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Allah. Likewise, Abu Haneefah and Mohammed Ibn Hasan ash-
Shaybanee 352 hated that a person who made supplication should
say: ‘O Allah I ask you by the glory of Your Throne.’”
Al-Qudooree also said: “Asking Him by His creation is not
allowed since the creation had no right over the Creator, therefore
it cannot be allowed.” 353
From these quotes it is clearly seen that Imam Abu Haneefah and
his students hated the kind of Waseelah that the Deobandis
promote enthusiastically.
The Deobandis claim to be staunch Hanafees and oblige a Hanafee to
follow the Madhhab of the Imam in every aspect of the religion,
lest it is feared that he may loose his religion. 354 Yet, they
completely ignore the teachings of Imam Abu Haneefah on
Waseelah.
Mufti Abdur Rahim Lajpuri , the prominent Deobandi scholar and
author of Fatawa Rahimiyyah, refutes the very saying of Imam Abu
Haneefah, “I hate that anyone should say: ‘By the right of so and
so’ or ‘By the right of your Prophets and Messengers’ or…”
352 He too is among the prominent students of Imaam Abu Haneefah.
353 Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah reports this in al-Qaa’idatul-Jalijjah.
354 It has been mentioned in Kitabul-Imaan that: “Belief in the Islamic
concept of Taqleed is essential for the protection of Eemaan. Without
Taqleed, one cannot obtain a true understanding of Eemaan and Islam.
The concept of Taqleed (to follow a particular Madhhab) is an
obligatory injunction of the Sharee’ah… Anyone searching for the
Haqq, for guidance and for the Sunnah beyond the confines of these
four Madhaahib (plural of Madhhab) is bound to plod the path of
deviation at the peril of his Eemaan… When a person switches from
one Madhhab to another Madhhab, he shall be inflicted with Ta’zeer.
[Ta’zeer refers to punishment meted out by an Islamic court. Such
punishment may either be flogging or imprisonment.]… Strict
adherence to a particular Madhhab is an essential requirement of the
Sharee’ah… Trifling therewith by flitting from one Madhhab to another
spell the ultimate ruin of one’s Imaan. [Kitabul Imaan, p.72-74]
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