Question:
Assalamualaikom,
I would like to know exactly from your side, why, according to mr BILAL PHILIP saying “YA RASOLULLAH” is committed great Shirk? it’s true or not?kindly clarify us on this words.
Allah bless us all
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
If what the dragon, and enemy of the Prophet (s), Mr. Philips says is correct then every Muslim commits “shirk” five times a day when they ecite tashahhud in the jalsa, saying as-salamu `alayka ayyuhan-nabi wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, where ayyuhan-nabi is the same form of direct address TO THE PROPHET (s) as saying “Ya Rasulullah“. May Allah guide him to the Truth.
See the fatwa “Permissibility of calling ‘Ya Shaykh Madad!‘” at As-Sunnah Foundation.
And Allah knows best,
Taher Siddiqui
