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Originally posted by ramesha:
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((((We r lucky to be from Prophet muhammad's (phuh) ummat. We r very lucky indeed. We r blessed that we are the ummat of Mahboob-e-Allah.
Who better to make waseela then prophet muhammad and his familly the ahl-e-bayt whom allah has purified from all sins.
I am not saying that making waseela in duas is WJAIB or neccessary. Its upto oneself. But its not gunnah my dear sis as wahabis suggest. They r ignorant as they can be. And worst of all muslims r falling for whatever they come up with.
You dont know what you are missing on my sister. May allah forgive our sins in sadqa of his mahboob nabbi.))))
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Barakallahu feek sister. Masha'llah, you have washed all of the dirt off and proved the truth that some are trying to cover!.
Now the X sis asked a question, and I hope that she wants to accept the truth. I will just add to what the sisters and brothers in this thread said: Muhammad is our wassilah. We will never go and say: O Muhammad cure me, or O Muhammad grant me Paradise!! although some try to make it look like that, but that's not true nor accepted Islamically.
What Muslims do when they make tawassul (seek wassilah) is by sayin O Allah, I repeat, O Allah, we ask you BY THE GREAT VIRUTE OF YOUR BELOVED MUHAMMAD to grant us Paradise.. Or O Muhammad, I ask Allah by your virtue to get cured. So we are asking Allah, but Prophet Muhammad is the reason for me. Allah's will does not change! Allah willed eternaly everything, so whether we make du^a or tawassul, Allah's will does not change.
If one asked: but how and why did Muslims make tawassul? We say "again", it's because the Sahabah, and Scholars did so. Prophet Muhammad taught us to do so by teaching Sahabah.
In Al-Mu^jam Al-Kabir and Al-Mu^jam AsSaghir, Imam at-Tabaraniyy related the hadith about the Prophet from the route of ^Uthman Ibn Hunayf who was in a circle with the Prophet when a blind man came to address Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam:
The blind man addressed the Prophet by saying, "O Prophet of Allah, ask Allah for me to cure my blindness." The Prophet replied by saying, "If you wish, you would be patient with your calamity, and if you wish, I will ask Allah to cure your blindness."
However, the blind man told the Prophet: "The loss of my sight is a great hardship for me, and there is no one near to guide me around."
At this moment, the Prophet ordered the man to go to the place where al-wudu' would be performed, perform alwudu', pray two rak^ah, end his salat by saying as-salamu ^alaykum, and then say the following words:
which mean: <> The blind man went and did as the Prophet ordered. Shortly thereafter, he returned to the Prophet's session with his blindness cured.
Then, after the death of the Prophet, and during the time of the caliphate of ^Uthman Ibn ^Affan, a man came to ^Uthman Ibn Hunayf. This man complained to ^Uthman Ibn Hunayf about a matter which he needed to be fulfilled through the caliph, but which was not being fulfilled. ^Uthman Ibn Hunayf ordered the man to go to the place where al-wudu' would be performed, perform al-wudu', perform two rak^ah, and after saying assalam to say the following words: 'O Allah, I ask You and I direct myself to You in supplication by our Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet of Mercy. O Muhammad, I direct myself to Allah by you, so my need [specify need] would be fulfilled.
^Uthman Ibn Hunayf told him to return after doing this, and they would go together to the caliph. This man went and performed what ^Uthman Ibn Hunayf ordered him to do. However, instead of returning to ^Uthman Ibn Hunayf, he elected to go on his own to the caliph--which he did. When he reached the door of the caliph, the gateman took him by the hand to the caliph. ^Uthman Ibn ^Affansat him on a carpet next to him and asked him, "What is your need that you wanted fulfilled? I forgot all about it until just now." The man informed the caliph about his need, which he fulfilled. The caliph told him, "Whenever you have a need, come to me and I will satisfy it for you."
I hope that this is clear because water does not get any clearer.
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