Mazarun Se Shifa (Shrine Visiting)
As far as I understand you pray to Allah for whatever you want but going to Mazars and doing hazari and picking up oil and rubbing stone I do not understand. Shifa is from Allah. Yes certain oils have good health benefits but why from thr Mazar? Is the oil and rubbing stone special?
We should be the ones praying for the dead instead, the dead can neither benefit you nor can they do you any harm. The reason so many shrine visitors see improvements in their health, life etc, has the same basis the way non-muslims, atheists and agnostics see so many fortunes in their life without even believing in any God. This world has been built on the principle of ‘Trials and Tests’, and this principle applies across the board for all the people, because if this principle were to be relaxed for the Muslims only, then there will remain no Trail and Test for anyone, this will render the whole scheme ineffective. Instead of looking at the improvements in lives of shrine visitors, we should try to get our guidance from the Quran, the last and final testament of God. There are glad tidings for Muslims who pray to only Allah and because of this scheme of Allah, if some of their prayers are not fulfilled in this world, they will surely get their reward for those unfulfilled prayers in the hereafter. To understand the whole scheme of tests and trials in detail, you can refer to this thread as well: Discussion 22229