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Praise be to Allah, and may Allah raise the rank of the master of all Prophets and the seal of the messengers, Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu ^alayhy wa ^ala Alihy wassallam.
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First of all, Brothers and Sisters know that Calling Prophet Muhammad “Ya Muhammad” is lawful and very acceptable in Islam and that asking Allah by the virtue of Prophet Muhammad to grant you your needs is also lawful. Because by doing that you are not worshipping Prophet Muhammad nor are you calling him with a name that does not befit him. And to call your father with “ya”? Yes you can, “ya” means “O”. And everyone does that.
In the Arabic language the word ya or o is used whenever directing speech to a person as well and it’s used a lot. Also, no one said from sahabah that you cannot “say Ya Muhammad” nor did they say that it’s not recommended to say. And this will be proven later insh’llah.
For, Al Bukhary has related in Al Adab Al Mufrad as follows: “Abu Nu^aym reported to us said that Sufyan reported from Aby Is-haq from Abdur-Rahman son of Sa^d said: “Once the son of ^Umar had his foot numbed (Khadirat), a man said to him: mention the most beloved man to you, the son of ^Umar said: Ya Muhammad” The End. Than that numbness was gone. And Al Bukhary has mentioned this hadith under the title: “what to say when a man’s leg is numb”. And for that, we say would a sane person say that the son of ^Umar is a kaffir because he said “Ya Muhammad” even without the Prophet being there? No. So that proves that to say Ya Muhammad is not kuffur and that it is not innovated but what is innovated is what some alleged that it is shirk to say Ya Muhammad!! We tell them, do you think that you are better than Imam ^Umar or his son or as good?!!. No.
And to whomever thinks that to say ya Muhammad is not allowed what do you say about this great sahabiyy the son of ^Umar who said “Ya Muhammad”?!. And this Hadith has also been reported by Ibn As-Sunni in his book “^amal alyawm wal-Laylah” and the leader of the wahhabies, who contradict themselves all the time, ibn taymiah has also said that it is a hassan hadith and he mentioned it in his book called “Al Kalim At-Tayib” which means the good speech, and he put “Ya Muhammad”.!! So know, brothers and sisters that this about Ibn ^Umar is not strange nor nullified and that Muslims did not go astray by doing that and that not only Ibn ^Umar said that, saying Ya Muhammad has been mentioned by a lot of the Honorable Sahabah.
For, the greatest of the companions did mention “Ya Muhammad” to gain benefit and blessings from the Prophet.Al-Hafith Abu Nu^aym has reported in “Al-Hulya” and Ibn Aj-Jawziyy in “Safwat As-Safwah” and Muhammad Al-Murtada Az-Zabiydiyy in his book “It-haf As-Saddah Al Muttaqeen” That Khubayb bin ^Uday may Allah be pleased with him that when he was brought to be killed, after mentioning two stanzas of poem which meant:I do not care when I die Muslim On which side Allah wills for me to dieAnd that is by the will of Allah and if he willed, He will bless…………..
He said: “Ya Muhammad”! Than they Kuffar killed him. An Khubayb is from the Ansar Sahabah those who supported the Prophet, and one of the sahabah that witnessed the great battle of Badr, and it’s known that whomever witnesses the battle of Badr has a great status and that they were informed (Tabsheer) by the Prophet with paradise. The last thing that came out of this companion’s mouth was “ya Muhammad”, and those were his words when he came out of this life and died. Is that not enough for one to be ashamed when one says it’s unlawful to say ya Muhammad?!! The seeker of the truth will find his need. Talking about the true traces from the Prophet and the Sahabah, did they not meet and learn from the Prophet Sallallahu ^alayhi wassallam? Are they not more knowledgeable from the So-called scholars of today? Yes indeed they are. So should the doing of that Sahabiyy be left because of the comment and objection of a person who does not know the fiqh?! Subhanaka Raby Lakal-Amru wa Ilaykal-Masseer.
That proof mentioned is enough to clarify that. But here’s an addition to your certainties brothers and sisters, which what was narrated by Ibn Al Atheer in “Al Kamil” and Ibn Katheer in “Al Bidayah wan-Nihayah” that at the time of Sayfal-llah Khalid Bin Al Waleed, may Allah be pleased with him, during the war against Musaylamah Al Kathab, the poets of Khalid bin Al waleed used to say “Ya Muhammadah” and that call has been accepted by a lot of the companions then. So, Khalid said Ya Muhammad and also his army followed him and said so for the barakah, would that not be a proof that this great army agreed onto what Khalid may Allah be pleased with him ordered? Knowing that his army was from Al Huffath (The memorizers of the Hadith of the Prophet) and from the scholars and from the Badriyyeen (The ones who witnessed badr, they call them Badriyyeen) and on that are the sahabah and also the ones who came after them whom were gracious. Also Khalid Bin Al waleed during his batteles, he used to always put one of the hairs of Prophet Muhammad in his Islamic Trubon infront of his forehead and he once could not find it, he asked his army to keep searching for it until they find it and he said: I have never wore this hair and lost. Every time he wears that Turbon that had the the hair, Allah always granted him victory. And that’s how they used seek Barakah from the Prophet. That’s another topic though as well.
I ask Allah to make this a blessed Ramadan onto us and onto the builders of this great forum, may Allah reward them. May Allah guide us to follow the route of the Prophet and the Sahabah.
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Walhamdulillah Rabil-^alameen.
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