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Invoking God's Help
Question asked by Naseem Khan.
Posted on: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - Hits: 4936

Question:
I have seen women especiallyreciting verses from Holy Quran, part or complete surah, darood ( different kinds - Tanjeena , Taj , Ibraheemi etc etc ) , Ayat Kareema , or reciting Allah's name etc etc. They recite these in specific numbers. And they recite in group or singly to complete an x number of quantity. They do it to pray and wish for specific objective which may be either: health recovery of some one who is sick, suffering from a dangerous life threatening disease, getting a job, selling a business or for any other purposes .

My question is : Is this right as per Islamic teachings? Doing this make one's prayer being answered much faster ?What is the significance of doing all this - gathering some women or children or men and reading as mentioned above for the purpose of achieving some objective etc ?

Answer:
Invoking Allah's blessing on the Prophet (sws) and reciting the Holy Qur'an are virtuous acts sanctioned by the Qur'an itself. We can of course do this at any time any number of times. However, one thing is clear that asking for Allah's help by uttering any words considering them having magical powers and is not correct. We need to pray to the Almighty with the truest of intent and with the fullest of conviction. The prayers are not magical words which force the Almighty to deliver us from an adversity. We need to express our humility and our limitations and His powers and refer to His attributes of Mercy and Affection. It is due to His mercy and our dependence on Him that He listens to our prayer and not because of any sanctity of the words of the prayer expressed. Therefore if a seeker does not have full trust and confidence in God and does not turn to him with hope and relies mainly on the words learnt as chants and magic would not win God's favor and blessings. I do not say that uttering such and such a darood is not sanctioned by Islam but I strongly believe that turning to other methods of solving our problems which have no basis in our religious sources nor the practice of the Prophet (Sws) should always be avoided. The Prophet (sws) only taught us to pray with complete trust in God and with the clear understanding that God would deliver us from the problem if only it is in accordance with His profound wisdom.

The Qur'an is not meant to be read basically for reasons other than seeking guidance from it and warning ourselves regarding the great realities. What other purposes can be added to these? People usually believe that if we recite it we will be protected from the enemy or illness or be blessed with some worldly favour. It should be appreciated that sufferings like diseases and hardships come either as a test for us or as a warning by the Creator. We can seek God's help and beseech His mercy but cannot force Him out through any magical device.

Regards,

Tariq Mahmood Hashmi
Research Assistant, Studying Islam

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