created to benefit people) do not then obey them?”^[1]

اللہ! اللہ We learn that a karāmah is a bounty of Allah that He grants to His beloved servants.

Proving karāmāt with ḥadīth qudsī

A ḥadīth qudsī is a hadith in which the words belong to Allah, but are spoken by the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. In other words, we can say for general hadith, the words belong to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and are narrated by the Companions. In ḥadīth qudsī, the words belong to Allah and are narrated by the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

Let us listen to a ḥadīth qudsī referenced in Saḥīḥ al-Bukhārī. Abū Hurayra رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ narrates how the Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم tells us how Allah said:

I declare war upon whoever has enmity for a saint of Mine. From the ways in which a servant draws closer to Me, the most beloved to Me are obligatory actions. Via voluntary actions, My servant comes closer to me, until I love him.

When I love him, I become the hearing with which he hears, the seeing with which he sees, the hands with which he holds, and the feet with which he walks.

I bestow upon him if he asks from Me and grant him safe haven if he seeks refuge in Me.^[2]

Commenting on what happens when a person becomes close to Allah and beloved to Him, Mufti Aḥmad Yār Khān NaꜤīmī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه writes: “Then, a servant of Allah reaches the station of fanā. Divinely-bestowed abilities