In this video, Shaykh Yasir Qadhi discusses the name Al-Wahhab.
Summary:
• The name occurs 3 times in the Qur’an and comes from the root WaHaBa, which means to give (as gift) to somebody else something you own and without wanting anything back in return.
• The word Hiba (to gift) is derived from Wahaba, to give as a gift without any strings attached.
• Al-Wahhab gives and continuously gives what is His to us, without us working for it or deserving it, purely from His generosity.
• Spiritual and Family blessings are typically associated with Al-Wahhab in the Qur’an.
Family Blessings:
• Ex 1: Ibrahim (a.s.) said: All praise be to Allah who has (wahaba) gifted me Ismail and Ishaq even though I am old.
• Allah also tells Ibrahim “We gifted Ibrahim with Ishaq and Ya’qub” (ie, son and grandson)
• Ex 2: Allah says: “We gifted Dawud with Sulaiman”
• Ex 3: Zakariya (a.s) asked Allah: “Gift me of you a wali (son)” so Allah says “We gifted him Sulaiman”
• Ex 4: Jibril (a.s) said to Maryam (a.s). “I am the messenger so that Allah will gift you” (referring to Jesus/Eisa)
• We should frequently make the du’a “Rabbana Hablana (Oh Lord, gift us) min Azwajina wa Durriyatina… (til end)”
• Those who don’t have children may use “Wahhab” to ask for it, and those who already have children use it to “bless” the family
Spiritual Blessings:
• Ex 1:Musa “Oh Allah gift me wisdom”
• Ex 2: The famous du’a: “Rabbana La Tuzig Qulubana… Ba’da Idh Hadaitana Wa Hab Lana Milladunka Rahmah Innaka Antal Wahhab” (gift us Rahma, you are the Wahhab)
Sulaiman (a.s.), one the great Prophets, also a King, made du’a to Allah: “Rabbi Habli Mulkan…Innaka Antal Wahhab,” asking for an unparalleled dominion. Allah responded “Fa Wahabna lahu…” (We gifted him)..
• Because Allah is Al-Wahhab, by nature he gives without asking, so how about when we actually ask Allah? “Make du’a and I will respond” says Allah to us.
When we make du’a for something Halal, it is always responded to, but in 3 different ways:
a) What we ask is given to us.
b) What we ask, Allah instead diverts us from it since it was not in our best interest. So we are saved from a calamity.
c) Allah grants us an even better gift on Judgment day
• Aisha (r.a) said “Ask Allah for everything…” (even shoelace)
Al-Wahhab appears a third time in the Qur’an in Surah Saad in dual form Al-Azeez Al-Wahhab – He is powerful and is able to gift.
Note, Hadith Qudsi: Even if all of mankind and Jinn were to ask Allah for all that we desire and Allah gifts it to us, it would not diminish from His dominion a single bit just as a needle dipped in ocean does not reduce the ocean.
Therefore, we should use the name of Allah Al-Wahhab to ask for the greatest and highest of all things because Al-Wahhab may open up that door, especially in spiritual and family blessings.
Recorded: June 29, 2016 – Memphis Islamic Center
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