Can you please explain me what is meant by the term "Wahdat-ul-Wajood" in light of Quran and Sunnah.
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I hope you and your family with be in great health and Iman(ameen). Can you
please explain me what is meant by the term "Wahdat-ul-Wajood" in
light of Quran and Sunnah. Please do also indicate how this term is
considered/meant in our 4 major mazhabs i.e.fiqah hanafi, fiqah maliki, fiqah
hanbali and fiqah shafa`i.
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Answer:
Concept of wahdat ul wujud
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
The term ‘wahdat’ is from one and only, and ‘wujud’ means
in its essence; thus the term ‘wahdat ul-wujud’ implies that in its essence
everything is the same one and only!
Beloved brother, there is absolutely nothing in the Quran,
or the Sunnah, or in any of the major madhabs which even remotely accept or
advocate the notion of ‘wahdat –ul-wujud’.
This term is amongst the many forms of misguidance concocted and
propagated by some unscrupulous and misguided people in the times gone by,
implying that in essence everything is the One and Only Allah.
These absolutely misguided sect believed that Allah
Subhanah was in everything, in every tree, in every animal, in every jinn, in
every human, etc.! Such a belief is
absolutely against the clear guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah, and an
absolute and utter lie and a self-concocted utter misconception and deviation far
far away from the Truth!
The Glorious Quran guides towards the Absolute Truth that
Allah Subhanah Alone is the Lord, Creator, Sustainer, Provider and Cherisher of
everything in existence; Allah Subhanah Alone is the Creator of everything in
existence, and everything in existence is simply His creation and absolutely
subservient to Him.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister