Allah orders Muslims to make doa. There is no one who can fulfill our doa except Allah. When we make doa we are obeying the order of Allah and when obey any order of Allah, our intention must be only to please Allah. When we do not make doa, we have disobeyed the order of Allah. When we have disobeyed the order of Allah, Allah will not be pleased with us. Allah orders the Muslims to make doa and we should make doa because it is the order of Allah and our intention of making doa is only to please Allah. Many Muslims are making doa with the intention their doa will be accepted by Allah. We usually will make doa only when we have problems and our intention of making doa is to solve our problems. In order to solve our problems we may have tried so many ways to solve our problems but in spite of doing so many efforts to solve our problems, our problems remain unsolved. When this happen only then we are convinced that there is no one who can solve our problems except Allah. When we are convinced that only Allah who can solve our problems then we will resort to prayers, reading of Surah Yassin, acts of charity and doa. We will only make doa to Allah when we are convinced that there is no one other than Allah who can solve our problems. When we make doa we want Allah to solve our problems. Our intention of making doa is to solve our problems. We usually do not make doa with the intention to please Allah. When we make doa with the intention so that our problems are solved by Allah, we are making doa without sincerity. When we are not sincere in making doa, our doa is not accepted by Allah. When our doa is not accepted by Allah, naturally our problems will not be solved by Allah.
When our problems are not even solved by our own doa, what other ways we should do in order to solve our problems? Many will try to ask others to make doa so that their problems are solved by Allah. When we ask others to make doa for us we must give them something in return. In Malaysia there are many who are hosting a dinner or lunch in their house in order to invite others to make doa for them. In Malaysia the acts of hosting a dinner or lunch in the house in which others are invited to make doa is known as “Kenduri Doa Selamat “. Nowadays many peoples are busy and many are not able to come to the house which hosted the“Kenduri Doa Selamat.” Nowadays, as an alternative, many are doing the “Kenduri Doa Selamat” in the mosques. Immediately, after Isya’ prayer the iman of the mosque will perform the ritual of Doa Selamat which consists of reading several verses of the Quran, performing the zikir of Allah, reading the prayers to Prophet Muhammad saw and many other verses which form the rituals of Doa Selamat before the iman actually making the doa which is the “Doa Selamat”. In Malaysia, all imams are very well verse with the reading of the rituals of Doa Selamat or otherwise the imam will not be able to lead the function of “Kenduri Doa Selamat”. The rituals are performed prior to the doa so that the doa will become more acceptable to Allah and the problems of the persons who have invited the imam to lead the “Doa Selamat” will be solved by Allah. Many Muslims are in the practice of solving their problems by asking others to make doa to Allah so that Allah will solve their problems.
It is a wrong to believe that our problems are solved by doa. Allah orders Muslims to solve their problems by having good solat and by having patience. A Muslim will not have good solat and patience unless the Muslim have good iman. Muslims will not have good iman unless the Muslims do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils which is the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah. Nowadays, in this world there is hardly any Muslim who are doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils the way done by the Prophet Muhammad saw and therefore in my opinion there is hardly any Muslim who is a believer and whose doa is accepted by Allah. The act of going to the pious person in order to ask the pious person to make doa so that our problems are solved by Allah is not the order of Allah and it is not the established practice of Prophet Muhammad saw and the companions of Prophet Muhammad saw.
There is no one who can solve our problems except Allah. When we have problems, Allah orders us to perform solat and to bear patient. Allah does not order us to go to others for doa so that our problems are solved by Allah. When Muslims are solving their problems by going to others for doa, in case the problems are solved by Allah, then Iblis will deviate the Muslims into the believe that it is because of the doa of that person, their problems are solved by Allah. Instead of believing it is Allah who solves their problems, Iblis will try to make the Muslims to believe, it is the doa of that person which makes their problems are solved by Allah. Iblis will make the Muslims to believe that the doa of that person is accepted by Allah. Iblis will also make the Muslims to spread the news to others and to persuade others with problems to go to that person for doa. Other Muslims will also start flocking to the person for doa, when the news spread among the Muslims. When the person dies, Iblis will persuade the Muslims who used to go to the person for doa when the person is still alive, to also go to the graves of that person for doa.
Muslims who used to visit the person for doa when the person is still alive, will continue to visit the person who is now buried in the grave for doa. They still have the belief that the person who is buried in the grave is capable of making doa to Allah and their problems will be solved by Allah through the doa of that person who is buried in the grave. In India, there are many Muslims who are visiting the graves of the pious person in order to ask the pious person to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah. In New Delhi, just a walking distance away from the Banglawali mosque, the centre of Jemaah Tabligh, there is the grave of Hazrat Nizammuddin. Many Muslims and non-Muslims from all over India are visiting the grave of Hazrat Nizammuddin in order to ask the pious personality to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah. How the Muslims in India have became so degenerated in the practice of Islam, to the extent they even believe that the dead is capable of helping them to solve their problems? Why the Muslims in India have became so illogical in their actions? What do the so called ulama and scholar of India do about this irreligious practice? I think the Muslims scholars and the Ulama of India, have done nothing to stop the Muslims from practicing this Bid’ah. Are Muslims being allowed to ask the pious Muslims to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah? What is the truth? The truth is there is no one who is able to solve our problems except Allah. Doa is one of the order of Allah. Our doa does not solve our problems. The doa of the pious Muslim also does not solve our problems. Doa is only one of the order of Allah. We make doa in order to obey the order of Allah and to please Allah. We make doa so that Allah is happy with us. We do not make doa with the intention so that Allah will solve our problems. We make doa only with the intention to gain the pleasure of Allah.
We should make doa ourselves and because when we make doa we are obeying the order of Allah. When we do not make doa, we have disobeyed the order of Allah. We should not ask others to make doa so that our problems are solved by Allah. It is makruh to ask others to make doa so that our problems are solved by Allah. Doa is an order of Allah and we have to do the doa ourselves. Allah does not make doa as the mean to solve our problems. Allah has made solat and patience as the mean to solve our problems. When we have problems, Allah orders us to perform solat and to have patience. Good solat and patience are the means to solve our problems. Doa will become acceptable to Allah when we have good solat and patience. Allah makes good actions which mean good solat and patience as the mean to solve our problems and not doa as the mean to solve our problems. When a person has good solat automatically that person will have good actions and patience. What is good solat? A person is said to have a good solat when that person has correct intention in his or her solat and constantly remember Allah in his or her solat. What is patience? A person is said to have patience when that person is able to repel evils action with good actions. Our doa will only become acceptable to Allah when we have good actions which are good solat and patience. With only doa but without good actions or good solat and patience, our problems will not be solved by Allah. When we make doa, our intention should be only to please Allah which means our intention must be sincere. We can only make doa with sincerity when we have become believers.
We will only become believers when we do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way shown by Prophet Muhammad saw with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased. All Muslims are able to make their doa to become acceptable to Allah provided they become believers. All believers have good solat or good actions and patience. Doa of pious person becomes acceptable to Allah because the pious persons have good solat or good actions and patience. Doa alone will not make our problems solved by Allah. Muslims will be able to obtain good actions or good solat and patience when the Muslims do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way shown by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased. It is wrong to believe that our doa become more acceptable to Allah or “makbul” when we read Surah Yassin or Surah Fatiha prior of making doa. Many Muslims believe that the reading of Surah Yassin and Surah Fatiha will enhance the acceptance of doa and because of this wrong believe many Muslims are reading Surah Yassin routinely and collectively on every Friday night in order to make their doa to become accepted by Allah. Many Muslims believe with the reading of Surah Yassin, their doa will become accepted to Allah. Some Muslims particularly the Indian Muslims believe, with the blow of wind from the mouth of those who read Surah Yassin to the water in a vessel will make the water in the vessel to become medicinal and can be used to treat many diseases. Such practices are Bid’ah and should be avoided from being practice by Muslims.
Allah does not solve our problems with only doa. Allah does not solve our problems with only the reading of Surah Yassin. Allah does not cure our diseases only with the water which have been blown with the air from the mouth of the person who have read the Surah Yassin. All the Hadis which mention with the reading of Surah Yassin and Surah Fatiha all diseases will be cured and our doa will be accepted by Allah are false Hadis. Because there are many Muslims who believe, that these false Hadis as true Hadis, many Muslims are practicing Bid’ah. In almost every mosque in Malaysia on Friday night, the Muslims are reading Surah Yassin. Why do they read Surah Yassin on Friday night? Why do they read Surah Yassin collectively? Is it the practice of Prophet Muhammad saw to read Surah Yassin collectively with the companions on every Friday night? In Malaysia this Bid’ah practices are common and nearly all the imam of all the mosques and ustaz in Malaysia do not regard this practices as Bid’ah. Almost all the imams and ustazs in all the mosques in Malaysia are practicing this Bid’ah, because they do not regard this practice as Bid’ah. They regard this practice as the order of Allah and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. Because they believe this practice is the order of Allah and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw they do not make taubah and istigfar. It is the practice in many mosques in Malaysia to read Surah Yassin collectively on Friday night. All the persons who read the Surah Yassin on Friday night are told to sit in a circle and in the middle of the circles, there will be many bottles of water which they believe will turn medicinal because of the reading of Surah Yassin and the doa which is being read after the reading of the Surah Yassin.
The water in the bottles is known to the Malays as “Yassin Water” and the Malay Muslims use the Yassin water to treat diseases. This practice of the Malay Muslims is a Bid’ah and it should not be practice by Muslims because it has never been done by the Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions. Muslims should know that our doa will not become accepted only with the reading of Surah Yassin or with the reading of any other Surah of the Quran. All the Hadis which mention that doa is accepted and our problems are solved by Allah with the reading of Surah Yassin or any other Surah of the Quran are false Hadis. It is false Hadis because it is not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw to solve problems by reading Surah Yassin or any other Surah of the Quran. How should the Muslims solve their problems? The Muslims should solve their problems by following the ways of Prophet Muhammad saw. How do the Prophet Muhammad saw and the companions solve their problem? Whenever the Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions have any problems, they will solve their problems by performing solat and observing patients. Hadis which mention that our doa is accepted and our problems are solved by Allah with the reading of Surah Yassin are false Hadis. Doa is accepted by Allah when the doa is done with sincerity. Who can make doa with sincerity?
The persons who can make doa with sincerity are those who have good solat and patient. With the reading of Surah Yassin will not make our doa to become sincere. Muslims who are believers can perform doa with sincerity. When the Muslims become believers only then they can make doa with sincerity. When the Muslims are able to make doa with sincerity then only the doa will be accepted by Allah. The practice of using Yassin water to cure diseases is not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw and it also does not complement with medical sciences. What is known to the Malay as Yassin water is only water and the water does not turn medicinal with the reading of Surah Yassin or with the blow of the wind from the mouth of the person who read Surah Yassin. There is no such thing in Islam as Yassin water which can cure diseases. There is no such thing as when any pious person blows a wind on any water, the water will turn medicinal and the medicinal water is capable of curing diseases. This is not an Islamic practice and it is a Bid’ah and should be avoided by Muslims.
All good doctors will advise their patients to drink at the minimum of eight cup of plain water daily in order to improve their bowel movement. All plain water is naturally medicinal and it does not require for the pious persons to read Surah Yassin on the water for the water to become medicinal. All plain water is naturally medicinal and the consumption of plenty of plain water daily will help to improve not only bowel movement but also the detoxification of the blood in the body. All plain water is medicinal even without having to read Surah Yassin on the water. All the Hadis that mention that the reading of certain Surah or verses of the Quran will cure diseases are false Hadis. Allah gives diseases when peoples are disobeying the orders of Allah or when peoples are following the wrong lifestyles. Allah cures diseases when the peoples start to obey the orders of Allah or when the peoples start to follow the correct lifestyles. Allah is capable of curing diseases even without any means. However it is the wishes of Allah for men to use the correct means which Allah has created in order for Allah to cure diseases. The correct mean that Allah uses to cure diseases is the correct lifestyles and not by the reading of Surah Yassin or drinking Yassin water.
We should make doa because it is the order of Allah. Our intention of making doa is only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. Our intention of making doa is not for whatever we have asked from Allah is to be granted by Allah, but our intention of making doa is only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. It is neither the pious person nor the doa of the pious person which solve our problems. There is none who can solve our problems except Allah. We make doa because it is the order of Allah and our doa is only able to obtain the love of Allah and not to solve our problems. We make doa because it is the order of Allah and not to able to solve our problems. Whether we have problems or we do not have problems, we should always make doa. When we make doa because it is the order of Allah and to please Allah we have become successful and when we do not make doa, it means we are not obeying the order of Allah and we have become unsuccessful. There is no one who can solve our problems except Allah. When our problems are solved by Allah, we should believe that it is Allah who solves our problems and not our doa or the doa of the pious person which solve our problems. Iblis and syaitan are our enemies. When our problems are solved by Allah, we should believe that it is Allah who solve our problems but the Iblis and syaitan will whisper to the person, whose problems are solved by Allah that it is not Allah who solve his or her problems but the doa of the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves which solve their problems.
This make the persons who visited the graves instead of believing it is Allah who solved their problems to believe that the doa of the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves which solve their problems. In this way the Iblis and syaitan are able to deviate the persons who visited the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves for doa to be deviated from the correct path. When the news that the doa of the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves are accepted by Allah then many Muslims with weak iman and with problems will also follow the actions of visiting the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves for doa. In India, there are so many Muslims who are visiting the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves for doa. It is surprising that there are still many Muslims in this world who believe with only doa, all their problems are solved by Allah. In my opinion, it is not only Muslims who believe with doa, all their problems are solved by Allah but many non-Muslims also believe with doa, all their problems are solved by God. According to many non-Muslims, the acts of making doa to God are the same as the acts of worship to God. Many non-Muslims believe the work of God is only to solve their problems. Many non-Muslims believe that the work of God is not to give them orders to be obeyed but the work of God is only to solve their problems.
Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
March 2013
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre