Asking the Creation for Fulfillment of Needs Has Not Been Commanded as Opposed to Asking for Knowledge

 

Asking the Creation for Fulfillment of Needs Has Not Been Commanded as Opposed to Asking for Knowledge

 Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) said:

. سؤال المخلوق المخلوق أن يقضي حاجة نفسه أو يدعو له فلم يؤمر به بخلاف سؤال العلم

 “A person asking another person to fulfill a need of his or to make duʾā for him, this has not been commanded (in the legislation) as opposed to asking for knowledge.” Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā (1/185)

This and the prior statement of Ibn Taymiyyah is in relation to asking for the fulfillment of one’s needs in worldly, material affairs from others. It indicates the importance of being diligent, hard-working and self-reliant after one’s reliance upon Allāh, seeking His aid and assistance, displaying want only of Him and His bounty, and not displaying want and need of others in one’s material needs as that is lowering oneself.

Translated by Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq (hafidhahullāh)

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