something in the religion that is not in it, his innovation will be
rejected."It is impermissible to innovate a certain way for invocation
and adhere to it or ask others to adhere to it. Some of these
innovations are:
•Collective invocation. Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeensaid, "Among the mistakes
that are committed by some pilgrims during Tawaaf )circumambulation(
is that they gather and assign a leader to lead them in Tawaaf and
dictate them invocation loudly and the entire group repeats after him.
Their voices get loud and chaos prevails. This distracts the rest of
the people performing Tawaaf and they lose track of what they are
saying. This drives away humbleness and harms the slaves of Allaah in
that safe place."
•Specifying some places or some times with certain invocations. It is
impermissible to specify a certain place or time with a certain
invocation unless there is a Sharee'ah )Islamic legislation( text for
this. The opinions of the scholars regarding the impermissibility of
specifying certain invocations for each turn in Tawaaf
)circumambulation( or Sa'y )going between As-Safa and Al-Marwah( were
previously mentioned. Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd said, "Any one who
innovates any thing in Thikr and specified invocation that is not in
it deeming it as an act to be followed, will bear sin from four
perspectives:
1.Abandoning what is prescribed.
2.Modifying or correcting legislation.
3.Preferring what was not legislated.
4.Misleading people into thinking the permissibility of what he has done."
2.Obliviousness of the heart.Many people invoke Allaah The Almighty
with an oblivious heart as their mind is busy with other matters or
they do not contemplate the words that they are saying.
Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyahsaid, "The origin of invocation is the
heart and the tongue is a follower of it. Thus, the one who
concentrates on correcting his tongue weakens his heart. This is why
the desperate one invokes Allaah with his heart with an invocation
that is not previously formulated. This is experienced by every
believer in his heart. Invocation may be in Arabic or any other
language as Allaah The Almighty knows the intention of the invoker
even if he does not correct his tongue, as Allaah knows the sounds of
voices however different the languages and the needs are."
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen said, "One of the mistakes that some of those
who perform Tawaaf make, is that they take the written invocations and
say them without knowing their meanings. These invocations may include
mistakes done by the publisher that change the meaning totally and
turn it to be supplication against the person. Hence, he may
supplicate against himself without knowing that he is doing so. We
have heard many such strange stories."
3.Being impatient with the answer.Abu Hurayrahnarrated that the
Prophetsaid: "The invocation of anyone of you is granted )by Allaah(
if he does not show impatience )by saying, 'I invoked Allaah but my
request has not been granted.'" ]Al-Bukhaari and Muslim[
It is the duty of Muslims to invoke Allaah The Almighty a lot and ask
Him to accept their invocation. They should utilize the possible means
for the acceptance of invocation while applying the etiquettes of
invoking Allaah The Almighty and observing the times during which
invocation is accepted. Muslims should repent to Allaah The Almighty
and abandon sins and acts of disobedience, and ask Allaah The Almighty
for forgiveness as the one who keeps trying would ultimately achieve
his aim. 'Urwah bin Az-Zubayrused to maintain his daily invocations
just as he maintained reciting his daily quota of the Quran. Muwarriq
Al-'Ijli said, "I invoked my Lord for something for twenty years and
it was not achieved, but I did not feel desperate."
It was reported that Abu Ja'far Muhammad bin 'Ali and Adh-Dhahhaak
said that there were forty years between the invocation and its
acceptance in the verse in which Allaah The Almighty says )what
means(:}]Allaah[ said, "Your supplication has been answered."{]Quran
10:89[
Pilgrims should know that they have the honor of the place, time and
deed as they are in the most honorable place on earth, and on the best
days and the most loved by Allaah The Almighty. Moreover, they are
performing one of the most honorable and elevated deeds, so they
should seize this great opportunity to invoke Allaah The Almighty,
resort and submit to Him as they do not know whether they would have
this chance once more or not.
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