This is an absolutely brilliant thread to prove the traditional Sunni position that seeking assistance through unseen beings is no more ‘shirk’ than seeking help through present humans. NEITHER any have power. No human, no angel, no jinn, seen or unseen: Power is ONLY with Allah.
To make a DISTINCTION in the assistance you might receive from a seen being compared to an unseen being is actually closer to SHIRK. Since this entails that you think the one in front of you, who is present, has some kind of intrinsic ability/power over the one that is not.
As Imam M. Ash-Shatti Al-Hanbali [d. 1929] said: “There is no difference between the state of life or death. Those who make a difference are actually much closer to idolatry... because their position is that the living have some sort of influence or intrinsic effect on things.”
This is, in fact, true Tawhīd, as it demonstrates that you see no power in the one that is present before you.
Alive/passed away, human, jinn, angel, seen/unseen - it’s all the same. They are equally powerless.
All Power is with Allah.
No one is making anyone act on these narrations, but do not call it shirk/bida when it is so deeply rooted in Sunni Islam & none other than Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal himself acted on it.
The modern backlash against this is actually what is a bida’ and, as explained, closer to shirk.
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NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH RESPECT AND LOVE FOR THE PROPHET ﷺ
Short story of Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari and his wife, Umm Ayyub, may Allah be pleased with them.
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When the Prophet ﷺ emigrated to Madinah, he was without a home. Joyous crowds of elders and children gathered for his arrival, each anticipating to receive him; how wonderful to be the Prophet's ﷺ host/neighbour. Even the trees of the city would become lovingly attached to him.
It was never the etiquette of the Prophet ﷺ to make anyone feel left out. So in choosing the location of his future abode, he allowed his camel, Qaswa, to roam the city - guided by God - and where the camel would decide to sit, would be where he ﷺ would build his home & mosque.
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE SALAFI-WAHHABI SECT AND THE LGBT COMMUNITY
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A curious coupling no doubt but here is a list of specific attributes which these two groups share in common.
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The Salafi-Wahhabi Sect and the LGBT community are both controversial sectarian developments born from wider, longer established ideological traditions: namely, Sunni Islam and Liberalism, respectively.
Despite being minorities, Salafis & LGBT advocates are the loudest and most aggressive voices in their respective groups. Salafis being the loudest/most aggressive amongst Sunnis, and LGBTs, amongst liberals, much to the embarrassment of their wider group.