In Today's era, the degraders of Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) deny the shaf'at (Blessing) of Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) in different forms. Not only is the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) source of shaf'at himself, but also the relics associated with him (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) are Shaf'at for Ummah.  The Sahaba(R.A) during his (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) lifetime, and also after his passing away did things like washing his cloak to seek cure, wiping his Wudhu water over their faces and chests, even fighting over his left over wudhu water, considering his hair as most dear to everything that is in the world, touching his pulpit and seeking barakah, etc...

                                                                                
                                                       In Light of the Quran

It was usual practice of the Companions to preserve  relics of Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and to draw benefits and blessings out of them. This proves that they offered them to Allah as instruments of mediation when they needed His help and assistance. Allah Himself has made reference to the relics of the Prophets in the Holy Qur’ān.


وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نِبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ آيَةَ مُلْكِهِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلتَّابُوتُ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ آلُ مُوسَىٰ وَآلُ هَارُونَ تَحْمِلُهُ ٱلْمَلاۤئِكَةُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لَّكُمْ إِن كُنْتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
 
Translation: And (further) their Prophet said to them: "A Sign of his authority is that there shall come to you the Ark of the covenant, with (an assurance) therein of security from your Lord, and the relics left by the family of Moses and the family of Aaron, carried by angels. In this is a symbol for you if ye indeed have faith." [Quran 2:248]
 
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And their prophet said to them, after they had demanded a sign of his kingship: ‘The sign of his kingship is that there will come to you the Ark, a chest containing the images of the prophets,which God sent down to Adam, and which was handed down to them [sc. the Israelites], until the Amalekites seized it from them in battle. They used to commence fighting invoking it before their enemy and marching behind it, as well as experience peacefulness in its presence as God says: therein is a Spirit of Peace, reassurance for your hearts, from your Lord, and a remnant of what the folk of Moses and the folk of Aaron left behind, which were Moses’s pair of sandals and his staff, Aaron’s turban, a measure (qafīz) of the manna that used to come down on them, and the pieces of the broken tablets, the angels bearing it (tahmiluhu l-malā’ikatu, the circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of the verb ya’tiyakum, ‘there will come to’). Surely in that shall be a sign for you, of his kingship, if you are believers’. The angels bore it between the earth and the sky while they gazed at it, until finally they placed it before Saul. They then acknowledged his kingship and hastened to enlist in the [holy] struggle, and he chose seventy thousand of their young men.
Quran states:

 ٱذْهَبُواْ بِقَمِيصِي هَـٰذَا فَأَلْقُوهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِ أَبِي يَأْتِ بَصِيراً وَأْتُونِي بِأَهْلِكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ ٱلْعِيرُ قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ إِنِّي لأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ لَوْلاَ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ
قَالُواْ تَٱللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَفِي ضَلاَلِكَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ فَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَ ٱلْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَاهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِ فَٱرْتَدَّ بَصِيراً قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَّكُمْ إِنِّيۤ أَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Translation: "Go with this my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father: he will come to see (clearly). Then come ye (here) to me together with all your family." When the caravan left (Egypt), their father said: "I do indeed scent the presence of Joseph: Nay, think me not a dotard." They said: "By Allah. truly thou art in thine old wandering mind." Then when the bearer of the good news came, He cast (the shirt) over his face, and he forthwith regained clear sight. He said: "Did I not say to you, 'I know from Allah that which ye know not?'"[Quran 12:93-96] 


The NEARNESS OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE(MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) TO THE PEOPLE AND THEIR SEEKING BLESSINGS FROM HIM (AND HIS POSSESSIONS) 
 

Blessing Through Hair of Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)
 
Hadith #1

Narrated Ibn Sirrn:

I said to 'Ablda, "I have some of the hair of the Prophet which I got from Anas or from his family." 'Abida replied. "No doubt if I had a single hair of that it would have been dearer to me than the whole world and whatever is in it."
Reference
► Volume 1, Book 4, Number 171: Sahih Bukhari
 

Hadith #2

Anas reported: I saw when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) got his hair cut by the barber, his Companions came round him and they eagerly wanted that no hair should fall but in the hand of a person. 

Reference
►Book 030, Number 5750: (Sahih Muslim)
 

Hadith #3

Similarly another tradition is attributed to Anas:

I saw that a barber was shaving the Prophet’s head and the Companions stood around him in the shape of a circle. They wished that each strand of hair falling off the Prophet’s head should fall into the hand of one of them (they did not wish it to fall on the ground)

References
►Muslim narrated it in his as-Sahīh, book of fadā’il (virtues) ch.19 (4:1812#2324)
►Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (3:133,137)
►Ibn Sa‘d, at-Tabaqāt-ul-kubrā (1:431)
►Bayhaqī, as-Sunan-ul-kubrā (7:68)
►Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:140). 


Hadith #4

Narrated IsraiI:
Uthman bin 'Abdullah bin Mauhab said, "My people sent me with a bowl of water to Um Salama." Isra'il approximated three fingers ('indicating the small size of the container in which there was some hair of the Prophet. 'Uthman added, "If any person suffered from evil eye or some other disease, he would send a vessel (containing water) to Um Salama. I looked into the container (that held the hair of the Prophet) and saw a few red hairs in it,"

Reference
►Volume 7, Book 72, Number 784: (Sahih Bukhari)


Ibn Hajar ‘Asqalānī says: “This tradition furnishes the proof that it is valid to draw divine blessings from the Prophet’s hair and confirms the permissibility of its acquisition.”

Reference
►Ibn Hajar ‘Asqalānī, Fath-ul-bārī (1:274) 

 

Khalid bin Walid fighting for the Blessed hair of Prophet(Peace be Upon him)

و روي عن صفية بنت نجدة ...
و كانت في قلنسوة خالد بن الوليد شعرات صلى الله عليه و سلم ، فسقطت قلنسوته في بعض حروبه ، فشد عليها شدة أنكر عليه أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم كثرة من قتل فيها ، فقال : لم أفعلها بسبب القلنسوة ، بل لما تضمنه من شعره صلى الله عليه و سلم لئلا أسلب بركتها و تقع في أيدي المشركين .
Translation: Hadrat Safiya (ra) narrates that the cap (helmet) of Khalid bin Walid contained some (blessed) hair of Prophet (Peace be upon him), When that cap (helmet) fell in some battlefield, he started to search for it, when many Sahaba were martyred in that battle, the people strongly complained about (what he did). At this he replied: I did not try so to find just the cap, actually It contained the (blessed) hair of Prophet (Peace be upon him) and I feared that It might get into the hands of Mushrikeen and I might lose the Barakah of it [Qadhi Iyaadh in Ash-Shifa, Volume No. 1, Page No. 619]  


The Small water bag of leather as a source of Blessing
 
Hadith #5

‘Abd-ur-Rahmān bin Abū ‘Amrah has attributed it to his grandmother who heard it from Kabshah Ansāriyyah:

Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) went over to see her and there was a small water bag of leather hanging there. He drank water from it while standing. Then she cut off the mouth of water bag on account of its blessing because the Prophet’s mouth had touched it.

References
►Ibn Mājah narrated it with a sound chain of transmission in his Sunan, book of ashribah (drinks) ch.21 (2:1132#3423)
►Tirmidhī graded it hasan (fair) sahīh (sound) gharīb (rare or unfamiliar) in his al-Jāmi‘-us-sahīh, book of ashribah, ch.18 (4:306#1892), and in ash-Shamā’il-ul-Muhammadiyyah (p.178#203)
►Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (6:434)
►Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (25:15#8)
►Baghawī in Sharh-us-sunnah (11:379#3042)
 

Hadith #6

Umm Sulaym cut off the mouth of the water bag from which the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) had drunk water. Anas says:

That the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) came over to see Umm Sulaym and there was a small leather bag (of water) hanging in the house. He drank (water) from this leather bag while standing. Anas says thatUmm Sulaym cut off the mouth of the leather bag so it is (still) with us

References
►Tirmidhī, ash-Shamā’il-ul-Muhammadiyyah (p.179#205)
►Related by Ahmad bin Hambal in his Musnad (3:119; 6:431)
►Abū Dāwūd Tayālisī, Musnad (p.229#1650)
►Tabarānī in al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (25:127#307) and in al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (1:379#658) 


Cure through the Prophet's(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) Cloak
 
Hadith #7

I went back to Asma' and informed her. whereupon she said: Here is the cloak of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). and she brought out to me that cloak made of Persian cloth with a hem of brocade, and its sleeves bordered with brocade and said: This was Allah's Messenger's cloak with 'A'isha until she died, and when she died. I got possession of it. The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) used to wear that,and "WE WASHED IT FOR THE SICK AND SOUGHT CURE THEREBY"
Reference
►Sahih Muslim Hadith #5149
 

Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) confirming the act to be right

Hadith #8

Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) came to the house of Umm Sulaim and slept in her bed while she was away from her house. On the other day too he slept in her bed. She came and it was said to her: It is Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) who is having siesta in your house, lying in your bed. She came and found him sweating and his sweat falling on the leather cloth spread on her bed. She opened her scent-bag and began to fill the bottles with it. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) was startled and woke up and said: Umm Sulaim, what are you doing? She said: Allah's Messenger, we seek blessings for our children through it. Thereupon he said: You have done something right.

Reference
►Book 030, Number 5762: Sahih Muslim

 

Blessing through the Holy Prophet's(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) Perspiration
  
Hadith #9

Umm Sulaim reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) visited her house and (took rest) and she spread a piece of cloth for him and he had had a siesta on it. And he sweated profusely and she collected his sweat and put it in a perfume and in bottles. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Umm Sulaim, what is this? She said: It is your sweat, which I put in my perfume. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) sweated in cold weather when revelation descended upon him.

Reference
►Book 030, Number 5763: Sahih Muslim

Hadith #10 

It is narrated by Thumāmah through Anas: That Umm Sulaym used to spread a leather mattress for the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) where he enjoyed his midday nap. Anas relates that when the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) woke up, I collected his perspiration and his hair, put these into a bottle and blended them with perfume. Thumāmah relates that when Anas was on the brink of dying he willed that the scent be applied to his coffin. He relates that the scent was applied to his coffin. 

Reference
► Bukhārī in his as-Sahīh, book of isti’dhān (asking permission) ch.41 (5:2316#5925). 

 

Order Of Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)


Hadith #11

Narrated Abu Juhaifa:

Allah's Apostle came to us at noon and water for ablution was brought to him. After he had performed ablution, the remaining water was taken by the people and they started smearing their bodies with it (as a blessed thing). The Prophet offered two Rakat of the Zuhr prayer and then two Rakat of the 'Asr prayer while an 'Anza (spear-headed stick) was there (as a Sutra) in front of him. Abu Musa said: The Prophet asked for a tumbler containing water and washed both his hands and face in it and then threw a mouthful of water in the tumbler and said to both of us (Abu Musa and Bilal), "Drink from the tumbler and pour some of its water on your faces and chests." 

Reference
►Volume 1, Book 4, Number 187: Sahih Bukhari


Blessing through Prophet's(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) Ablution


Hadith #12

Narrated Ibn Shihab:

Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi' who was the person on whose face the Prophet had ejected a mouthful of water from his family's well while he was a boy, and 'Urwa (on the authority of Al-Miswar and others) who testified each other, said, "Whenever the Prophet , performed ablution, his companions were nearly fighting for the remains of the water."  

Reference
►Volume 1, Book 4, Number 188: Sahih Bukhari    

Hadith #13

Narrated As-Sa'ib bin Yazid:

My aunt took me to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! This son of my sister has got a disease in his legs." So he passed his hands on my head and prayed for Allah's blessings for me; then he performed ablution and I drank from the remaining water. I stood behind him and saw the seal of Prophethood between his shoulders, and it was like the "Zir-al-Hijla" (means the button of a small tent, but some said 'egg of a partridge.' etc.)

Reference
►Volume 1, Book 4, Number 189: Sahih Bukhari

 
Hadith #14

Narrated Abu Juhaifa:

Allah's Apostle came out at midday and offered a two-Rak'at Zuhr and 'Asr prayers at Al-Batha and an 'Anza was planted in front of him (as a Sutra). He performed ablution and the people took the remaining water left after his ablution and rubbed their bodies with it. 

Reference
►Volume 1, Book 9, Number 480: Sahih Bukhari

 

Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) himself distributing the Blessed hair 
 
Hadith #15

Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased wish him) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to Mina; he went to the Jamra and threw pebbles at it, after which he went to his lodging in Mina, and sacrificed the animal. He then called for a barber and, turning his right side to him, let him shave him; after which he tiimed his left side. He then gave (these hair) to the people.
 

Reference 
►Book 007, Number 2991: Sahih Muslim

Hadith #16

Abu Bakr reported: (He called for) the barber and, pointing towards the right side of his head, said: (Start from) here, and then distributed his hair among those who were near him. He then pointed to the barber (to shave) the left side and he shaved it, and he gave (these hair) to Umm Sulaim (Allah be pleased with her). And in the narration of Abu Kuraib (the words are):" He started from the right half (of his head), and he distributed a hair or two among the people. and then (asked the barber) to shave the left side and he did similarly, and he (the Holy Prophet) said: Here is Abu Talha and he gave these (hair) to Abu Talha."
Reference 
►Book 007, Number 2992: Sahih Muslim

 
Hadith #17

Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) threw stones at Jamrat al-'Aqaba. He then want to his sacrificial animal and sacrificed it, and there was sitting the barber, and he pointed with his hand towards his head, and he shaved the right half of it, and he (the Holy Prophet) distributed them (the hair) among those who were near him. And he again said: Shave the other half, and said: Where is Abu Talha and gave it (the hair) to him. 

Reference 
►Book 007, Number 2993: Sahih Muslim

Hadith #18 

Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported: When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had thrown pebbles at the Jamra and had sacrificed the animal, he turned (the right side) of his head towards the barber, and i. e shaved it. He then called Abu Talha al-Ansari and gave it to him. He then turned his left side and asked him (the barber) to shave. And he (the barber) shaved. and gave it to Abu Talha and told him to distribute it amongst the people.

Reference 
►Book 007, Number 2994: Sahih Muslim 

 
Shroud out of the clothes worn by the Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)

Hadith #19

Narrated Abu Hazim:

Sahl bin Sa'd said that a woman brought a Burda (sheet) to the Prophet. Sahl asked the people, "Do you know what is a Burda?" The people replied, "It is a 'Shamla', a sheet with a fringe." That woman said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have brought it so that you may wear it." So the Prophet took it because he was in need of it and wore it. A man among his companions, seeing him wearing it, said, "O Allah's Apostle! Please give it to me to wear." The Prophet said, "Yes." (and gave him that sheet). When the Prophet left, the man was blamed by his companions who said, "It was not nice on your part to ask the Prophet for it while you know that he took it because he was in need of it, and you also know that he (the Prophet) never turns down anybody's request that he might be asked for." That man said, "I just wanted to have its blessings as the Prophet had put it on, so l hoped that I might be shrouded in it." 
Reference 
►Volume 8, Book 73, Number 62: Sahih Bukhari

 
Hadith #20 

When Alī’s mother, Fātimah bint Asad died, her funeral rites were meticulously observed. After the bath, when it was time to dress her up in a shirt, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) handed his own shirt to the women and commanded them to dress her up in that shirt and then wrap the coffin round it. 

References

►Tabarānī narrated it in al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (24:351-2#871) and al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (1:152-3#191)
►Ibn Hajar ‘Asqalānī in al-Isābah fī tamyīz-is-sahābah (4:380).   
►Ibn ‘Abd-ul-Barr, al-Istī‘āb fī ma‘rifat-il-ashāb (4:382)
►Abū Nu‘aym, Hilyat-ul-awliyā’ wa tabaqāt-ul-asfiyā’ (3:121)
► Ibn-ul-Jawzī, al-‘Ilal-ul-mutanāhiyyah (1:268-9#433), Sifat-us-safwah (2:38); Ibn-ul-Athīr, Asad-ul-ghābah (7:213)
► Samhūdī, Wafā’-ul-wafā (3:897-8)


Hadith #21

When the Prophet’s daughter, Zaynab or Umm Kalthūm died, he blessed her with his own trouser-sash to wrap the coffin.
 

References

►Bukhārī narrated it in his as-Sahīh, book of janā’iz (funerals) ch.8, 17 (1:422-3,425#1195,1204)
►Muslim, as-Sahīh, book of janā’iz, ch.12 (2:648#939)
►Abū Dāwūd, Sunan, b. of janā’iz, (3:200#3157);
►Nasā’ī, Sunan, b. of janā’iz (4:28-33)
►Tirmidhī, al-Jāmi‘-us-sahīh, b. of janā’iz, ch.15 (3:315#990)
►Ibn Mājah, Sunan, b. of janā’iz, ch.8 (1:468-9#1458)
►Mālik bin Anas, al-Muwattā, b. of janā’iz, ch.1 (1:222#2)
►Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (5:84, 6:407)
►Humaydī, Musnad (1:175-6#360)
►Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (7:302,304#3032-3)
►Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (25:45-50#86,88-95,97-99). 


 

Blessings through the Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) Spittle
 
Hadith #22
 
Part of the hadith

Urwa then started looking at the Companions of the Prophet. By Allah, whenever Allah's Apostle spat, the spittle would fall in the hand of one of them (i.e. the Prophet's companions) who would rub it on his face and skin; if he ordered them they would carry his orders immediately; if he performed ablution, they would struggle to take the remaining water; and when they spoke to him, they would lower their voices and would not look at his face constantly out of respect. Urwa returned to his people and said, "O people! By Allah, I have been to the kings and to Caesar, Khosrau and An-Najashi, yet I have never seen any of them respected by his courtiers as much as Muhammad is respected by his companions. By Allah, if he spat, the spittle would fall in the hand of one of them (i.e. the Prophet's companions) who would rub it on his face and skin; if he ordered them, they would carry out his order immediately; if he performed ablution, they would struggle to take the remaining water; and when they spoke, they would lower their voices and would not look at his face constantly out of respect."
Reference 
►Volume 3, Book 50, Number 891: Sahih Bukhari    


Hadith #23

Asmā’ bint Abū Bakr says:

I (while in Makkah) was pregnant with ‘Abdullāh bin Zubayr (that is, he was in my belly). The period of pregnancy was near completion that I set out for Medina. I got down at Qubā’ and gave birth to my son (‘Abdullāh bin Zubayr) at Qubā’. Then I took him over to the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and placed him in his lap. He sent for a date and chewed it. Then he put his saliva into the child’s mouth, and the first thing that entered his stomach was the Prophet’s saliva. Then he applied the date to his palate, prayed for him and offered his congratulations

References

►Bukhārī narrated it in his as-Sahīh, book of fadā’il-us-sahābah (virtues of the Companions) ch.74 (3:1422-3#3697), b. of ‘aqīqah, ch.1 (5:2081#5152)
►Muslim, as-Sahīh, b. of ādāb (good manners) ch.5 (3:1691#2146)
►Ahmad bin Hambal in Musnad (6:93,347). 

 

Hadith #24

Anas narrates: When ‘Abdullāh, the son of Abū Talhah al-Ansārī, was born, I brought him to the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). At that time, he was wearing a shawl and rubbing oil on to a camel. He said: have you got any dates? I replied, yes. Then I gave him a few dates, he munched them with his teeth and then he put it into the child’s mouth by opening it. The child started sucking it. He said: the Muslims of Medina love the dates and then he named the child as ‘Abdullāh.

References

►Muslim narrated it in his as-Sahīh, book of ādāb (good manners) ch.5 (3:1689#2144)
►Ahmad bin Hambal in Musnad (3:175,196,212)  


Hadith #25

‘Ā’ishah relates that the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) used to mention in the context of patients:

In the name of Allah, with the help of the soil of our land and the saliva from the mouth of some of us, our patient shall recover by the will of our God.

References

►Bukhārī transmitted it in his as-Sahīh, book of tibb (medicine) ch.37 (5:2168#5413)

►Muslim, as-Sahīh, b. of salām (peace) ch.21 (4:1724#2194)

►Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (6:93)

►Hākim, al-Mustadrak (4:412)

►Baghawī in Sharh-us-sunnah (5:224-5#1414).

Ibn Hajar ‘Asqalānī’s comments on the tradition are as follows:

“The Prophet’s words “from the saliva of some of us” prove that he used to apply his saliva while using a protective invocation (ruqyah) over something. Nawawī says: ‘the tradition means that the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) put his saliva on his forefinger and rubbed it on to the soil, then he froze it and applied it to the patient or the wound and while applying it, he recited the words of the tradition.’ Qurtubīsays: ‘this tradition proves that it is valid to treat any disease by using a protective invocation over it, and it also makes it clear that it was a common and popular practice among them.’ He is also of the opinion that the Prophet’s placing of his forefinger on the soil and sprinkling it with earth justifies its relevance while blowing protective invocation through it… And, surely, it describes the mode of receiving blessings through the attributes of the Lord and the relics of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). Then blowing breath laden with protective invocation into something and a divinely inspired sense of purpose and determination have amazing implications which simply stun human reason.

Reference

►Ibn Hajar ‘Asqalānī, Fath-ul-bārī (10:208)  


Blessing through the Holy Prophet’s(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) handwash
Hadith #26

Abu Musa reported: I was in the company of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as he had been sitting in Ji'rana (a place) between Mecca and Medina and Bilal was also there, that there came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) a desert Arab, and he said: Muhammad, fulfill your promise that you made with me. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him: Accept glad tidings. Thereupon the desert Arab said: You shower glad tidings upon me very much; then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) turned towards Abu Musa and Bilal seemingly in a state of annoyance and said: Verily he has rejected glad tidings but you two should accept them. We said: Allah's Messenger, we have readily accepted them. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) called for a cup of water and washed his hands in that and face too and put the saliva in it and then said: Drink out of it and pour it over your faces and over your chest and gladden yourselves. They took hold of the cup and did as Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had commanded them to do. Thereupon Umm Salama called from behind the veil: Spare some water in your vessel for your mother also, and they also gave some water which had been spared for her.
Reference 
►Book 031, Number 6091: Sahih Muslim

 
Hadith #27

Narrated Abu Juhaifa:

I came to the Prophet while he was inside a red leather tent, and I saw Bilal taking the remaining water of the ablution of the Prophet, and the people were taking of that water and rubbing it on their faces; and whoever could not get anything of it, would share the moisture of the hand of his companion (and then rub it on his face).
Reference 
►Volume 7, Book 72, Number 750: Sahih Bukhari    


Blessing through Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) Sandel 
 
Hadith #28

Narrated 'Isa bin Tahman:

Anas brought out to us two worn out leather shoes without hair and with pieces of leather straps. Later on Thabit Al-Banani told me that Anas said that they were the shoes of the Prophet. 

Reference
►Volume 4, Book 53, Number 339: Sahih Bukhari

Hadith #29

Narrated Isaa bin Tahman: Anas bin Malik brought out for us, two sandals having two straps. Thabit Al-Banani said, "These were the sandals of the Prophet ."
Reference 
►Volume 7, Book 72, Number 749: Sahih Bukhari

 
Respect(adaab) for Blessed sandals of Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) 

Qastallānī writes in his book al-Mawāhib-ul-laduniyyah (2:118-9) that ‘Abdullāh bin Mas‘ūd was one of the Prophet’s attendants and attended him with a pillow, a tooth-brush, a pair of sandals and water for ablution. When the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) stood up, he helped him put on the sandals, and when he sat down, ‘Abdullāh bin Mas‘ūd picked up the sandals and tucked them under his arms.



Blessing through the Holy Goblet of Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)


Hadith #30

Abū Burdah narrates:

‘Abdullāh bin Salām said to me, “Shouldn’t I serve you (water) in the goblet from which the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) had drunk.

Reference

►Bukhārī narrated it in his as-Sahīh, book of ashribah (drinks) ch.29 (5:2134) 

 
Hadith #31

Narrated Anas bin Malik:

When the cup of Allah's Apostle got broken, he fixed it with a silver wire at the crack. (The sub-narrator, 'Asim said, "I saw the cup and drank (water) in it.")
Reference 
►Volume 4, Book 53, Number 341: Sahih Bukhair  


Hadith #32

Abū Hāzim from Sahl bin Sa‘d narrates:

One day the Companions had the pleasure of the Prophet’s company at Saqīfah banī Sā‘idah. Then he asked Sahl to get him (some water). Then I brought out this goblet for him and served him (water) in it. Abū Hāzim said: Sahl brought out that goblet for us and we also drank from it. Then ‘Umar bin ‘Abd-ul-‘Azīz requested that he should hand over the goblet to him and Sahl handed it over to him. And the tradition by Abū Bakr bin Ishāq says: he said, O Sahl, get me some water to drink.

Reference

►Muslim, as-Sahīh, book of ashribah (drinks) ch.9 (3:1591#2007)
►Bukhārī, as-Sahīh, book of ashribah, ch.29 (5:2134#5314)
 


Hadith #33

Hajjāj bin Hassān relates:
We were with Anas that he sent for a vessel, which had three female iron lizards and an iron ring in it. He took it out of a black cover, which was less than medium size and more than one-eighth of it, and at Anas’s order, water was brought in it for us. We had the water and poured some of it over our heads and faces and sent salutations on the Holy Prophet. 
References
►Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (3:187)
►Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:370)
 


Blessing through the Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) Blanket 
 
Hadith #34

The Mother of Believers, ‘Ā’ishah lovingly guarded a blanket in which the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) had passed away as is attributed to Abū Hurayrah that ‘Ā’ishah took out a thick blanket and showed it to us. She said:The Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) had breathed his last in this blanket
Reference
►Related by Bukhārī in his as-Sahīh, book of khumus (fifth part) ch.5 (3:1131#2941)   


Hadith #35

Narrated Abu Burda:

'Aisha brought out to us a patched wool Len garment, and she said, "(It chanced that) the soul of Allah's Apostle was taken away while he was wearing this." Abu-Burda added, "Aisha brought out to us a thick waist sheet like the ones made by the Yemenites, and also a garment of the type called Al-Mulabbada." 
Reference
►Volume 4, Book 53, Number 340: Sahih Bukhari
 

The Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) ring
Hadith #36

‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar has narrated:
The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) had a silver ring made for himself. It was in his hand, then it remained in Abū Bakr’s hand, then it remained in ‘Umar’s hand, then it remained in ‘Uthmān’s hand, then from his hand it fell into a well at Arīs. The following words were engraved on it: Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah

References
►Related by Bukhārī in his as-Sahīh, book of libās (dress) ch.48 (5:2204#5535)
►Muslim, as-Sahīh, book of libās waz-zīnah (dress and embellishment) ch.12 (3:1656#2091)
►Abū Dāwūd in Sunan, book of khātim (ring) 4:88 (#4215).
 

Blessing through the Holy Prophet’s(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) Blessed nail

Hadith #37

Muhammad bin ‘Abdullāh bin Zayd has reported it from his father:

The Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) had his hair cut in a piece of cloth and gave it to him, out of which he distributed some among the people, then he had his nails clipped and gave them to him.

This tradition has a sound chain of transmission and its narrators are men of credibility.

Reference
►Related by Ahmad bin Hambal in Musnad (4:42) 


Blessings through the Prophet’s(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) hands and feet

Hadith #38

Anas bin Mālik relates:

After morning prayers, the servants of Medina brought their utensils full of water to the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). He dipped his finger into every utensil. Often it happened in the mornings and he dipped his hand in it.

Reference
►Related by Muslim in his as-Sahīh, b. of fadā’il (virtues) ch.19 (4:1812#2324)
 

Hadith #39

Umm Abān bint Wazi‘ bin Zāri‘ has reported from her grandfather Zāri‘ who was a member of the ‘Abd-ul-Qays delegation. He said:

When we went to Medina, we hurried out of our vehicles and started kissing the hands and feet of the beloved Prophet

References
►Abū Dāwūd, Sunan, b. of adab (good manners) 4:357 (#5225)
►Bayhaqī, as-Sunan-ul-kubrā (7:102) 
 

Hadith #40

Bukhārī has added the following words to the tradition narrated by Umm Abān. According to him, her grandfather said:

When we arrived (in Medina), we were told: over there is the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). So we grasped his hands and feet and kissed them.

Reference
►Related by Bukhārī in his al-Adab-ul-mufrad (p.339#975)

Hadith #41

Safwān bin ‘Assāl has narrated:

A Jewish delegation kissed the hands and the feet of the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم).

References
►Ibn Mājah narrated it in his Sunan, b. of adab (good manners) ch.16 (2:1221#3705)
►Tirmidhī in al-Jāmi‘-us-sahīh, b. of isti’dhān (asking for permission) ch.33 (5:77#2733) and graded it hasan (fair) sahīh (sound)
►Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (4:239)
►Ibn Abū Shaybah, al-Musannaf (8:562#6258)
►Abū Dāwūd Tayālisī, Musnad (p.160#1164)
►Hākim in al-Mustadrak (1:9) labelled it as sahīh while Dhahabī endorsed him 
►Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (8:69-70#7396)
►Abū Nu‘aym, Hilyat-ul-awliyā’ wa tabaqāt-ul-asfiyā’ (5:97-8)
►Bayhaqī, Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:268).      


Blessing through the Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) Pulpit
 
Hadith #42
Sitting on the pulpit, the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) taught religion to his Companions. The lovers of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) were extremely fond of this pulpit and preserved it like his other relics to draw blessings from it. Qādī ‘Iyād relates:

Ibn ‘Umar was often seen touching with his hand the part of the pulpit where the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) used to sit and then rubbing his hand all over his body.

Reference

►Qādī ‘Iyād, ash-Shifā (2:620)

 
Blessing through the Holy Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) Staff
 
Hadith #43
‘Abdullāh bin Anīs has reported it from his father:
When I called on the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) , he said to me as he saw me: “The successful face (the successful man).” He says: I said to him: O Messenger of Allah, I have killed him (Khālid bin Sufyān). He said: You have spoken out the truth. Then the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) stood up beside me and went to his house and blessed me with his staff and said: O ‘Abdullāh bin Anīs! Keep it with you. When I came out carrying the staff, the people asked me: what is this (staff)? He replied: this has been given to me by the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and he has commanded me to keep it. The people said: won’t you return it to the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)? Ask the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) about it. ‘Abdullāh bin Anīs says that I called on the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and asked him: O Messenger of Allah! why have you given this staff to me? He replied: on the Day of Judgement this will serve as a mark of recognition between us when few people will cooperate with others. ‘Abdullāh bin Anīs tied the staff to his sword and always kept it with himself until he passed away. He had willed about the staff that it should be placed in his coffin, so we buried them together. 
References 
►Ahmad bin hambal, Musnad (3:496)
►Ibn Sa‘d, at-Tabaqāt-ul-kubrā (2:50-1)    

Hadith #44

Anas bin Mālik has reported: 
That he had a short stick given to him by the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). When he died, it (the stick) was buried with him, between his shirt and the side of his body. 
Reference
►Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:368)


Hadith #45 
Qādī ‘Iyād relates in as-Shifā (2:621): 
Jahjāhā al-Ghifārī snatched the Prophet’s staff from ‘Uthmān’s hand, placed it on his knee and made a sacrilegious effort to break it. But people stalled him in his tracks by protesting, but (he was punished by the unknown for this act), a boil broke out on his knee which turned into a running sore. As a result, his leg was amputated and he died the same year.

 Imam Bukhari

Ibn Adee Narated and many other have quoted this " Imam Bukhari Completed his Book by sitting near the Blessed Grave of Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)"

[Muqadama Fathul Bari By Imam Hajr Asqalani page # 656]


"Imam Bukhari throught out his life, Used to keep the blessed hair of Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) in his clothes"

[Muqadama Fathul Bari By Imam Hajr Asqalani page 645]
 

I shall divide your proofs in parts which will cover everything you said and shall refute them one by one


a) You highlighted the 18th Ayah of Surah Najm though previous ayahs should have been highlighted too which actually prove that Prophet (Peace be upon him) did see Allah

b) Then you used (Al-A'raf 143) to prove that Sight of Allah is not possible, I will prove from the same ayah that sight of Allah is indeed possible


Summerizing Usman's post and Its refutation!

c) You used the Traditions of Hadrat `A'ishah, I will Insha ALLAH prove from overwhelming other ahadith including that of Ibn Abbas (ra) who was the chief commentator of Quran that Prophet (Peace be upon him) actually saw Allah, plus the Imams of Islaaf and leading Tabiyeen like Hasan Basri used to swear upon the fact that Prophet (Peace be upon him) saw Allah.

d) Then you used 2 ahadith of Sahih Muslim and showed interpretation of Ibn Qayyim (the Literalist) that they refer to seeing a veil rather than Allah, I will prove you wrong from the 2 ahadith themselves and their actual Arabic wording which decisively prove that Prophet (Peace be upon him) saw Allah

e) You claimed that Imam Muslim in his Kitab al-Iman has related this tradition from Hadrat Abu Musa al-Ash`ari: "The Holy Prophet said: The sight of no one from among His creatures has reached Allah Almighty." I will prove from Same Abu Musa Al Ashari (ra) that he believed in the sight of Allah and the translation from Sahih Muslim which you have given is false

f) Then you yourself showed a hadith from Sahih Bukhari’s Kitab at Tawhid that It was Allah whom the Prophet (Peace be upon him) saw

**Answer regarding (a)53.7: While he was in the highest part of the horizon: 53.8: Then he approached and came closer,
53.9: And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer;
53.10: So did (Allah) convey the inspiration to His Servant- (conveyed) what He (meant) to convey.53.11: The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw.
53.12: Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw?
Quran and Sharah from Bukhari and Muslim

Especially in the 12th Ayah Allah is challenging the whole world that “WILL YE THEN DISPUTE WITH HIM CONCERNING WHAT HE SAW” had it been seeing Gabriel only then that would not have been a great challenge because previous Prophets like Moses (Peace be upon him) had even talked “DIRECTLY WITH ALLAH” which was a far superior thing than seeing Gibriel, hence the vision of Allah was finally reserved for Prophet (Peace be upon him) as hadith of Ibn Abbas proves (I will come to it later) meanwhile I will quote detailed Tafsir of it by Imam Ibn Jawzi (rah), he explaines the 8th and 9th ayah in light of sahih ahadith and aqwaal in this fashion 


وفي المشار إليه بقوله: «ثُمَّ دنا» ثلاثة أقوال.

أحدها: أنه الله عز وجل. روى البخاري ومسلم في «الصحيحين» من حديث شريك بن أبي نَمِر عن أنس بن مالك قال: دنا الجبّار ربُّ العِزَّة فتدلَّى حتى كان منه قابَ قوسين أو أدنى. وروى أبو سلمة عن ابن عباس: «ثم دنا» قال: دنا ربُّه فتدلَّى، وهذا اختيار مقاتل. قال: دنا الرَّبُّ من محمد ليلةَ أُسْرِي به،، فكان منه قابَ قوسين أو أدنى. وقد كشفتُ هذا الوجه في كتاب «المُغْني» وبيَّنتُ أنه ليس كما يخطُر بالبال من قُرب الأجسام وقطع المسافة، لأن ذلك يختص بالأجسام، والله منزَّه عن ذلك.

والثاني: أنه محمد دنا من ربِّه، قاله ابن عباس، والقرظي.

والثالث: أنه جبريل. ثم في الكلام قولان.


Translation: There are three famous sayings regarding the saying of Allah i.e. Then he approached and came closer

First: That is Allah Azza wajjal as it is narrated by Bukhari and Muslim in “Sahihayn” the hadith from Sharik bin Ibn Numayr who heard from Anas bin Malik (ra) who said: The Irresistible, the Lord of Honor and Majesty approached and came closer till he was about two bow lengths or (even) nearer [Sahih Bukhari Hadith # 7518, Sahih Muslim Hadith # 162]

Masbat (Proof) takes over Nafi (rejection)


...and It is narrated by Abu Salama from Ibn Abbas (ra) that {He approached} refers to Allah coming near, this is adopted by Maqatil (ra) who said: Allah came near to Muhammad (Peace be upon him) on the night of Isra And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer, however It is written in the book Al Mughni that this coming nearer does not refer to coming closer in sense of bodies not distance as that is the case with bodily creations and Allah is High of such thing being attributed to him. The Second: That It was Muhammad (Peace be upon him) who went near Allah, this is said by Ibn Abbas (ra) and Qurzi(ra) too.

The Third: It was Gibril and there is Kalaam in this Qawl! Reference: Imam Ibn Jawzi in Zad al Maseer fi Ilm at Tafsir, Volume No. 8, Page No. 65-66]

Hence From Quran and Sahih ahadith of Bukhari and Muslim which give best sharah of 8th and 9th Ayahs It is proven that Prophet (Peace be upon him) saw Allah (this itself is enough to say that Aisha ra’s qawl is not to be taken as absolute authority and even Anas bin Malik who is claimed to have rejected sight of Allah is proving in these ahadith that Prophet Peace be upon him saw Allah, It is fundamental Usool of Hadith that If same sahabi says 2 contrary things then “Masbat (proof)” takes over “Nafi (i.e. rejection)”, so according to this Usool itself It is soundly established that the Prophet Peace be upon him did indeed see Allah and the Nafi of this has to be rejected)

Answer to (b) Usman used the ayah (Surah al Araaf: 143) to claim that Prophet (Peace be upon him) could not see Allah as in that Ayah Allah said to Moses that you cannot see me!
From same 7:143 that Its possible to see Allah

najdi/wahabi said and I quote: About the Prophet Moses it has been said in the Qur'an that he had besought to see Allah And the reply given was: Lan tarani "You cannot see Me." (Al-A'raf 143).

Jazak Allahu Khayrun Usman for writing the Arabic wording along i.e. “LAN TARANI” Insha ALLAH this will itself prove that Lan Tarani has the proof that sight of Allah is not “Impossible”

Here is proof from Tafsir al Jalalyn and Tafsir ul Qurtubi

Imam Jalal ud din suyuti (rah) said: 


أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَٰنِى } أي لا تقدر على رؤيتي، والتعبير به دون «لن أُرَى» يفيد إمكان رؤيته تعالى { وَلَٰكِنِ انْظُرْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ } الذي هو أقوى منك { فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ } ثبت { مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَٰنِى } أي تثبت لرؤيتي، وإلا فلا طاقة لك { فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُ } أي ظهر من نوره قدر نصف أنملة الخنصر كما في حديث صححه الحاكم


Translation: {You shall not see Me},which means you do not have the capability to see me THE USE OF THE WORDING (LAN TARANI) RATHER THAN LAN URA (I.E. I SHALL NOT BE SEEN) IMPLIES THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE ALLAH {But gaze at the mountain} which is stronger than you are, {And if it stands still in its place} then you shall see Me’, that is, [then] you shall remain fixed [able] to see Me, otherwise, you will not have the capacity [for it]. {And when his Lord revealed (His) glory to the mountain} i.e. When he manifested his light, equivilant to half a nail of little finger as this is mentioned in the sahih hadith of Hakim

[Tafsir al Jalalyn, Page No. 167, Published by Dar Ibn Kathir, Damascus]

The Anbiya never ask for Impossible!
In the Ayah Musa (a.s) said in the end: And Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses he said:"Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe."(7:143)

Imam Qurtubi (rah) explains it as: 


وأجمعت الأمة على أن هذه التوبة ما كانت عن معصية؛ فإن الأنبياء معصومون. وأيضاً عند أهل السنة والجماعة الرؤيةُ جائزةٌ.


Translation: The Imams are unanimous that (Musa a.s) asking for Tawba does not refer to sins because the Anbiya are infallible/Masoom, and in the opinion of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jammah the Sight of (Allah) is possible[ Tafsir al Qurtubi, Under 7:143]

Hence it is decisively proven from Quran itself that Anbiya never ask for something Impossible, had sight of Allah not been possible then Musa (a.s) would not have asked for it and nor would have Allah linked it to the condition of mountain staying at its place (because Allah does not do illogical things either .. Naudhobillah), the thing is that Musa (a.s) was not capable of seeing Him but Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) was and the vision was only reserved for him.

Proof on (c) i.e. Hadith of Aisha (ra) cannot supersede the overwhelming other ahadith which prove contrary to it. 

The hadith of Aisha (ra) which Usman used has this wording: Whoever among you says that Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace) had seen his Lord and Sustainer, tells a lie 

This hadith and specific wording of Aisha (ra) is itself proof that other Sahaba differed with her and many believed in sight Of Allah, plus Aisha (ra) getting very angry upon it is proof of her doing it in opposition of Ibn Abbas (ra) who was actually a far superior commentator of Quran than Aisha (ra) herself..

Knowing from Best commentators of Bukhari/Muslim
...some people would be eying for this to start accusing on Sahaba but what I am saying has absolutely no accusation on Sahaba because Sahaba were not infallible and this is opinion of Ahlus Sunnah (contrary to Shi’ites who see these mistakes of sahaba as excuses to accuse them and the great thing is that Shi’ites themselves reject the sight of Allah but Alhamdulillah Ahlus Sunnah are the saved group so our viewpoint is Haqq and Indeed our beloved Prophet has seen Allah)

I will present the most revered and authentic Sharh of this hadith in words of the great Imam Ahmed bin hanbal as cited by the leading commentator of Bukhari i.e. Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani (rah)

Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani (Rahimuhullah) says in his Fath ul Bari


عن المروزي قلت لأحمد إنهم يقولون إن عائشة قالت من زعم أن محمدا رأى ربه فقد أعظم على الله الفرية فبأي شيء يدفع قولها قال بقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم رأيت ربي قول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أكبر من قولها


Translation: Maruzi (rah) said to Imam Ahmed (rah): People say that Aisha (ra) used to say that whosoever says that the Prophet (saw) saw his Lord has attributed a lie to Allah, so how shall this be answered? (Imam Ahmed) replied: From the saying of Prophet (saw) [himself] “رأيت ربي” i.e. I saw my Lord, this will be an answer to Aisha (ra)’s Qawlbecause the saying of Prophet (saw) is far superior than saying of her (i.e. Aisha ra)[Fath ul Bari, Sharah Sahih ul Bukhari, Volume No. 8, Page No. 494]

Allah hu Akbar, may Allah Bless Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal (rah) who gave the perfect answer in this regard.


The 2 Ahadith of Muslim actually prove "Sight"

Imam Nawawi (rah) the leading commentator on Sahih Muslim sheds more light on this
He presents the case beautifully as:
 

‏وإذا صحت الروايات عن ابن عباس في إثبات الرؤية وجب المصير إلى إثباتها فإنها ليست مما يدرك بالعقل , ويؤخذ بالظن , وإنما يتلقى بالسماع ولا يستجيز أحد أن يظن بابن عباس أنه تكلم في هذه المسألة بالظن والاجتهاد . وقد قال معمر بن راشد حين ذكر اختلاف عائشة وابن عباس : ما عائشة عندنا بأعلم من ابن عباس , ثم إن ابن عباس أثبت شيئا نفاه والمثبت مقدم على النافي


Translation: When it is proven from Sahih ahadith of Ibn Abbas (ra) then we cannot assume that he said it according to his own thinking, definitely he said it due to his hearing from Prophet (saw), Ma’mar bin Rashid (rah) said regarding the difference between Aisha (ra) and Ibn Abbas (ra) that Aisha (ra) was not aware about this (completely) whereas Ibn Abbas (ra) was, So when Ibn Abbas (ra) is proving it while some others are doing Nafi of it then It is a (Principle) that Masbat (Proof) takes over Nafi (rejection) [Sharah Sahih Muslim, Kitab al Iman, Chapter in meaning of :He saw him at the second descent]

Words cannot comprehend this wonderful explanation!

Proof on (d) i.e. the 2 ahadith which Usman used from Sahih Muslim actually firmly prove that Prophet (Peace be upon him) saw Allah and It is misinterpretation of Ibn Qayyim to give wrong taweel over them. 

Once again Jazak Allahu Khayrun Usman for providing the original Arabic transliteration of those 2 ahadith of Sahih Muslim. I will give translation word by word so that everyone understands easily

The first hadith has this wording

a) Nur-Un = He is Light

b) Anna = I, myself, me

c) Ara = Saw

d) Hu = Him


Usman blindly relied on Ibn Qayyim and said: Of the first answer of the Holy Prophet Ibn al-Qayyim has given this meaning in his Zad al-Ma ad: "Between me and the sight of my Lord there was Light,"Proven from same Abu Dhar (ra) on Sight!

The wording which Usman showed is found "NOWHERE" in actual wording of Hadith of Sahih Muslim, rather the literal and actual wording of Hadith firmly proves that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) saw Allah

Now let us look at the Arabic of second hadith!

“ Ra 'aitu nur-an

a) - Ra’aitu = I Saw -

b) Nur-an = Nur/Light -


It does not say anywhere in that hadith as Usman showed: I did not see my Lord but only a Light… that is nothing but a forgery too.

Alhamdulillah the same 2 ahadith themselves prove that Prophet (Peace be upon him) saw Allah, plus It is narrated by Abu Dhar (ra) who himself believed that Prophet (Peace be upon him) saw Allah, here is the proof 


روى شريك عن أبي ذر رضي الله عنه في تفسير الآية ، قال : رأى النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم ربه


Translation: Narrated by Sharik from Abu Dhar (Radhi Allaho Anho) who said in Tafsir of the ayah (of Surah Najm):The Prophet (Peace be upon him) Saw his Lord [Qadhi Iyaad in as-Shifa, Page No. 105]

Proof (e) Your claim of Hadith from Abu Musa 

You quoted hadith from Sahih Muslim as: Hadrat Abu Musa al-Ash`ari: "The Holy Prophet said: The sight of no one from among His creatures has reached Allah Almighty."

Could you please give me exact reference of this (although you have not given references of many ahadith which you showed) because according to my knowledge such a wording is present nowhere in Kitab al Iman of Sahih Muslim through Abu Musa (correct me If I am wrong by giving reference)

Proof (f) You yourself showed the sahih Hadith of Bukhari which porves that Prophet (Peace be upon him) saw Allah, I do not have to repeat this as I have already proven from Tafsir of Ibn Jawzi that the hadith is Sahih narrated by both Bukhari and Muslim.Citing overwhelming more proofs!

In the end I would just like to give some more proofs

*Proof # 1*

Ibn Shihab said: Ibn Hazm told me that Ibn 'Abbas and Abd Habba al-Ansari used to say that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Thereafter he ascended with me till I was taken to such a height where I heard the scraping of the pens (of Taqdir) Ibn Hazm and Anas told that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Allah then made fifty prayers obligatory for my Ummah and I returned with that and passed by Moses. Moses, (peace be upon him) said: What has thy Lord enjoined on thy people? I said: Fifty prayers have been made obligatory on them. Moses (peace be upon him) said: Return to thy Lord(‏فراجع ربك), for thy Ummah would not be able to bear this burden. Then I came back to my Lord(فراجعت ربي) and He remitted a portion out of thut. I then again went to Moses (peace be upon him) and informed him about it He said: Return to thy Lord(‏راجع ربك),, for thy Ummah shall not be able to bear this burden. I then went back to my Lord(فراجعت ربي) and He said: They are five and at the same time fifty, and what has been said will not be changed. I then returned to Moses and he said: Go back to thy Lord. whereupon I said: I feel ashamed of my Lord(قد استحييت من ربي)[Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 313 – Agreed upon]


This hadith decicively proves that Prphet (Peace be upon him) saw Allah because everything Musa (a.s) told him to “RETURN TO HIS LORD” and finally the Prophet said: “I FEEL ASHAMED OF MY LORD”

Proof # 2 


‏ عن ‏ ‏ابن عباس ‏ ‏قال ‏ 
رأى ‏ ‏محمد ‏ ‏ربه قلت أليس الله يقول ‏ 
لا تدركه الأبصار وهو يدرك الأبصار ‏ 

قال ويحك ذاك إذا تجلى بنوره الذي هو نوره وقال أريه مرتين ‏ 
قال ‏ ‏أبو عيسى ‏ ‏هذا ‏ ‏حديث حسن


Yet another great Sharh of Bukhari !

Translation: Ibn Abbas (ra) said that Muhammad (salallaho alaihi wasalam) saw his Lord, (Ikrama) asked: Hasn’t Allah said that Eyes cannot “COMPREHEND” him, at this (Ibn Abbas) replied: Strange that you have not understood, this is when Allah shows glimpse of his own Nur (which cannot be comprehended), so Prophet (saw) saw Allah twice [Sunnan Tirimdh, Tafsir of Surah al-Najm, Hadith No. 3201] – Imam Tirimdhi declared this hadith as“Hassan”*Proof # 3*

Sheikh Muhadith Haq Dhelvi (rahimuhullah) writes: Ibn Umar(ra) turned to Ibn Abbas (ra) regarding this matter and asked whether the Prophet (saw) has seen his Lord, Ibn Abbas replied in affirmative, Ibn Umar (ra) accepted this and did not reject it [Ashaat ul Lamaat, Volume No. 4, Page No. 431]

Now It is proven from yet another Mujtahid Sahabi i.e. Ibn Umar (ra) that Prophet (Peace be upon him) saw Allah!

*Proof # 4*

Imam Badr ud din Ayni (Rahimuhullah) the commentator of Bukhari said:
 

روى ابن خزيمة بإسناد قوي عن أنس قال رأى محمد ربه وبه قال سائر أصحاب ابن عباس وكعب الأحبار والزهري وصاحب معمر وآخرون وحكى عبد الرزاق عن معمر عن الحسن أنه حلف أن محمدا رأى ربه وأخرج ابن خزيمة عن عروة بن الزبير إثباتها


Translation: Ibn Khuazaima (rah) narrated with “strong chain” from Anas bin Malik (ra) that he said: Muhammad (salallaho alaihi wasalam) saw his Lord, same is narrated from Ibn Abbas (ra) and his disciples like K’ab al Ahbar (ra), Zuhiri (rah) and Ma’mar (rah), Imam Abdur Razzaq (rah) narrates from Ma’mar who quotes Imam Hassan Basri (rah) who used to say: I Swear that Muhammad (salallaho alaihi wassalam) saw his Lord, Ibn Khuzaima (rah) has also proven it (sight of Allah) from Urwa bin Zubayr (ra) [Umdat al Qari, Sharah Sahih al Bukhari, Volume No. 19, Page No. 198]

Do you doubt the Vision of Muhammad? (Saw)

*Proof # 5*

Imam Badr ud din Ayni (rah) also explains:


وروى الطبراني في (الأوسط) بإسناد قوي عن ابن عباس قال رأى محمد ربه مرتين ومن وجه آخر قال نظر محمد إلى ربه جعل الكلام لموسى والخلة لإبراهيم والنظر لمحمد فظهر من ذلك أن مراد ابن عباس ههنا رؤيا العين


Translation:Imam Tabarani (rah) narrates in his (Al Awsat) with “Strong chain” from Ibn Abbas (ra) who said that Prophet (saw) saw his Lord twice, the reason for this saying is that Muhammad (saw) saw his Lord with his eyesight, because Musa (a.s) talked to Allah directly, Ibrahim (a.s) was taken as His friend and Muhammad (salallaho alaihi wasalam) was chosen for sight (no other Prophet was), apparently what Ibn Abbas (ra) means to say is that Prophet (saw) saw Allah with his eyes [Umdat al Qari, Sharah Sahih al Bukhari, Volume No. 17, Page No. 30]

*Proof # 6*

Imam Nasai’i (Rahimuhullah) and Hakim (Rahimuhullah) narrate with Sahih Isnad: 


أخبرنا إسحاق بن إبراهيم قال أخبرنا معاذ بن هشام قال حدثني أبي عن قتادة عن عكرمة عن بن عباس قال أتعجبون أن تكون الخلة لإبراهيم والكلام لموسى والرؤية لمحمد صلى الله عليه وسلم 


Translation: Ibn Abbas (ra) narrates: Are you surprised at friendship of Ibrahim (a.s) [with Allah], The Speech of Musa (directly with Allah) and Sight of Muhammad (Salallaho alaihi wasalam)? [Sunnan Nasai’I al Kubra in Amal al Yawm wal Laylah , Volume No.6, Hadith No.11539, Mustadrak ala Sahihayn, Volume No. 1, Hadith No. 216]
Imam Hakim (rah) after narrating it said: 


هذا حديث صحيح على شرط البخاري


Translation: This Hadith is Sahih on the criteria of Bukhari [ibid, Hadith No. 216]

The Madhab of Vast majority!

Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani (Rahimuhullah) said: 


ما أخرجه النسائي بإسناد صحيح وصححه الحاكم أيضا من طريق عكرمة عن بن عباس قال أتعجبون أن تكون الخلة لإبراهيم والكلام لموسى والرؤية لمحمد


Translation: It is narrated by Nasai’i with “Sahih Isnad” and Hakim also declared it “Sahih” the narration with the chain from Ikrama (rah) who heard Ibn Abbas (ra) say (and he quoted the above hadith) [Fath ul Bari, Sharah Sahih al Bukhari, Volume No. 8, Page No 493]

*Proof # 7Imam Nawawi (Rahimuhullah) writes under the hadith of Ibn Masud (ra) that (Prophet saw)’s heart did not lie of what it saw means that he saw Jibril (a.s)


هذا الذي قاله عبد الله رضي الله عنه هو مذهبه في الآية , وذهب الجمهور من المفسرين إلى أن المراد أنه رأى ربه سبحانه وتعالى


Translation: This is the saying of Abdullah Ibn Masud (ra) and his Madhab, but the Madhab of vast majority of Mufasireen (including Ibn Abbas) is that Prophet (saw) saw Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’la [Sharah Sahih Muslim by Imam Nawawi, under Kitab al Iman, The mention of Sidra til Muntaha, Hadith No. 254]

Imam Nawawi further states: 


فالحاصل أن الراجح عند أكثر العلماء : أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم رأى ربه بعيني رأسه ليلة الإسراء لحديث ابن عباس وغيره مما تقدم . وإثبات هذا لا يأخذونه إلا بالسماع من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم هذا مما لا ينبغي أن يتشكك فيه


Translation:The result of all (proofs which have been shown) is that it is pre dominantly established amongst many ulama that Prophet (saw) saw Allah with his eyes on the night of Ascension as the hadith from Ibn Abbas (ra) and others have been mentioned before, the proof of which comes from Prophet (saw) hence there should be no doubt about it [Sharah Sahih Muslim, Kitab al Iman, Chapter in meaning of :He saw him at the second descent]

Quran does Nafi of "Idraak" not Sight!

Proof # 8

Imam Nawawi (rah) also said about Aisha (ra) hadith:
 

‏فأما احتجاج عائشة بقول الله تعالى : { لا تدركه الأبصار } فجوابه ظاهر , فإن الإدراك هو الإحاطة والله تعالى لا يحاط به , وإذا ورد النص بنفي الإحاطة لا يلزم منه نفي الرؤية بغير إحاطة
Translation: The Proof which Aisha (ra) took (to reject sight of Allah) i.e. {Eyes cannot comprehend him} the apparent answer to this will be that there cannot be Idraak (i.e. complete comprehension, to gather all around, to see all aspects) of Allah, so the Nass (of Quran) does Nafi of Al-Ihaat but this does not do Nafi of sight without Ihaata(i.e. complete comprehension) [Ibid]

Proof # 9 Imam Ibn Jarir (rah) writes under: The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw. (53:11)


عيسى بن عبيد، قال: سمعت عكرِمة، وسُئل هل رأى محمد ربه، قال نعم، قد رأى ربه.


Translation: Isa bin Ubaid (rah) said: Ikrama (rah) was questioned about Muhammad (salallaho alaihi wasalam) seeing the Lord? He said: YES! HE SAW HIS LORD [Tafsir at Tabri under 53:11]

Proof # 10 (Marfu Hadith) 

Imam Tabri proves from Prophet (Peace be upon him) himself as: 


عن عطاء، عن ابن عباس، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: " رأَيْتُ رَبِي فِي أحْسَنَ صُورَةٍ


Translation: From Ata (rah) who narrated from Ibn Abbas (ra) who said that Prophet (Salallaho alaihi wasalam) said: I saw Allah in his best of form (which Allah and Apostle know best)[Tafsir at Tabri under 53:11]

The Proohet saw Allah in the best form!

The best statement on the issue is of Shaykh Muhyi al-Din ibn Arabi (Allah have mercy on him). He said: This world is that which is below the heavens and anything above the heavens is considered to be part of the next world (akhira).Hence, the vision of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) will not be considered a vision of this world; rather it is a vision of the next world, and there is no disagreement concerning the vision of the hereafter. Hence, this vision of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) was also a type of the vision of the hereafter. (See: Ma'arif al-Qur'an, 3/412)

Source of this specific quote is: Sunnipath

And I would like to end with the scan proof of magnificent hadith in Sunnah Tirimdhi (Authenticated as Hassan Sahih by both Imam Bukhari and Imam Tirimdhi)

Here is the hadith

It states: … Lo I found myself in the presence of my Lord, the Blessed and the Glorious, in the best form. He said: Muhammad! I said: At Thy service... [Sunnan Tirimdhi, Volume No. 5, Page No. 966, Published by Maktabba al Asriyyah, Beirut, Lebanon]

This also proves that Prophet (Peace be upon him) has seen Allah.

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Meaning of the word "URS" from Sahih hadith 


The literal meaning of Urs is wedding, and it is for this reason that the bride and bridegroom are called 'Uroos'. 


Word URS in Sahih Hadith 


The date of demise of the Friends of Allah عزوجل and Buzurgs is called Urs because, whih the angels who question in the grave (Nakeerain) test the deceased and find him to be successful, they say, "Sleep like a bride who will not be awakened by anyone except for the person who is most beloved to her." Reference : [Mishkaat, Baabu Ithbaatil-Qabr]




Because these angels have called them 'Uroos' on that date, it therefore becomes the day of 'Urs',


Another reason is because, on this day, the angels will reveal the beauty and splendor of Rasoolullahصلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and ask him, "What did you say about this man?" He will reply, "He is the Uroos (adorned personality) of all creation. The entire creation has attained splendor through him." Meeting the beloved is the day of 'Urs', and it is for this reason that the day is called Urs.


Celebration of Urs proven from Sahih hadith and Sunnah of Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)





All Praise is due to Allah Azzawajal, Salutations upon His most Perfect, unique, and cream of creations, the Intercessor of the Sinners, Sayyiduna Rasoolullah Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam, upon his family, upon his companions and the righteous servants till Doomsday.

Some people have misunderstood the reality of the Me'raaj of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him) due to their lack of knowledge and research. Their ignorance in this field caused more confusion in their hearts because they failed to understand the unique relation between ALLAH and His Beloved Habeeb (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him). How true is the comment of Sayyidul-Makashifeen Sheikh-e-Akbar Muhiyyudeen Ibne Arabi (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) who said that Me'raaj is a secret in a secret. One has to have sound knowledge of the Qudrat of ALLAH and the Station and Status of His August Rasool (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him) before commenting on any matter pertaining to them. Due to the lack of this knowledge some people have wrongfully said that Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him) did not see ALLAH with his naked eye and also did not proceed to the Divine Arsh on the night of Me'raaj. They say that both these things are impossible for any human being to achieve.



It is a proven fact from the Holy Quran and Ahadith that the parents of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) - Sayyiduna Abdullah and Sayyidah Aamina (radi Allahu anhuma) - were always on Iman and left this world with Iman. 

Just as the cities of Makkah and Madina are the most exalted cities in the world due to being the birth place and place of demise of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), likewise, the genealogy of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is the most exalted and pure chain in the Universe.  

All his forefathers, from his father, Hazrat Abdullah (radi Allahu anhu), to Hazrat Adam (alaihis salaam), were Mu'min, Muwaahids (believers in the Oneness of Allah), Aabids and Zaahids. None from amongst them were idol-worshippers or Faasiqs (sinners).  

Actually, the Noor of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) travelled from Hazrat Adam (alaihis salaam) to Hazrat Abdullah (radi Allahu anhu), in the family chain of those who always sincerely worshipped One Allah.  

For those who say, Ma'az-Allah, that the parents of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) were non-believers, they should think and ponder that if the parents of no other Prophet were non-believers, how then would the parents of the greatest of all Prophets be non-believers?  



Greetings and Salutations on the Prophet(صلى الله عليه وسلم) 

The Qur’anic verse pertaining to Greetings and Salutations is highly meaningful and replete with wisdom. Allah proclaims in the Qur’an as follows:


"Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect."[33:56]

As Allah Himself has acted upon this command this divine practice becomes the sunnah of Allah. This is unlike most of Allah’s other commands. All worships such as prayers, fasting, the pilgrimage, charity and donations are the commandments of Allah but not His sunnah. Allah neither performs hajj nor fasts nor prays. He is above all these things. All these duties and deeds are not His sunnah but the sunnah of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). So if a person offers prayers or goes to Makkah for the pilgrimage or keeps the fasts of Ramadan or gives the poor due or does any other virtue, he is following the sunnah of the holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) not the sunnah of Allah.

However, the showering of blessings and salutations upon the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) is the Divine practice of Allah, His sunnah. As the glory of Allah is the highest and the most exalted, so His sunnah is also the highest and the most exalted. The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) is the faithful and devotee of Allah. Amongst all of creation, his ranking is the highest and the most reverend. Yet regardless of this ranking and reverence, no human can be equal to the Creator. So in the same way, the sunnah of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) cannot equate with the sunnah of Allah (سبحانه و تعالى)

1)The Noble Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) has guaranteed the intercession for those who send salutations