diplomaticmuslim
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is tawassul allowed in islam? the word wasila occurs in surah almaida and the command is given there. so why do salafi scholars reject tawassul? isnt that going against the quran itself? any answers?
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AbdAllah84
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Tawassul (using intermediaries in supplication to Allah Most High) through the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace), Awliya and righteous believers is permitted, rather recommended according to the four schools of Sunni Islamic law.
This has been the mainstream belief held by scholars of this Ummah throughout the eras. The Salaf (predecessors) from the earliest generations had this understanding and this has been the way of the four Sunni Madhhabs in Fiqh.
The meaning of Tawassul is: To ask Allah Almighty through the medium and intercession of another person. For example, one says: “O Allah! I ask forgiveness for my sins through the Wasila (intercession) of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace)”.
O you who have believed, fear Allah and seek the means [of nearness] to Him and strive in His cause that you may succeed. (5:35)
Types Tawassul
There are four types Tawassul, according to the meaning of this word, which literally means "seeking a means". Two are permitted and two unlawful.
1. To call on other than God believing that that being has the power to give benefit or harm. This is not just unlawful but also Shirk.
2. To call on other than God believing that God has given over some authority to a certain individual to also benefit or harm. This is also in considered a branch of Shirk.
3. To ask a person if alive who one believes to be pious and close to God to do Dua (pray) for you. This also comes under the meaning of Tawassul mentioned above and is permitted by all the scholars.
And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allah . And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muْammad], and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Accepting of repentance and Merciful. (4:64)
4. To call upon God directly, and at the same time in order to make the Dua more likely to be accepted, to make mention of a good deed one did, the name of a pious person (living or dead) who is close and beloved to God and also beloved to that person. Thus a person would say: "O Allah fulfil such and such a need for the sake of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him." This type of Tawassul is also permitted by the majority of scholars.
http://www.islamic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Fiqh/tawassul.htm
http://www.islamtomorrow.com/wasila/1.asp
Tawassul (using intermediaries in supplication to Allah Most High) through the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace), Awliya and righteous believers is permitted, rather recommended according to the four schools of Sunni Islamic law.
This has been the mainstream belief held by scholars of this Ummah throughout the eras. The Salaf (predecessors) from the earliest generations had this understanding and this has been the way of the four Sunni Madhhabs in Fiqh.
The meaning of Tawassul is: To ask Allah Almighty through the medium and intercession of another person. For example, one says: “O Allah! I ask forgiveness for my sins through the Wasila (intercession) of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace)”.
O you who have believed, fear Allah and seek the means [of nearness] to Him and strive in His cause that you may succeed. (5:35)
Types Tawassul
There are four types Tawassul, according to the meaning of this word, which literally means "seeking a means". Two are permitted and two unlawful.
1. To call on other than God believing that that being has the power to give benefit or harm. This is not just unlawful but also Shirk.
2. To call on other than God believing that God has given over some authority to a certain individual to also benefit or harm. This is also in considered a branch of Shirk.
3. To ask a person if alive who one believes to be pious and close to God to do Dua (pray) for you. This also comes under the meaning of Tawassul mentioned above and is permitted by all the scholars.
And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allah . And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muْammad], and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Accepting of repentance and Merciful. (4:64)
4. To call upon God directly, and at the same time in order to make the Dua more likely to be accepted, to make mention of a good deed one did, the name of a pious person (living or dead) who is close and beloved to God and also beloved to that person. Thus a person would say: "O Allah fulfil such and such a need for the sake of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him." This type of Tawassul is also permitted by the majority of scholars.
http://www.islamic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Fiqh/tawassul.htm
http://www.islamtomorrow.com/wasila/1.asp