06-11-2005, 10:03 AM
Assalamoalaykum,
Sister muslimah thanx for replying.. MashaAllah it was very informative for me and same goes for all the other members who shared their knowledge..
Actually this topic of Tawassul is the oldest on which ummah is divided.As far as the type of tawassul through the righteous people’s supplications and the supplications of Muslims, one for the other, has been established since the time of Prophet Nuh (peace and blessings be upon him) who supplicated to Allah saying, “O Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house in Faith, and (all) believing men and believing women: and to the wrong–doers grant Thou no increase but in Perdition!” (Nuh: 28) and also the hadith
in which companions turn to Al-abbas to make dua for them in the time of drought..
and there is no difference of opinion on that...
<b>I just wanted to clear my doubts on the form of Tawassul in which one makes dua to ALLAH SWT through the status of prophet pbuh .</b>
As the two groups( i.e one following this type of tawassul and other totally ignoring it) disputed to the extent that they were about to fall into a prolonged rupture of relations. Both parties committed faults. For example, one of them accused the other of polytheism, and the latter described the former as hating the Prophet (pbuh). This resulted in more division among them. The issue became worse when the second sect drew analogy between the person of the Prophet (pbuh) and others whom they thought to be righteous and awliya(saints). They, moreover, neglected the authenticated supplications and indulged in formulas of duaas ,about which there is more than one opinion.
for me the hadith of Al -abbas shows that this type of Tawassul i.e through the person of prophet in dua , is a bidaah as after the death of our beloved prophet (pbuh) companion didnt use his(pbuh) status in their dua to ALLAH SWT , but instead THEY TURNED TOWARD A PERSON WHOM THEY THOUGHT WAS A RIGHTEOUS ONE (AL ABBAS ) AND ASKED HIM TO MAKE DUA TO ALLAH SWT.
and this topic is explained in detail in the same way in the books of sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullaah , and more recently in the books of imam abdul wahab ,sheikh al-albani and sheikh baz.
Wasalaam,