Sheikh Zayd
Al-Madkhalee
رحمه الله
Similarly, guidance is of two types. The first type of guidance is the guidance of direction, instruction,
and teaching. Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى is
responsible for this as are the human beings. Allaah gives them the favor to be
able to do so; therefore, they have the ability to do it. At the head of them
and at the forefront of them are the noble messengers and the magnificent
prophets and the Imams of guidance. Meaning, they direct the people to that
which contains rectification for the religion as well as their Dunyaa. And they
direct them towards that which Allaah wants from them and that which the
Messenger ﷺ wants as well.
And the evidence for this is the statement of Allaah سُبحانه
وتعالى:
وَإِنَّكَ
لَتَهْدِي إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
"And
verily, you (O Muhammad ﷺ) are indeed guiding (mankind) to
the Straight Path."
(Ash-Shura 42:52)
Meaning, you guide and direct to the
upright path which has no crookedness in it. Likewise, the statement of Allaah سُبحانه
وتعالى :
اهدِنَــــا
الصِّرَاطَ المُستَقِيمَ
"Guide us
to the Straight Way."
(Al-Fatihah 1:6)
Meaning, direct us and guide us.
The second type of guidance is the guidance
of At-Tawfeeq. And it is the guidance which none has the ability to give except
Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى.
And it is the guidance of the heart, and the guidance of the limbs to righteous
actions. This is a possession of Allaah; none has the ability to give it from
the creation; neither an angel brought near nor a prophet sent as a messenger.
Due to this Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى
said to the most noble of his creation:
"Verily!
You (O Muhammad ﷺ)
guide not whom you like, but Allaah guides whom He wills. And He knows best
those who are the guided."
(Al-Qasas 28:56)
So who after the Prophet ﷺ has
more right to this? No one has the ability to guide the hearts, rather, no one
has it except the one who knows the unseen as we have previously mentioned a
short while ago.
Taken from the Book: Explanation of
Aqeedah Ar-Raaziyayn
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