Yahuda put the shirt of Sayyiduna Yusuf عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم onto the face of Sayyiduna Ya’qoob عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم, his eyesight was restored instantly, his strength came back after being weak and his happiness came back after being sad. Then, Sayyiduna Ya’qoob عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم said: Had I not told you that I know from Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, what you do not know, that Sayyiduna Yusuf عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم is alive and Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will make us meet with each other.

(Tafseer-e-Kabeer, vol. 6, pp. 508) (Siraat-ul-Jinaan, vol. 5, pp. 54 Summarised)

صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد               صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب

Dear Islamic sisters! Just ponder over! Sayyiduna Yusuf عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم is himself a Prophet, and he is sending his shirt as a relic in order to cure the eyes of another Prophet, his father Sayyiduna Ya’qoob عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم. And when the shirt was put onto his father’s face, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ cured him of the illness of his eyes. From this, we got to know that to believe anything that has a connection to the pious predecessors and gaining blessings from it has been the way of the Prophets عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام and mentioning this parable in the Holy Qur’an is an announcement to the fact that holy relics do have benefits. Let’s listen to a soul-refreshing parable relating to this:

Deliverance from famine!

Famous commentator Shaikh ‘Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dehlvi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه  states: Once upon a time there was a severe drought. Despite abundant prayers by people, it did not rain. Sayyiduna Nizamuddin Awliya رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه held a string of his blessed mother’s apparel in his hand and said, ‘O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! This string is from the apparel of a woman who has never been looked at by any non-Mahram man; my Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ! For its sake, shower rains of mercy upon us.’ Even before the prayer finished, clouds of mercy covered the sky and it began to rain heavily. (Akhbar-ul-Akhyar, pp. 294)

Benefits of holy relics

Dear Islamic sisters! You heard that even a thread from the cloth, that is linked to the body of pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـه, has such a high status that the Du’a made, whilst holding the thread in the hand, got accepted. Allah