion thread on my Wall, regarding one of my Quora questions: If today, Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) comes to your home, and says he wants to marry your 6-year-old daughter, then what would you do?   Sister Sofia Chequer : This is one thing I have never understood.   It is pretty damn clear that Sayyidatina ‘Aishah ( r.a. ) was not 9 when she got married.   Why do so many scholars, and I do not mean just the radical ones, insist on that?   Brother Terence Helikaon Nunis : Because, particularly the Shafi’i scholars, they spent several hundred years being invested in the idea that Swahih al-Bukhari is free of error.   If they accept this, they have to admit that the entire madzhab made a mistake edifying a book.   They may claim to argue out of piety; I think it is simply their collective ego.   Sister Sofia Chequer : But does not Imam al-Bukhari ( r.a. ) also states other sources for her age?   Brother Terence Helikaon N