Be careful of SHIRK (polytheism)... The phrases Ya Ali Maddad or Ya Muhammad Maddad translate to O Ali help or O Muhammad help. These phrases are used to call the personalities to help the caller in need. Calling any dead, including prophet Muhammad (peace be upon Him) or anyone else, for help constitutes SHIRK and has no concept in Islam whatsoever. On the other hand, if the caller uses this phrase without actually meaning what they are saying then, although I do not know if it can be called as shirk, I still believe that it something to be avoided. Allah says in the Quran: ﻳُﻮﻟِﺞُ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻴْﻞَ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟﻨَّﻬَﺎﺭِ ﻭَﻳُﻮﻟِﺞُ ﺍﻟﻨَّﻬَﺎﺭَ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻴْﻞِ ﻭَﺳَﺨَّﺮَ ﺍﻟﺸَّﻤْﺲَ ﻭَﺍﻟْﻘَﻤَﺮَ ﻛُﻞٌّ ﻳَﺠْﺮِﻱ ﻟِﺄَﺟَﻞٍ ﻣُّﺴَﻤًّﻰ ﺫَﻟِﻜُﻢُ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﺭَﺑُّﻜُﻢْ ﻟَﻪُ ﺍﻟْﻤُﻠْﻚُ ﻭَﺍﻟَّﺬِﻳﻦَ ﺗَﺪْﻋُﻮﻥَ ﻣِﻦ ﺩُﻭﻧِﻪِ ﻣَﺎ ﻳَﻤْﻠِﻜُﻮﻥَ ﻣِﻦ ﻗِﻄْﻤِﻴﺮٍ * ﺇِﻥ ﺗَﺪْﻋُﻮﻫُﻢْ ﻟَﺎ ﻳَﺴْﻤَﻌُﻮﺍ ﺩُﻋَﺎﺀﻛُﻢْ ﻭَﻟَﻮْ ﺳَﻤِﻌُﻮﺍ ﻣَﺎ ﺍﺳْﺘَﺠَﺎﺑُﻮﺍ ﻟَﻜُﻢْ ﻭَﻳَﻮْﻡَ ﺍﻟْﻘِﻴَﺎﻣَﺔِ ﻳَﻜْﻔُﺮُﻭﻥَ ﺑِﺸِﺮْﻛِﻜُﻢْ ﻭَﻟَﺎ ﻳُﻨَﺒِّﺌُﻚَ ﻣِﺜْﻞُ ﺧَﺒِﻴﺮ ٍ He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and He causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He has made subservient (to you) the sun and the moon; each one follows its course to an appointed time; this is Allah, your Lord, His is the kingdom; and those whom you call upon besides Him do not control a straw. If you call on them they shall not hear your call, and even if they could hear they shall.not answer you; and on the resurrection day they will deny your associating them (shirk) (with Allah); and none can inform you like the.One Who is Aware. (Quran 35:13-14) In the verse above (and the one that follows), Quran has clearly alluded to the fact that those that are called besides God can neither hear the call nor come to the help of those who call. Furthermore, it is told that those who call are clearly committing wrong and the word shirk has been used to describe their act with Allah. ﻗُﻞْ ﺃَﺭَﺃَﻳْﺘُﻢ ﻣَّﺎ ﺗَﺪْﻋُﻮﻥَ ﻣِﻦ ﺩُﻭﻥِ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﺃَﺭُﻭﻧِﻲ ﻣَﺎﺫَﺍ ﺧَﻠَﻘُﻮﺍ ﻣِﻦَ ﺍﻟْﺄَﺭْﺽِ ﺃَﻡْ ﻟَﻬُﻢْ ﺷِﺮْﻙٌ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟﺴَّﻤَﺎﻭَﺍﺕِ ﺍِﺋْﺘُﻮﻧِﻲ ﺑِﻜِﺘَﺎﺏٍ ﻣِّﻦ ﻗَﺒْﻞِ ﻫَﺬَﺍ ﺃَﻭْ ﺃَﺛَﺎﺭَﺓٍ ﻣِّﻦْ ﻋِﻠْﻢٍ ﺇِﻥ ﻛُﻨﺘُﻢْ ﺻَﺎﺩِﻗِﻴﻦَ * ﻭَﻣَﻦْ ﺃَﺿَﻞُّ ﻣِﻤَّﻦ ﻳَﺪْﻋُﻮ ﻣِﻦ ﺩُﻭﻥِ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﻣَﻦ ﻟَّﺎ ﻳَﺴْﺘَﺠِﻴﺐُ ﻟَﻪُ ﺇِﻟَﻰ ﻳَﻮﻡِ ﺍﻟْﻘِﻴَﺎﻣَﺔِ ﻭَﻫُﻢْ ﻋَﻦ ﺩُﻋَﺎﺋِﻬِﻢْ ﻏَﺎﻓِﻠُﻮﻥَ Say: Have you considered what you call upon besides Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth, or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a book before this or traces of knowledge, if you are truthful. And who is in greater error than he who calls besides God upon those that will not answer him till the day of resurrection and they are heedless of their call? (Quran 46:4-5) In the verse above, it is said that those who call aids other than God have no basis in the scriptures and, as a result, it has no basis in the religion.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:36:13 +0000
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