Proofs For Tawassul - How Sahabah Made Tawassul, We Follow THEM not wahhabies!!

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If performing tawassul had been blasphemy, then the believers, i.e., the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, his Companions, and the Salaf and Khalaf of this nation would not have done it. Yet it is mentioned in the sahih hadith of the Prophet that the Prophet used to ask Allah by saying: Çááåã Åäí ÃÓÃáß ÈÍÞ ÇáÓÇÆáíä
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which means: <<O Allah, I ask You by the status of those who ask You.>> Without doubt, this is tawassul. The Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, used to teach this supplication (du^a’) to his Companions and order them to say it. This issue was expounded upon in different books and treatises refuting Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab.

There is a hadith related by al-Hakim that mentions after Adam ate from the tree, he performed tawassul by our Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam. He did that, because he saw the name of the Prophet written on the ^Arsh, Adam said: <<O Allah, by the dignity of this son [Muhammad], forgive this father [Adam].>>

It was also related by Ibn Hibban, that upon the death of Fatimah Bint Asad, may Allah raise her rank, the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, with his own honorable hands, put her in her grave and said: <<O Allah, forgive my mother, Fatimah Bint Asad, and widen her place by the status of Your Prophet and the prophets who came before me. You are the most Merciful.>>

There is a hadith classified as sahih, that a blind man asked the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, to make a supplication (du^a’) to Allah to return his sight. The Prophet ordered him to make ablution (wudu’) and pray two rak^ahs and then say:

“O Allah, I ask You and direct myself to You by Your Prophet, Muhammad, the Prophet of Mercy. O Muhammad, I ask Allah by you to fulfill my need. O Allah, enable him to intercede for me.”

The blind man did what the Prophet taught him to do and Allah brought his sight back. Moreover, as related by at-Tabaraniyy, the tawassul made by the blind man was used by the Companions and Salaf after the death of the Prophet.

^Umar Ibn al-Khattab performed the tawassul by al-^Abbas (the uncle of the Prophet), may Allah reward their deeds, when he prayed the Salah of ’Istisqa’ with the people. There are other proofs mentioned in the books of the Islamic scholars but we will not recount them at length here.

The one who pursues the saying of the Companions and their followers will find a great deal of proof about the validity of calling the prophet by saying “O Muhammad” in his presence as well as in his absence and in his life as well as after his death. In fact, many texts include the phrase which means, “O Muhammad”. Calling the name of the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, is permissible. An example is the saying of the Companion, Bilal Ibn al-Harith, may Allah reward his deeds, when he went to the grave of the Prophet. He said: “O Messenger of Allah, ask Allah to send rain to your Nation.” His saying contains this format.

Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Sulayman al-Kurdiyy was among the authors who wrote refuting Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab. He was Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab’s own shaykh. Among what he said is as follows:

O Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab, I advise you, for the sake of Allah, ta^ala, to hold your tongue regarding the Muslims. If you hear from anyone who asks for help from other than Allah that one has the power to effect things without the Will of Allah, then teach him the right thing about this issue, and show him the proofs which state no one other than Allah brings things from non-existence into existence. The one who rejects that is blasphemous. You have no right to label the majority of the Muslims as blasphemers{17} while you are deviant from the majority of the Muslims. In fact, it is more reasonable to consider the one who deviates from the majority of the Muslims as a blasphemer then to consider the Muslims as a nation as blasphemers–because the deviant one has followed a path other than the path of the believers. In Surat an-Nisa’, Ayah 15, Allah said:

This ayah means: [Whomever contends with the Messenger after the right path was exposed to him and follows other than the way of the believers, Allah will leave him to whatever he followed and put him in Hell (Jahannam)].

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You telling us that this is wrong? Read on.

Tawassul: Islamic vs. bid’ah

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Tawassul in Arabic means seeking to draw close. Allaah says in the Qur’aan (interpretation of the meaning): “…[they] desire means of access to their Lord…” [al-Isra’ 17:57], i.e., means of drawing close to Him. There are two types of Tawassul, correct Islamic tawassul and forbidden tawassul.

Correct Islamic tawassul:

This means seeking to draw close to Allaah through acts of worship which He loves and which please Him; these may be waajib (obligatory) or mustahabb (encouraged), and may take the form of words, actions or beliefs. Some types are as follows:

Seeking to draw close to Allaah by means of His names and attributes. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): **“And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allaah, so call on Him by them, and leave the company of those who belie or deny (or utter impious speech against) His names. They will be requited for what they used to do.” **[al-A’raaf 7:180]. So when a person makes du’aa’ to Allaah, he begins by calling on Allaah with the name that is most apt, such as “al-Rahmaan” (the Most Merciful) when seeking mercy and al-Ghafoor (the All-Forgiving) when asking for forgiveness, and so on.

Seeking to draw close to Allaah by means of faith and Tawheed. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “Our Lord! We believe in what You have sent down, and we follow the Messenger, so write us down among those who bear witness (to the truth).” [Aal ‘Imraan 3:53]

Seeking to draw close to Allaah through righteous deeds, whereby a person asks Allaah by virtue of the best deeds that he has done, such as salaah, fasting, reading Qur’aan, avoiding haraam things, and so on. An example of this is the saheeh hadeeth narrated in the Saheehayn about the three people who entered a cave, and a rock fell and blocked their way out. They asked Allaah by virtue of their best deeds (to save them). A person may also ask Allaah by virtue of his total dependency upon Him, as Allaah mentions in the Qur’aan (interpretation of the meaning): “[Ayyoob said:] ‘Verily, distress has seized me, and You are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.’ [al-Anbiya’ 21:83]; or by admitting his own wrongdoing and his need for Allaah, as Yoonus is described as saying (interpretation of the meaning): “ ‘None has the right to be worshipped except You (O Allaah). Glorified (and exalted) are You. Truly I have been of the wrong-doers.’” [al-Anbiya’ 21:87]

The rulings on Islamically correct tawassul vary according to its type. Some types are waajib, such as seeking to draw close to Allaah through His names and attributes and through Tawheed (believing in His absolute Oneness), and some are mustahabb, such as seeking to draw close to Him by virtue of all kinds of righteous deeds.

Tawassul that is bid’ah and therefore forbidden:

This is the attempt to draw close to Allaah by means of things that He does not like and that do not please Him, whether they be words, deeds or beliefs. One example of this is trying to draw close to Allaah by calling on the dead or people who are absent, asking them for help, and so on. This is a form of major shirk (shirk akbar), which goes against Tawheed and means that a person is no longer considered to be a Muslim. Calling upon Allaah, whether it is for a purpose such as asking Him to grant some benefit or to ward off some harm, or as an act of worship to express humility and submission before Him, can only be addressed directly to Allaah. If du’aa’s or prayers are addressed to anything or anyone else, this is shirk. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): *“And your Lord said: ‘Invoke Me (and ask Me for anything), I will respond to your invocation. Verily! Those who scorn My worship , they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!” [Ghaafir 40:60]. In this aayah, Allaah explains the punishment of those who arrogantly refuse to call on Allaah, whether they call on someone other than Allaah or they do not call on Him at all, out of pride and self-admiration, even if they do not call on anyone else.

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): **“Invoke your Lord with humility and in secret…” **[al-A’raaf 7:55]. Allaah commands His slaves to call on Him and not anyone else.

Allaah says of the people of Hell (interpretation of the meaning):** “[They say:] ‘By Allaah, we were truly in a manifest error when we held you (false gods) as equals (in worship) with the Lord of the Worlds.” **[al-Shu’ara’ 26:96-97]

Anything that results in equating something other than Allaah with Allaah in worship or acts of obedience is shirk, the crime of associating partners with Him. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): **“And who is more astray than one who calls (invokes) besides Allaah, such as will not answer him until the Day of Resurrection, and who are (even) unaware of their calls (invocations) to them? And when mankind are gathered (one the Day of Resurrection), they (false deities) will become enemies for them and will deny their worshipping.” **[al-Ahqaaf 46:5-6]

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):** “ And whoever invokes (or worships) besides Allaah, any other god, of whom he has no proof, then his reckoning is only with his Lord. Surely, al-kaafiroon (the disbelievers in Allaah and in the Oneness of Allaah) will not be successful.”** [al-Mu’minoon 23:117].

Allaah states that anyone who calls on anything other than him is taking that thing as a god, as He says (interpretation of the meaning): “…And those, whom you invoke or call upon instead of Him, own not even a qitmeer (the thin membrane over a date-stone). If you invoke (or call upon) them, they hear not your call, and if (in case) they were to hear, they could not grant it (your request) to you. And on the Day of Resurrection, they will disown your worshipping them. And none can inform you (O Muhammad), like Him Who is the All-Knower (of everything).” [Faatir 35:13-14].

In this aayah, Allaah explains that He is the only One Who deserves to be called upon, because He, and no one else, is the Sovereign who is directing everything. Those things that are worshipped cannot hear du’aa’s, let alone respond to the one who invokes them, and even if they were able to hear, they cannot respond, because they do not have the power to either benefit or harm.

The mushrik Arabs whom the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was sent to call were disbelievers because of this shirk. They would call upon Allaah sincerely at times of difficulty, but they became disbelievers at times of ease and plenty, when they would call on others besides Him. Allaah says (interpretation of the meanings):

“And when they embark on a ship, they invoke Allaah, making their Faith pure for Him only, but when He brings them safely to land, behold, they give a share of their worship to others.” [al-‘Ankaboot 29:65]

“And when harm touches you upon the sea, those that you call upon besides Him vanish from you excpet Him (Allaah Alone). But when He brings you safely to land, you turn away (from Him)…” [al-Isra’ 17:67].

“… till when you are in the ships and they sail with them with a favourable wind, and they are glad therein, then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to them from all sides, and they think that they are encircled therein, they invoke Allaah, making their Faith pure for Him Alone…” [Yoonus 10:33]

The shirk of some people nowadays goes even further than the shirk of people in the past, because they direct some acts of worship to something other than Allaah, calling upon them and asking them for help even at times of distress; laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah (there is no strength and no help except in Allaah). We ask Allaah to keep us safe and sound.

To sum up our response to what your friend mentioned: asking the dead for anything is shirk, and asking the living for anything that no one except Allaah is able to do, is also shirk. And Allaah knows best.

The only reason, you would call it wrong is because you hate the wahabis and if they say Mohammad is dead and only ALlah can help us, you would say no Mohammad is alive and he can help us as well, even though you kowning that he is dead. Just that you can express your hate towards people who do not like the innovative rituals that you practice.

Take it easy friend.

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Look at what you are talking about and look at what I say. You copy stuff that who knows from where, who, and how it came from and placing things way in the wrong spot especailly verses! and look at what I say: Follow the route of the Prophet, Sahabha. Prophet said:, Scholars said:, Sahabah did/said:.. Subhanallah.

Here's a sugestion to end this because I'm distrubed from what I read in which disrespects the Prophet as you said "the dead Prophet"! or when saying no tawassul is not good and whatever.. Opposing all of these Sahaby doings and sayings..

Sugestion:
we can discuss these topics one at a time without change the subjects at all. Providing prooves from Qur'an Hadith and Scholars. Not pasting verses and telling me it's so because I don't do that unless I mention its interepertation from a scholar as you should. And if you are willing, you must agree that both when truth is out both must follow it! I'm ready at any time but on a condition that you provide prooves from approved resources. Starting with Loving the Prophet and making tawassul. If you just argue and tell me that my prooves are wrong because they prove you wrong, than you better find someone else to talk to otherwise be reasonable and fair.

That's my option to you! otherwise End your arguments now and let the rest of the brothers discuss the pure Islamic issues that are coming from Qur'an and Hadiths not from sect founders nor deviators.

Allah is our wittness.

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My post has almost all of the QURANIC verses to prove your point wrong.

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You are free to research the QURAN and find your self right below your feet for the lies your spreading, for the hate your spreading in the Month of Ramadan.

Again, your the one who does not provide no references in your posts instead you give us your own opinion and you make your own opinion a hadith. Saying: “there is hadith” “prophet said this/that” is not a reference. Even if you give the name of the book, you cannot provide any volume number or book number, all you do is post sheer non-sense and hadiths fabricated to serve the purpose of brailviyaat. Grow up.

May ALlah guide you the truth of simple and meaningful Islam. Ameen.

Take it easy.

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Insults!!!!! That's how all of wahabies are, good thing I'm not close to you where you would have attemted to attack as some did before!! yes they are violent. You are saying that I'm bringing hate?!!! Bringing hate?!! Allahu Akbar! all of that was just because I scandled you! I only mentioned what you people say! and what scholars think of you (as wahaby which you deny)! Why would I hate! I don't even have the hate you have for me, that's why i'm not insulting you as you are, and know that I will not insult because that's not what I learned from the manners for the scholars and saliheen.

Book volume? That means you don't even know! You haven't even read or learned from the books fo the scholars! You should go and learn my friend. In Al Bukhary theirs a topic called: Knowledge before talking!. If these books were in volums I would put them for you :)

If you were really knowledgable, you should know right away the names of the books and understand the references and it's than your task to learn and research in the references I gave and than proove me wrong! I mean I can't sit down to teach you how to properly deal with things like that! if you were doing this for the sake of Allah you would understand imediately and know what to do!

Subhanallah. Got to go, I have a huge Islamic tour to make in North America where I will meet several scholars inshallah! And I will bring some answers for you though if you want! I will re-Ask them about what they think of the wahaby sect! I wish that they don't exist so I can rest, but they do, history of Mulims is still suffering from them!.

Salam to all the brothers, as I will be insh'llah spending most of my time acquiring more of the beatiful knowledge of Islam. I will keep watching, and in contact here!.

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hahahaha

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I scared ya didn’t I? Yeah, you better watch out, I might just wipe your whole bid’ah infested family from the face of this world!

You can’t debate without accusations and opening passage to express your hate, can you? Stop it already, we all know, you post fabricated hadith, we all know your underdog of brailviyaat(the biggest manufacturers of fabricated hadiths and lies to get their way…). You should fix your self up and preach some TRUE Islam to your self before meeting the “scholars” wow!!!

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Moreover, please don’t lable me with sectarian names. THanks. Those kinda of names, shia, chisti, sunni, brailvi only mean something to you. I am nothing but a Muslim and Islam is my sect. DON’T YOU EVER LABLE ME WITH A SECT NAME, you got that? Keep this disease to your self.

PS: Read my post again, maybe you will see they are ALL QURANIC VERSES compare to yours which has NO REFERENCES WHATSOEVER. Go gather up your references boy. *

Take it easy.

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