Reply to a Mockery — Page 11
Response to the booklet entitled Ilh a m i Girgit 11 H ad i th Abi Sa‘ i d al-Khudriyy ra, H ad i th 11000, printed at ‘ A lamul-Kutub, Beirut, 1998) 44. Was i lah (Recipient of the Highest status in Paradise) This name is mentioned in the following hadith: هللا ُ عَلَيْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ سَلُوا هللا َ لِي َ الْوَسِيْلَة َ قَالُوا يَا رَسُول َ هللا ِ وَمَا ی َّ َقَال َ رَسُول ُ هللا ِ صَل ُوْن َ أَنَا هُو. ک َ دَرَجَة ٍ فِي الْجَنَّة ِ ل َ يَنَالُهَا إِل َّ رَجُل ٌ وَاحِد ٌ أَرْجُو ْ أَن ْ أ ی َ الْوَسِيْلَةُ؟ قَال َ أَعْل The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: Pray to Allah that I may be granted Was i lah. We asked: O Prophet of Allah, what is Was i lah? He answered: It is the highest station in Paradise; only one person will attain it, and it is my hope that I would be the one. ( Sunanut-Tirmidh i , Abw a bul-Man a qibi ‘an Ras u lill a h sas , B a bun f i Fa d lin-Nabiyyi s as , H ad i th 3612) 45. Ha milu Liw a ’ il H amd (Bearer of the flag of homage to Allah the Almighty) This name is mentioned in the following hadith: هللا ُ عَلَيْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ أَنَا سَيِّد ُ وَلَد ِ آدَم َ يَوْم َ الْقِيَامَة ِ وَل َ فَخْرَ، وَبِيَدِي ی َّ قَال َ رَسُول ُ هللا ِ صَل لِوَاء ُ الْحَمْد ِ وَل َ فَخْرَ. The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: On the Day of Judgment, I will be the Sayyidu-Waladi- A dam [Noblest of the progeny of Adam],