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Istigatha - a thread 🧵.

Found in the collection of risaa’il and fataawaa of Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) found in the Maktabah ath-Thaahirriyah,

In the screenshots, what is found in brackets is an addition from Mukhtasar al-Fataawaa al-Misriyyah.
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It is not allowed for one to worship anyone except Allah. Dua is a form of worship. We must call upon Allah alone

It says in Surah Jinn verse 18

“And the masaajid are for Allaah (Alone), so do not call upon anyone along with Allaah.”
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Abdullah bin Mas’ud (radiyallaahu ‘anhu) said: “People used to make du’aa to the Angels, and ‘Uzayr and al-Maseeh (the Messiah, Isa bin Maryam, alayhis salaam), so Allaah the Most High said:
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Those whom you call upon, they try to get close to Me just like you try to gain closeness to Me.
And they hope for My Mercy just like you hope for My Mercy, and they fear My Punishment just like you fear My Punishment.

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Allah سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ also said “They (the Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords (arbaab) besides Allaah (by obeying them in things which they made lawful or unlawful according to their own desires without being ordered by Allaah),
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and (they also took as their Lord) Al-Maseeh (the Messiah), son of Maryam, while they were not commanded to worship none but One Ilaah. Laa ilaaha illaa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped in truth but He).
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Glorified and exalted is He from what they associate as partners (with Him)." [At-Tawbah (9):31]
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And Nooh (‘Alayhis-Salaam) said:

"And that you should worship Allaah (Alone), be dutiful to Him, and obey me.” [Nooh (71):3]
And He, the Most High said:
“(Remember) when you sought help (Istighaathah) of your Lord and He answered you.” [Al-Anfaal (8):9]

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And He, the Most High, said:
“So worship Him (Alone) and put your trust in Him." [Hood (11):123]
And [Shu’ayb (‘Alayhis-Salaam) 9 ] said:
“In Him I trust and unto Him I repent.” [Hood (11):88]
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And He said:
“And in Allaah should the believers put their trust.”
[Al-‘Imraan (3):122]
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And the Prophet (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: “Let one of you not say: what Allaah willed and what Muhammad willed. But (instead) say: what Allaah willed, then Muhammad.”
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And a man said to him: “What Allaah has willed and what you have willed.” So he said: “Are you making me a rival with Allaah?! Rather (say) : What Allaah Alone has willed.”
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And he said (‘Alayhis-Salaam) : “Do not exaggerate in praising me like the Christians exaggerated in the praise of ‘Eesaa Ibn Maryam. Indeed I am only a servant of Allaah, so say (regarding me): Servant of Allaah and His Messenger.”
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(Collected by Ahmad (34/296), and the second part Collected by Ahmad (3/339), the one on exaggeration is found in Sahih al Bukhari (3445))

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And likewise it is not allowed for anyone to swear an oath by the grave of his father [nor by his father’s life], nor by his own life. And it is not allowed for anyone from Allaah’s creation to swear by the life of his shaykh, and not by the life of his head,(18/25)
nor the life of his shaykh’s head, and not by the bounty of the sultaan, nor by the sword, nor by other than Allaah the Most High. Allaah’s Messenger (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: “Whoever swears (an oath) then let him swear by Allaah or let him remain quiet.”(19/25)
(Al Bukhari 2679 and Muslim 1646)

And he said (ﷺ ): “Whoever swears by other than Allaah, then he has committed shirk with Him.” Reported by at-Tirmidhee and he said: a saheeh hadeeth

At-Tirmidhi (1535), declared saheeh by Shaykh al-Albani
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And Abdullah bin Mas’ud(radiyallaahu ‘anhu) said: “That I swear by Allaah while lying is more beloved to me than I swear by other than Him while telling the truth.”

Collected by ‘Abdur-Razzaaq (8/469) and Ibn Abee Shaybah (5/29)
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And that is because if he swore by Allaah, then he has combined the sin of al-Kadhib (lying) along with the good deed of Tawheed. And if he were to swear by other than Him,
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he would have combined along with as-Sidq (truthfulness) the sin of shirk, and Tawheed is greater than as-Sidq, and shirk is greater than al-Kadhib.

(Ss below, the first paragraph is found in Collected by ‘Abdur-Razzaaq (8/468) in lengthened form and it’s isnaad is saheeh, (23/
and it was collected by al-Bayhaqee in as-Sunan al-Kubraa summarized (10/29).)

“(Remember) when you sought help of your Lord and He answered you.” [al-Anfaal (8):9]

Jazakumullahu Khayran

All praises belong to Allah
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ
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May Allah forgive us for the mistakes we make
Astaghfirullah.
ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

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