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Abd al-Haqq Marshall
26th May 2007, 04:54 AM
As-Salaamu Alaykum,

Somebody has been saying that Shaykh Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (rahmatullah alayhi) believed that Rasulullah (salallaahu alayhi wa salaam) was "haadhir wa naadhir" (present everywhere and witnessing everything) and says there is something in Sirr al-Asrar about it. The supposed quotes used to support this are:

"He is called the Total Intellect, because he saw and understood everything."

and

"The soul of the Holy Prophet(Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam), is watching you. He is pained, at seeing your state."

I don't own Sirr al-Asrar, and I can only find these quotes on Barelvi websites (with absolutely no citation of chapter or anything), so i have reason to believe that there not even in the book at all. Can someone help me out on this?

Abu_Abdillah2000
26th May 2007, 05:14 AM
Barelwis are notorious for this kind of slander. They will go so far as to make an allegation, then say that it is in such-and-such book, written by so-and-so, on page x, paragraph y, sentence z. And then if you actually bother to see for yourself, you find that it's completely false. I think they just do it to bamboozle their fanatical blind-followers (who will never go and check for themselves anyway), and pull the wool over their eyes. They have done these sort of things against the deobandis on many occasions, from what I have read and heard.

My advice: Just don't worry about it at all. Ignore them because they are not interested in the haqq anyway. There is no point getting bogged down in debates and arguments with those kind of jahils.

Al-Imam ash-Shafi'i said: "If I debate with 1000 knowledgeable people I can defeat them, but I cannot defeat 1 ignorant person in a debate."