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Umm ul-Shaheed
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from the post
It must mean by becuse if not, it brings a whole new meaning to it.
anyways I’m a bit confused between making Tawassul though the prophet (sallalahu aleyhi wa sallam), and by him...
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I think 'through' and 'by' in the context here are interchangeable, because if you notice, the one who the dua' is being directed to and made to is Allaah, no one else.
‘Tawassul through the righteous is for one to say: O Allah! I make tawassul to you through your Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu ‘alaihi wa-sallam, or someone else, that you fulfill my need’
To clarify what was said, the difference is that
through him would involve directly asking him and that is forbidden/shirk because he is dead and it is forbidden to ask of the dead? Right?
In other contexts, I would say yes. If you're dua' is something like, 'O Prophet salalahu alayhi wa sallam or someone else, I make Tawassul through you so please ask Allaah to grant me such and such'.
Notice here that the one being called upon in the dua' is other than Allaah, and you're making the one called upon an intercessor between yourself and Allaah - therein lies the problem.
The former was a dua' directed directly to Allaah without any intermediaries. It's like you going to a king and saying, for your love of your son, give me this. The one being asked is the king, and the son is not taking the place of an intermediary. Wallaahu 'alam.
But in this case there is a valid opinion because your merely asking
by him
to Allah...so there is actually no asking of other than Allah and there is no asking of the dead?
Is that right?
Exactly. The dua' is being made to Allaah alone.