Permitted forms of Tawassul

Question: What forms of tawassul are permitted in our supplications?

Answered by Sheikh `Abd al-Rahmân al-Barrâk

Tawassul in supplication takes many forms. Some are permitted and some are not.

Permitted forms of tawassul are the following:

1. Calling on Allah by His names and attributes, like saying: “O Allah! I ask of you by your mercy…”

2. Calling on Allah and mentioning your good deeds. This was done by the three men trapped in the cave. Each one called upon Allah and mentioned something good that he had done. One had showed kindness to his parents. Another had abstained from a forbidden relationship. The third had shown generosity to another who had left his wealth with him.

As for tawassul by asking others to make supplications on your behalf, it is disliked. Some scholars have declared it forbidden, saying that the Prophet (peace be upon him) has forbidden us from asking people from begging, and this is a kind of begging.

Personally, I see nothing wrong with asking others to supplicate to Allah on your behalf, if you believe their supplications are more likely to be answered. As for making supplications on behalf of others, this is clearly permitted. Companions asked each other to make supplications on their behalf.

Other forms of tawassul are forbidden. It is forbidden to invoke other people in your prayers, like saying: “O Allah! I ask of you in the name of so-and –so.”

It is not permissible to seek supplications from those who have died or from those who are not present. The Companions stopped asking the Prophet (peace be upon him) to make supplications on their behalf after the Prophet (peace be upon him) had died. In the year of famine, `Umar said the following: “O, Lord, we were soliciting you by our Prophet and you would answer us and let us have rain, now we are soliciting you by the uncle of our Prophet so we ask you to answer us.” Then he asked the Prophet’s uncle to supplicate on their behalf.

The Companions clearly made a distinction between the living and the dead in this matter.

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Jazakallah Khair for this. It is amazing that when we have forms of Tawassul that are permissible, not only that, but they are legislated by the Prophet, we see muslims turning to the very ones that are not!

Indeed whenever there comes into this religion a Bid'ah, a like amount of Sunnah is removed.

jazakaAllah khayr sis

wasalaam

Wa iyakkum. Sa7, it's amazing how many of us fall into bid'ah and shirk because of our lack of knowledge.

This lecture by Yasir Qadhi also touches on this subject:

A Critical analysis of Shirk - Abu Ammar Yasir Qadhi

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Truly the Qur'an and Sunnah is enough for us.

Yeah^ Those were the first ones I listened of him. They're excellent Masha'Allah.

These are more in detail of this subject and others as well, Explanation of Kitab At-Tawheed - Shaykh Yasir Qadhi:

http://hidayahonline.org/Kitaab%20At-Tawheed/

JazakAllah khayr. I haven't listened to those. I'll download it now inshaAllah.

brothers and sisters. You might like this one, I am sure it has been posted before somewhere.

Tawassul: Its Types & Its Rulings

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I have that book, but I haven't finished reading it. I think shaykh al-Albaanee's (rahimahullaah) style of explaining things is really amazing. He makes things so clear, alhamdulillah.

Edit:

Oh, and the link that al-Madani gave has changed for some reason. Here's another one.

lol jazaak Allaah khayr.. i can tell the people that i'm performing tawassul today.. they'll be like what!? i thought you told us against it!

Nah, i'm doing it because it's Sunnah.


Serios!? So you were lying all this time?

Nope, i'm doing it through Allaah's Names & Attributes.


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lol, sometimes doing krazy dawah techniques makes people reflect on their own stance to it.. which sometimes can be a good form of dawah so long as it doesn't cause others to deviate through what u said. And Allaah knows best.

Yeah, soft speech beats harshness the overwhelming majority of the time. I think I'll start a thread about a book that I want to recommend in the etiquette section.

and i found these links:

http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=3297&ln=eng (Tawassul: Islamic vs. bid’ah)

http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=979&ln=eng

and here is the full text of the second link :



Question:
I have been discussing the subject of using "waseela" while supplicating to Allah (swt) with some Muslims, and have come to know that there are quite different opinions about fact whether the use of "waseela" in duaa is halaal or haraam. Could you please provide me with some information about this subject, some ayaat from the Holy Qur'an or authentic ahaadeeth? With the term "use of waseela" I mean asking via the agency of someone, fx "I ask You (O Allah) to grant me forgiveness via the agency of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him and his household)" or via the agency of other Prophets (Peace be upon them), saints or other pious Muslims.

Answer:

What is meant by tawassul and waseelah is four things:

1. the kind of tawassul without which faith cannot be complete, which is seeking to reach Allaah (tawassul) by believing in Him and His Messengers, and obeying Him and His Messenger, This is what is meant in the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
   “O you who believe! Do your duty to Allaah and fear Him. Seek the means of approach to Him…”
   [al-Maa’idah 5:35]
   
   This includes seeking to approach Allaah through His Names and Attributes, or by doing acts of obedience and worship by which one seeks to approach Allaah, and so on.
2. Seeking to approach Allaah by asking His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to make du’a’ for one during his lifetime, and the believers asking one another to make du’aa’ for one another. This follows on from the first type and is encouraged.
3. Seeking to approach Allaah by virtue of the status and virtues of some created being, such as saying, “O Allaah, I ask You by virtue of Your Prophet” and so on. This is allowed by some of the ‘ulama’, but this opinion is da’eef (weak). The correct view is that it is definitely haraam, because there can be no tawassul in du’aa’ except by virtue of the Names and Attributes of Allaah.

brothers and sisters.
jazakallahu khair for that fatwa^^

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

• Tawassul : Intermediation Between Allaah and the Creation - 4p
  Muhammad Zainoo's introduction to the most excellent book of Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah on the Waasitah (Intermediation) between Allah and His creation.
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• Intercession - Removal of Doubts - Part 08 - Abdul Wahab - 8p [PDF]
• The Islamic Ruling on Tawassul - Al-Aql - 16p [PDF]
• Tawassul : Its types and Rulings - by Shaik Nasiruddin Albanee , Al Hidaayah Publishers [Book]
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