{"_id":"68260e6df982989aba9bd3e9","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"What are appropriate phrases for Tawassul?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Is it permissible to say something like we hope such and such success through the Prophet, Wasilah? Or through/because of the sacrifice of the Prophet? Are phrases like these appropriate and permissible: \\\"Sarkar ke wasila seh…\\\" or \\\"Sarkar ke Sadaqah seh…\\\"?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}},{\"type\":\"underline\"},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"What is Tawassul (Wasīlah)?\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"In Arabic, wasīlah means a means, nearness, or intermediary. In Islamic practice, it refers to seeking closeness to Allah by means of something beloved to Him.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}},{\"type\":\"underline\"},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"Is Tawassul Permissible?\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"Yes, tawassul is unanimously considered permissible by all four Sunni schools of jurisprudence and has been the position of the overwhelming majority of Ahl al-Sunnah scholars across 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Majah\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"]\"}]}]}]},{\"type\":\"list\",\"attrs\":{\"kind\":\"ordered\",\"order\":null,\"checked\":false,\"collapsed\":false},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"By asking a righteous person to supplicate for you\"}]},{\"type\":\"list\",\"attrs\":{\"kind\":\"ordered\",\"order\":null,\"checked\":false,\"collapsed\":false},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"indent\":1,\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"This was done during the Prophet’s ﷺ lifetime when companions would ask him to make duʿāʾ for rain, victory, or forgiveness.\"}]}]}]},{\"type\":\"list\",\"attrs\":{\"kind\":\"ordered\",\"order\":null,\"checked\":false,\"collapsed\":false},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"By one's own righteous deeds\"}]},{\"type\":\"list\",\"attrs\":{\"kind\":\"ordered\",\"order\":null,\"checked\":false,\"collapsed\":false},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"indent\":1,\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"As in the well-known hadith of the three men trapped in a cave 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Allah\"}]},{\"type\":\"list\",\"attrs\":{\"kind\":\"ordered\",\"order\":null,\"checked\":false,\"collapsed\":false},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"indent\":1,\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"This was taught to us directly by the Prophet ﷺ:\"}]}]}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}},{\"type\":\"underline\"},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"The Ḥadīth of the Blind Man\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}},{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\"A blind man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him to pray for his healing. The Prophet ﷺ instructed him to perform wuḍūʾ, pray two rakʿāt, and say the following supplication: \\\"O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I turn with you to my Lord regarding this need of mine, so that it may be fulfilled. O Allah, accept his intercession for me.”\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"This ḥadīth is authentic (ṣaḥīḥ) and narrated by many masters of ḥadīth, including:\"}]},{\"type\":\"list\",\"attrs\":{\"kind\":\"bullet\",\"order\":null,\"checked\":false,\"collapsed\":false},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"Imām Aḥmad in his Musnad\"}]}]},{\"type\":\"list\",\"attrs\":{\"kind\":\"bullet\",\"order\":null,\"checked\":false,\"collapsed\":false},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}},{\"type\":\"link\",\"attrs\":{\"href\":\"https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:3578\",\"target\":null,\"rel\":null}}],\"text\":\"al-Tirmidhī\"}]}]},{\"type\":\"list\",\"attrs\":{\"kind\":\"bullet\",\"order\":null,\"checked\":false,\"collapsed\":false},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}},{\"type\":\"link\",\"attrs\":{\"href\":\"https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:1385\",\"target\":null,\"rel\":null}}],\"text\":\"ibn Mājah\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\", al-Nasāʾī, Ibn Khuzaymah\"}]}]},{\"type\":\"list\",\"attrs\":{\"kind\":\"bullet\",\"order\":null,\"checked\":false,\"collapsed\":false},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"al-Ṭabarānī, al-Baghawī\"}]}]},{\"type\":\"list\",\"attrs\":{\"kind\":\"bullet\",\"order\":null,\"checked\":false,\"collapsed\":false},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"al-Bukhārī in his Tārīkh\"}]}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}},{\"type\":\"underline\"},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"Regarding the Phrases:\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"\\\"Sarkār ke wasīleh se...” - By the wasīlah/intercession of the Prophet ﷺ\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"“Sarkār ke ṣadaqah se...” - By the virtue/blessing of the Prophet ﷺ\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"These are simply expressions of tawassul through the Prophet’s ﷺ rank with Allah, and they fall under the form that was clearly taught and affirmed in the hadith of the blind man. Hence, they are permissible and appropriate.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}},{\"type\":\"underline\"},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"Is This Only During His Lifetime?\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"No, the idea that tawassul through the Prophet ﷺ is limited to his lifetime is not the view of mainstream Sunni scholarship. It is considered a fringe position. The Prophet ﷺ taught the duʿāʾ in the form of a template, without restricting it to his lifetime. If such a condition were required, he would have said so.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"If someone argues that tawassul through the Prophet’s ﷺ rank is no longer valid after his passing, we respond:\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"Did the Prophet ﷺ lose his rank with Allah after death? Certainly not.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"And since it is Allah ﷻ alone who grants our duʿāʾ, what difference does it make whether the means (wasīlah) is living or has passed on?\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"As Allah ﷻ says:\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"align\":\"right\"},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"“\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"Say: Bring your clearly decisive proof if you are so truthful\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\".” [\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}},{\"type\":\"link\",\"attrs\":{\"href\":\"https://quran.com/en/al-baqarah/111\",\"target\":null,\"rel\":null}}],\"text\":\"2:111\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"]\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"quillStyle\",\"attrs\":{\"value\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"}}}],\"text\":\"May Allah ﷻ expand our hearts with clarity, bless us with sound understanding rooted in the Sunnah, and protect us from every deviation, misguidance, and innovation (bidʿah).\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe30b76658b4c232829","tag":"Worship: Dua","count":120},{"_id":"668da0580b76658b4c2334b2","tag":"Knowledge: Aqeedah","count":39},{"_id":"668d9fe60b76658b4c23287a","tag":"Knowledge: Bidah","count":22},{"_id":"668da0ba0b76658b4c233f0c","tag":"Tawassul","count":7}],"createdOn":"2025-05-15T15:55:25.640Z"}