Waseela - Exalted Status

Darse Quran by Maulavi Kasim Ansari Bopali
Published in Muslim Murasu, August 2012

Surah 5, Maida, verse 35 – ‘ya ayyuhallazina amanu takullaha vabtagu ilaihil waseela va jahidu fi sabilihi la allakum tuflihun’. Allah commands three things. Taqwa, waseela and jihad.
Fear Allah. Stay away from sins. Allah likes those who avoid sins. ‘innallaha yuhibbul muttakin’. Allah likes those who fear Him. Only they will inherit heaven. Everyone will have to cross over hell before reaching heaven. This is God’s decree. Those who feared Him will fulfill this journey. Others will slip and fall in hell. Surah 19, Maryam, verse 71, 72 – ‘va inminkum illa variduha kaana ala rabbika hatman makliyyaa shumma nunajjillazina ttaqaw va nazaru llalimeena fiha jishyaa’. People with Imaan and Taqwa will pass over it in a blink of an eye. Others will fall in hell.
Seek Waseela to approach Allah. Earn His closeness. Follow His commands and worship Him to get near to Him. Waseela is Allah’s nearness. This is exalted status. Allah will grant this position to Rasoolullah. We pray after Azaan (prayer call). ‘aati syedina muhammadinil waseela val fazeela’. ‘Grant our Prophet exalted position’. There is no higher status than this. Hazrat Ahmad Razaa explains it. Approach Allah by Ibadat and Ita’at. Other Prophets have invoked Rasoolullah’s Waseela.
Also strive hard. Don’t be complacent that someone’s Waseela will help you. Every effort should be put in Allah’s cause. Don’t waste life without Amal, deeds.
No wealth or treasure can be offered as ransom to escape punishment in the Hereafter. ‘maa tu qubbila minhum valahum azaabun aleem’. Man won’t even have loincloth at that time. He will be assembled, like when he was born, without anything. No wealth or savings can help him. Surah 18, Kahf, verse 48 – ‘lakad jihtumuna kama kalaknakum’. You will return like you were created first. Ayisha (rali) asked, will everyone be naked. Prophet told, ‘No one will stare at others. Everyone will be overwhelmed with guilt and fear’.
Man will be desperate to escape torment. He will offer his children, in his place, to be put in hell. He will ask to take his wife, siblings and everyone else in the world. He will plead to be let free. Surah 70, Maarij, verse 11-14 – ‘bi banihi vasahibihi va akihi vafasilatihillati tuvihi vaminfil arli jamia’. They will be desperate to escape. But they can’t. ‘yuriduna ayyakruju minannar vamaahum bi karijina minha valahum azabun mukeem’. They will be put in hell.