Is this true?

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Re: Is this true?

@ZeeshanParvez

But you know Imam Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him) did not even approve of Tawassul let alone istigatha which is what your sect seems to preach. How do you reconcile this?

If you read the Sharh of Imam Al-Tahaawi by ابن أبي العز الحنفي

شرح الطحاوية لابن أبي العز الحنفي: وإن كان مراده الإقسام على الله، فذلك محذور أيضا، لأن الإقسام بالمخلوق على المخلوق لا يجوز، فكيف على الخالق؟! وقد قال صلى الله عليه وسلم: من حلف بغير الله فقد أشرك ـ ولهذا قال أبو حنيفة وصاحباه رضي الله عنهم: يكره أن يقول الداعي: أسألك بحق فلان، أو بحق أنبيائك ورسلك، وبحق البيت الحرام، والمشعر الحرام، ونحو ذلك حتى كره أبو حنيفة ومحمد ـ رضي الله عنهما ـ أن يقول الرجل: اللهم إني أسألك بمعقد العز من عرشك، ولم يكرهه أبو يوسف ـ رحمه الله ـ لما بلغه الأثر فيه

And for this reason Abu Hanifah and his two students detested that a person who is making supplication say: I ask You my the right of so and so or I ask you by the right of your Prophet…

Imam Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him) was from the Salaf without question. He detested tawassul. Grave worship comes under istigathaa. It is inconceivable that a man who detests Tawassul would even think of permitting istigatha.

Can you deny this?

Brother ZeeshanParvez

You have taken one statement from a commentary by a 14th century (7th century Hijri) scholar who is speaking about Imam Abu Hanifah in isolation to many other commentaries about Imam Abu Hanifah by other scholars. To say categorically that Imam Abu Hanifah detested tawassul - you will need to show that there is “no statement that shows he did it or approved of it” rather than showing one example of where it might be about tawassul.

Here the example you have given is about detesting a specific phase … “By the right of” … In other words what is stated here is:

1. It is detested but not considered forbidden
2. To say “by the right of” - but the reason is not stated by you as to why it is detested …
3. You are applying this example on the whole subject of tawassul … in order to be fair don’t cherry pick bring all of the possible sayings that both support it and are against it in all of its possible manifestations and then start discussing … that I think will take a long time - so it is better not to start these fights and arguments and concentrate on oneself and leave others alone.