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	Evidence for Tawassul by a Sunni Writer
		It implicitly proves the validity of tawassul through a deceased one as well, since tawassul through a living or dead person is not through a physical body or through a life or death, but rather through the positive meaning (ma`na tayyib) attached to the person in both life and death.
		This then,and a certain person has written an article that tawassul to Allah Most High through the righteous is unlawful, while the overwhelming majority of scholars hold it permissable, and the evidence that the writer uses to corroborate his view point is devoid of anything that demonstrates what he is trying to prove.
		In declaring tawassul permissable, we are not hovering on the brink of idolatory (shirk) or coming anywhere near it, for the conviction that Allah Most High alone has influence over anything, outwardly, is a conviction that flows through us like our very lifeblood.
	www.al-islam.org /encyclopedia/chapter6b/6.html (597 words)

	Tawassul (Resorting to Intermediary)
		Tawassul (Resorting to Intermediary) Some people claim that asking for help to other than god is polytheism.
		When we make Tawassul, it means that we seek the Mercy of Allah by resorting to a connection who was more obedient toward Allah and, as a result, Allah answers his/her prayers faster than us.
		The issue is not that they are afraid of people associating others with Allah, rather, it is a political issue based on antagonizing Muslims in order to consolidate their own power and authority over Muslims, and history is the witness to what they have done.
	www.al-islam.org /encyclopedia/chapter6b/5.html (1385 words)

	Tawassul and it's position in Islam
		Tawassul (using intermediaries in supplication to Allah) through the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), Awliya and righteous believers is permitted, rather recommended according to the four schools of Sunni Islam.
		Tawassul can be carried out through one's own righteous deeds, the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), righteous people who have passed away and those who are still alive.
		It implicitly proves the validity of Tawassul through a deceased person, as Tawassul through a living or dead person is not through a physical body or through life or death, rather, through the positive meaning attached to the person in both life and death.
	www.central-mosque.com /aqeedah/taw1.htm (1075 words)

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		Tawassul has three concepts, of which two are deemed correct, and according to Ibn Taymiyyah, whoever rejects these two concepts of tawassul is either an infidel or an apostate.
		To quote Rashíd Rièà himself, those who seek tawassul are like guests who approach the host for some of their needs, and at times request the members of the household or friends of the hosts who have been appointed to serve the guests, since they consider everything to be the favour of the host.
		The Du‘à’ Tawassul which is found in Mafàtíå al-Jinàn is the same supplication of tawassul which all Sunní narrators of åadíth unanimously regard as Æaåíå (authentic) and relate that the Prophet taught it to a blind man who recovered his eyesight by reciting it.
	www.ahl-ul-bayt.org /MAGAZINE/English/Thaqalayn20/ch2_1.htm (7294 words)

	Tawassul - Seeking an approach unto Allah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Justification of the Salafiyyah on Non-Permissibility of Tawassul
		The Du'a' Tawassul which is found in Mafatih al-Jinan is the same supplication of tawassul which all Sunni narrators of hadith unanimously regard as sahih (authentic) and relate that the Prophet taught it to a blind man who recovered his eyesight by reciting it.
		Du'a' tawassul, where devotion is expressed to the Prophet (s) and his Infallible Ahl al-Bayt ('a), is not exclusively meant for the Shi'ah but was widely popular among the Sunnis until Ibn Taymiyyah and later Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab came on the scene with their weird interpretation.
	www.al-shia.com /html/eng/books/message-of-thaqalayn/tawassul.htm (7216 words)

	The Revival - TAWASSUL: SUPPLICATING ALLAH THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It implicitly proves the validity of tawassul through a deceased one as well, since tawassul through a living or dead person is not through a physical body or through or through a life or death, but rather through the positive meaning (ma'na tayyib) attached to the person in both life and death.
		Supplicating Allah (tawassul) through a living or deceased intermediary is, in the author's words, "not tawassul through a physical body, or through a life or death, but rather through the positive meaning attached to the person in both life and death, for the body is but the vehicle that carries that significance.
		This then, and a certain person has written an article that tawassul to Allah Most High through the righteous is unlawful, while the overwhelming majority of scholars hold it is permissible, and the evidence the writer uses to corrobrate his viewpoint is devoid of anything that demonstrates what he is trying to prove.
	www.therevival.co.uk /articles/Tawassul.htm (1328 words)

	Islamic and Muslim Sects Around the World - A Shi'ite Encyclopedia - Chapter 6b - Tawassul - Supplicating Allah through ...
		This is an explicit, unequivocal text from a prophetic Companion proving the legal validity of tawassul through the dead.
		This then, and a certain person has written an article that tawassul to Allah Most High through the righteous is unlawful, while the overwhelming majority of scholars hold it permissible, and the evidence that the writer uses to corroborate his view point is devoid of anything that demonstrates what he is trying to prove.
		And the notion that tawassul was permissible only during the lifetime of the person through whom it is done but not after his death is unsupported by any viable foundation from Sacred Law (Rudud 'ala abatil wa rasa'il al-Shaykh Muhammad al-Hamid).
	www.islamic-paths.org /Home/English/Sects/Shiite/Encyclopedia/Chapter_6b_Part06.htm (958 words)

	Tawassul and Waseelah - by Ml. Muhammad ibn Moulana Haroon Abasoomar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tawassul and Waseelah literally means to make a request or supplicate through a means.
		To make Tawassul to Almighty Allah that He accepts the Du’aa due to one having performed a certain good deed is permissible and unanimously accepted.
		In this narration, Tawassul through people is established, ‘through the right of those who ask’ and Tawassul through one’s deeds is supported by the second part.
	www.beautifulislam.net /duas/tawassul_waseelah.htm (1836 words)

	The Correct Understanding of Waseelah > Chapter 7: Waseelah
		Tawassul by means of Allah’s Beautiful Names is to invoke Allah mentioning His Beautiful Names, like saying, “O Allah, I ask you for You being the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy, the Most Gracious, the All-Knower that You grant me safety and well being…” This form of Tawassul is known from numerous Ahaadeeth.
		Tawassul by means of righteous deeds is to invoke Allah by mentioning one’s righteous actions, in which he feared Allah and hoped for His Mercy and reward, while giving precedence to His obedience.
		Tawassul by means of a Supplication made by a Righteous Person is also reported from the practice of the Sahabah (radhi allahu anhu).
	www.ahya.org /tjonline/eng/07/01Waseelah.html (1466 words)

	AhlulBayt Discussion Forum -> Tawassul
		tawassul through a living or dead person is not through a physical body or through a life or death, but rather through the positive meaning (ma’na tayyib) attached to the person in both life and death.
		Hence, Al-Albani’s interpretations and understanding that “tawassul done by an intermediary who is in his grave is Islamically unlawful” is false and meaningless.
		It is correct to call what he did tawassul and istighathah (seeking or asking for help), because he went to the grave of the Messenger (Salla Allahu ‘alayhi wasallam) asking him to save them from the calamity that hit them by him asking Allahu Ta’ala to give them rain.
	www.shiachat.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=26902 (3920 words)

	Wrong Claims about Tawassul
		The defintion of Tawassul is: Supplicating Allahu Ta’ala by means of anintermediary, whether it be a living person, dead person, a good deed, or a name or attribute of Allahu Ta’ala.
		The wahhabees claim that it is only permissible to do tawassul while the intermediary is present and alive, but not when the intermediary is in his grave.
		Tawassul can be done using an intermediary who is living in this life, or living the life of the grave (barzakh).
	village.flashnet.it /users/fn034463/tawhid3.html (3514 words)

	Evidence for Tawassul by a Sunni Writer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		tawassul, be it through a living or a dead person.
		In declaring tawassul permissable, we are not hovering on the brink of
		the notion that tawassul was permissible only during the lifetime of the
	www.al-shia.com /html/eng/books/encyclopedia/chapter6b/6.html (1367 words)

	More Clarification on Tawassul
		I couldn't believe that these prominent scholars did not know that Tawassul through dead persons is prohibited, which is so basic in Islam.
		This cannot be deemed as Tawassul as you have expressed.
		These scholars, as did At'Tabarani and others, accept the hadith but did not authenticate the story and clearly the problems with it are even mentioned by Bukhari.
	www.understanding-islam.com /related/text.asp?type=discussion&did=549 (343 words)

	Islamica Community Forums - Debate - Tawussul? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Second, tawassul of a person to Allah, the Most High through showing obedience to Him as well as through his own good deeds which are done only for His sake.
		Fifth, tawassul through asking those who are close to Allah, as to ask a dead Prophet or a wali at his grave to fulfill one’s request.
		This form of tawassul is unanimously rejected in Islam, for it is a form of polytheism.
	www.islamicaweb.com /forums/showthread.php?t=23830 (3851 words)

	Tawassul
		Ja’far: Tawassul is not prohibited and neither is it an innovation (bidat).
		Of course, the companions of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) continued to seek his tawassul even after he had passed away from among them.
		It was due to the tawassul of Abbas who, apart from being the Uncle of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) did not command any other merit.
	www.oneummah.net /understand/tawassul.htm (817 words)

	['Aalim Network QR] Tawassul and Tabaruk (II)
		As to the meaning of the word TAWASSUL, it literaly means "seeking or using a means or meditator for approaching and acquiring and end".
		The critique of Tawassul and Tabaruk argue that it is shirk for you to use any means or mediator except Allah (SWT) Himself for approaching Him and receiving his blessing.
		In light of this approach we can define TAWASSUL as "an attempt on the part of a believer (please note that I am saying a believer) to approach God and seek his blessing by approaching a mediators whose status and respect before God is viewed to be very high." The question remains why not directly?
	al-islam.org /organizations/AalimNetwork/msg00171.html (594 words)

	IslamMessage > plz help regarding Tawassul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Furthermore, the reality of tawassul is nothing but supplicating by means of the high station of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) with his Lord, Mighty and Majestic.
		Making tawassul does not imply the Prophet's (Allah bless him and give him peace) influence over or management of affairs, as this is exclusive to Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
		Whoever deems it permissible to make tawassul through the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) during his life time, but impermissible to do so after his passage to the hereafter, believing that influence vanishes after death, holds a clearly problematic belief, for attributing an influence over affairs to other than Allah.
	www.islammessage.com /bb/lofiversion/index.php/t2802.html (1256 words)

	Shia News \| Articles: Islam \| Wahabism: Understanding the roots and role models of Islamic fanaticism and terror - II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nuh Keller, an orthodox Sunni scholar, defines tawassul as “supplicating Allah by means of an intermediary, whether it be a living person, dead person, a good deed, or a name or attribute of Allah Most High”.
		Although I had not studied much about Islam and the practices of tawassul at that time, I had been told by trustworthy Muslims that using pious individuals as intermediaries when asking Allah for something was a blessed opportunity that I couldn’t afford to miss.
		But Wahhabis are extremists; their rejection of tawassul is a pre-text for declaring that all Muslims in the world are heathens and idolators who must be dealt with.
	www.shianews.com /hi/articles/islam/0000397.php (4552 words)

	Islahi Centre .org : Tawassul is allowed in only three ways! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		People who say that Tawassul [to draw near to what one seeks after and to approach that which one desires] is allowed, use the following two verses to prove their argument.
		Allah says, " Those whom they call upon do desire (for themselves) means of access [tawassul] to their Lord, - even those who are nearest: they hope for His Mercy and fear His Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord is something to take heed of." [isra 17: 57]
		Tawassul is definitely allowed, but to seek to get close to Allah through saints and by visiting saintly graves as in the given fatwa is equal to shirk [associating with Allah].
	www.islahicentre.org /qandamessages.asp?messageid=44 (631 words)

	thetruereligion.org - Articles-Is Making Tawassul of the Prophet Shirk or Bida'ah ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In this article, we will deal with some aspects of the tawassul and istishfaa’ which are not legislated by Allāh.
		As far as the tawassul by his dua’, or seeking rescue from him, or seeking help or victory from him over the enemies or cures for the sick then this is major shirk.
		It is the tawassul by his status, right, or self.
	thetruereligion.org /modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=264 (817 words)

	sunniforum.com - Tawassul through the deceased - looking for a clear proof
		Regarding tawassul (generally) and istighatha (specifically), someone mentioned the hadith of the blind man and its corollary, the hadith of the man in need.
		Similarly the lengthy wording of the tawassul according to the Hanbali madhhab as established by the hafiz Ibn `Aqil in his Tadhkira was cited fully by Imam Kawthari in his appendix to Shaykh al-Islam Taqi al-Din al-Subki's al-Sayf al-saqil included in Kawthari's edition of the latter.
		Al-`Utbi's account of the Arab's tawassul for forgiveness at the Prophet's grave is famous: It is found in many books on the subject of ziyara (visiting the Prophet's grave in Madina) or manasik (rites of pilgrimage) by the many scholars of the Four Schools, none of whom have rejected it or declared it weak.
	www.sunniforum.com /forum/printthread.php?t=2308&pp=40 (8030 words)

	Notes from 10/12/97 - Seeking Means (At-Tawassul)
		As we have seen, seeking a means to Allah by asking Him by means of a righteous person or prophet or through the high station of that righteous person or prophet is an innovation.
		Furthermore, it is something never practiced nor taught nor sanctioned or allowed by the Prophet (sas), his companions or the first two generations after them.
		The jinn were so flattered and pleased with being worshipped beside Allah did things to increase the fear of those humans so that they may continue and increase in their worship (seeking refuge) of them.
	www.java-man.com /Pages/Tauhid/tauhid971012.html (960 words)

	The correct forms of tawassul and its forbidden forms--Ummah.comLearn about Islam
		Tawassul as it is understood by many of the Muslims of later times, which is calling on the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and seeking his help (or seeking the help of the dead and so-called awliya’).
		That is so that we may refute what the Sufis say about tawassul, because some of them interpret it as meaning that it is permissible to seek to draw close to Allaah by the Prophets and awliya’ (“saints”).
		The petitioner who makes tawassul only desires to place, at the front of his petition, what may be a cause for the granting of his petition by the One Who alone gives and withholds, the Owner of the Day of Judgment.
	ummah.com /forum/showthread.php?s=c3f31b23855adc2c5756ca67f1b76dc6&t=59135 (4594 words)

	sunniforum.com - Tawassul through the deceased - looking for a clear proof
		As you could tell from the title, my question is regarding tawassul through the dead.
		Nowadays, a lot could be performing tawassul through the deceased with the firm belief that it is Allah swt who provides, but with time, people especially the ignorant ones, will start taking this practice as an act of worship, as seen nowadays.
		I agree.Everyone actually asked Allah Ta'ala Himself in Tawassul, but the thought behind tawassul is, that "O Allah, I love them, because they love you", so accept my Du'a.
	www.sunniforum.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2308 (2234 words)

	Permissibility of Tawassul
		You wrote that Tawassul is not permitted in Islam.
		Moreover, had this Tawassul existed, as you claim it to be, the blind man's sight would have returned with God's will, not needing any supplication from the Prophet.
		It should be appreciated that at this point that the Tawassul being sought here is by the means of supplication from both the blind man and the Prophet not through the Prophet being an intermediary.
	www.understanding-islam.com /related/text.asp?type=question&qid=2983 (1265 words)

	[Tariqas] TAWASSUL/ Shafaa....part 1
		The majority of the orthodox Sunni Community hold that it is lawful, and have supporting hadith evidence, of which we will content purselves with the Hadith of the Blind Man, since it is the central pivot upon which the discussion turns.
		The express content of the hadith proves the legal validity of tawassul through a living person (n: as the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was alive at the time).
		andnbsp;It implicitly proves the validity of tawassul through a deceased one as well, since tawassul through a living or dead person is not through a physical body or through life or death, but rather through the positive meaning (ma'na tayyib) attached to the person in both life and death.
	stderr.org /pipermail/tariqas/2001-May/000693.html (583 words)

	At-Tawassul (Using a Means to Seek Allahs Help)
		Actually, the topic of Tawassul (using a means to seek Allah's help) is one of the controversial issues among Muslim nation that has not been understood in its due perspective, and which proved hostility and hatred among different groups.
		Muslims are supposed to rely on the understanding of Salaf (Prophet and his Companions, the second generation after them, and the third generation after).
		The author really clarified this topic by mentioning the proofs and evidences which support the three types of the allowed Tawassul and at the same time answered the suspicions and confusions surrounding this matter.
	www.onlineislamicstore.com /b7746.html (360 words)

	The Acceptability of Tawassul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The one who asks using the mediation (tawassul) of these prophets TO GOD, in order that his request may be accepted, is a believer and a monotheist, and he is not a polytheist because he is asking God--not asking the prophets--but asking for the sake of their honor as prophets.
		If mediation (tawassul) by way of the personages of the Prophet and pious people was association and unbelief (shirk and kufr)--as ignorant people have claimed, then the Companions would have denied the use of mediation (tawassul) by `Umar and Mua'wiyah.
		That is why we summarize and conclude that it is permissible to ask God by means of the Prophet and his mediation (tawassul) before his advent--as was done by our father Adam (s)--after his birth, during his life and after his death, as we have determined from the previous discussion.
	www.naqshbandi.net /haqqani/Islam/Tawassul.html (1800 words)

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