The Wasitah Between Allah & The Creation

The Wasitah

Between Allah & The Creation

This is a small but extremely valuable treatise by Shaykh al-Islam In Taymiyyah رحمة الله on the subject of the Waşitah, which refers to intermediation (agency) between Allah and His creation, and in which Muslims became confused and misguided. The correct understanding is that the Prophets and Messengers are intermediaries between Allah and His creation in the sense that they carry Allah's guidance, message and law to the people, while they themselves hold no power over life, death, benefit, and harm. Nor do they have any independent right to intercession, such that they can intercede at will, for Allah's servants, unless they are given permission to do so, and for the one Allah is pleased with, and this will take place in the hereafter. However, many Muslims have deviated from this truth and have turned not just Prophets and Messengers, but righteous people also into intermediaries for fulfilment of their religious and worldly needs, such as forgiveness of sins, safety, provision and offspring. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah explains the subject matter very clearly, through extensive citation of the Qur'an and separates truth from falsehood, until all confusion is lifted.

By: Ibn Taymiyyah; Translation and notes by: Abu 'Iyaad Amjad bin Muhammad Rafiq
Publisher: Abu 'Iyaad
Paperback, 136 pages

Alternate SKU: 1915, 22338440, 9798897665891, 979-8-89766-589-1