{"_id":"68260e6df982989aba9bd3e9","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"What are appropriate phrases for Tawassul?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"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…\\\"?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"color\":\"#444444\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"What is Tawassul (Wasīlah)?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"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.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"color\":\"#444444\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Is Tawassul Permissible?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"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 generations.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"color\":\"#444444\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Permissible Forms of Tawassul\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\",\"underline\":true},\"insert\":\":\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"By Allah’s Names and Attributes\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"“\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\",\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"O Allah, I ask You by Your mercy, which encompasses all things\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"…” [\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\",\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:1753\"},\"insert\":\"ibn Majah\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"]\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1,\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"By asking a righteous person to supplicate for you\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"This was done during the Prophet’s ﷺ lifetime when companions would ask him to make duʿāʾ for rain, victory, or forgiveness.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1,\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"By one's own righteous deeds\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"As in the well-known hadith of the three men trapped in a cave [\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\",\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3465\"},\"insert\":\"Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhār\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"ī, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim], each of whom made duʿāʾ by mentioning a good deed they did sincerely for Allah — and the rock eventually moved.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1,\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"By the status/rank of the Prophet ﷺ or those beloved to Allah\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"This was taught to us directly by the Prophet ﷺ:\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1,\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"color\":\"#444444\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"The Ḥadīth of the Blind Man\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\",\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"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.”\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"This ḥadīth is authentic (ṣaḥīḥ) and narrated by many masters of ḥadīth, including:\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"Imām Aḥmad in his Musnad\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\",\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:3578\"},\"insert\":\"al-Tirmidhī\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\",\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:1385\"},\"insert\":\"ibn Mājah\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\", al-Nasāʾī, Ibn Khuzaymah\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"al-Ṭabarānī, al-Baghawī\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"al-Bukhārī in his Tārīkh\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"bullet\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"color\":\"#444444\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Regarding the Phrases:\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"\\\"Sarkār ke wasīleh se...” - By the wasīlah/intercession of the Prophet ﷺ\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"“Sarkār ke ṣadaqah se...” - By the virtue/blessing of the Prophet ﷺ\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"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.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"color\":\"#444444\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Is This Only During His Lifetime?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"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.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"If someone argues that tawassul through the Prophet’s ﷺ rank is no longer valid after his passing, we respond:\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"Did the Prophet ﷺ lose his rank with Allah after death? Certainly not.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"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?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"As Allah ﷻ says:\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ\"},{\"attributes\":{\"align\":\"right\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"“\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Say: Bring your clearly decisive proof if you are so truthful\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\".” [\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\",\"link\":\"https://quran.com/en/al-baqarah/111\"},\"insert\":\"2:111\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"]\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#444444\"},\"insert\":\"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).\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe30b76658b4c232829","tag":"Worship: Dua","count":109},{"_id":"668da0580b76658b4c2334b2","tag":"Knowledge: Aqeedah","count":38},{"_id":"668d9fe60b76658b4c23287a","tag":"Knowledge: Bidah","count":21},{"_id":"668da0ba0b76658b4c233f0c","tag":"Tawassul","count":6}],"createdOn":"2025-05-15T15:55:25.640Z"}