Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal

Abdullah bin Ahmed( son of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal) said: I asked him (Ahmad bin
Hanbal) about the person that touches the podium of the Prophet peace be upon him,
seeking blessings by touching it and kissing it, and does the same to his grave, or as
such, desiring by doing so to draw nearer to Allah,Mighty and Majestic he (Ahmad) said:
Nothing wrong with that.
[ Ilal wa Marifat ar Rijal # 3243 ]

Abdullah bin Ahmed said :I saw my father holding a strand of the Prophets hair
(sallallahu alaihi wasallam), and he placed it on his mouth kissing it, and I believe I saw
him placing it on his head or his eye. Then he dipped it in water and drank it, seeking
cure from it.

[ Masaail Imam Ahmed , Page :447 , #1622 ]

Imam Alauddin Mardawi says :

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The correct position of the [Hanbali] madhhab is that it is permissible in one's
supplication to use as means a pious person, and it is said that it is desirable
(mustahabb). Imam Ahmad said to Al-Marruziy : " Use the Prophet as a means( seek
Tawassul with Prophet) in his supplication ( Duaa) .
[ Al-Insaf , 2/456 ]

Nasir Albanis confession regarding stance of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal and Shawkani*

[ * Texts from Qadhi Shawkani are provided later (below) in this this same document ]

Imam Ibn Abi Asim, (206-287),

He was an Imam of Hadith from the salaf. He was the Shaykh of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal, Imam
Bukhari and many others. In his book "Al Aahaad wal Mathaani" he writes, under the Tarjamah
of the Sahabi, Sayyiduna Talha bin Ubaydullah al Taimi Radillaahu anhu:

"...And verily I saw a large party (Jamaah) of Ahlul Ilm and Ahlul Fadhl, that whenever they
sought anything (needed anything), they went to his (Talha's) grave, and said Salam on him, and
made Dua in his presence (in the presence of his grave), and verily the acceptance of these
Du`as is known and famous....."
[ Al Aahaad wal Mathaani, 1/163; published from "Daar ul Raayah", al Saudiyya, Riyadh; First
Edition: 1991 ]

Imam Shafii :
He writes in his Diwan :
The Family of the Prophet are my means and my intermediary to him. Through them I
hope to be given my record with the right hand tomorrow.
Diwan Imam Shafii , Page : 50
Ibn Hajar Haitami ,Sawaiq al Muharriqah, page : 180

Imam Ibn Hibban

Imam Ibn Hibban (rh) relates his own account of going to Al-Ridhas (rah) grave,
performing Tawassul through him and states that whenever I was afflicted with a
problem during my stay in Tus, I would visit the grave of Ali bin Musa (Allah (SWT)s
blessings be upon his grandfather and him) and ask Allah (SWT) to relieve me of that
problem and it (my dua) would be answered and the problem alleviated. And this is
something I did, and found to work, many times
[ Ibn Hibban, Kitab uth-Thiqat, 8/456-7 # 14411 ]

Imam Ibn Qudamah al maqdasi (Rh) (541-620 H) advises to make Tawassul in Dua

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If you need something from Allah ,exalted is he ,and want to seek it from him ,do
wudhu and do it well ,perform two rakahs and praise Allah ,mighty and majestic is
) then say :(he ,send blessings on Prophet
There is no god but Allah ,the ever forbearing ,the generous .Glory is to Allah ,the
Lord of the immense throne .Praise belongs to Allah ,the Lord of the Worlds . O
Allah I ask you for what obliges your Mercy and the firm resolution (to obtain) your
forgiveness ,the obtainment of every act of piety and safety from every wrongdoing

.O Allah ,do not leave me any wrong action but that you forgive it nor any care but
that you relieve it nor any need that is pleasing to you but that you settle it ,O most
merciful of the merciful .
O Allah , I ask you and turn to you by your Prophet Muhammad ( )the Prophet
of Mercy .O Muhammad (), I turn by you to My lord and your lord ,mighty and
majestic is he ,for him to settle my need for me . Then he should mention what he
needs .
It is related that the early Muslims ( Salaf ) used to seek to have their needs fulfilled
by praying two rakahs and then saying :
O Allah , I seek opening by you and successs by you . I turn to you by your
Prophet Muhammad ( ). O Allah ,make the difficulty in my business easy for me
,ease my hardship for me ,make smooth for me good than I hope for and avert from
me more evil than I fear .
[ Al-Wasiyyah , Page : 46-47 ] ( Translation from English(by Ustadha Aisha
Bewly) version of Al-Wasiyyah

Imam Ibn Qudamah says,while describing the method of Supplicating at Rawdha e Aqdas of
Prophet()

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O Allah! You spoke and your word is true.[and then recite the ayah]: {If, when they had
wronged themselves, they had only come to you and asked forgiveness of Allah, and the
Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah forgiving and
Merciful} Surat un-Nisaa [4:64]. I have come to you seeking forgiveness for my sins, seeking
to make intercession with you to my Lord.
[ Al-Mughni ,3/478 ]

Imam Dhahbi writes regarding Imam Ibn Qudamah

Ash-Shaykh Al Imaam Qudwat ul Allamah - Shaykh ul Islam Muwafaq ad

Deen Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Qudamah bin
Qudamah bin Nasr al Maqdasi
[ Siyyaru Alaam,16/149 ]

Hafiz Ibn Kathir writes :

.
Shaykh al-Islam,The Imaam, a brilliant(masterly) Aalim, there was not found in his era
nor before it by a long span of time, anyone possessing more fiqh ( understanding of the
religion) than him
[ Al Bidaya wan Nihaya , 13/99,100 ]

Imam Abdul Ghani Maqdasi and grave of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal
Imam Ziya al Maqdasi (569-643 H)[ compiler of Ahadees al Mukhtara ] writes :
I heard the Shaykh , The Imam ,the Scholar ,the Hafiz ,Abu Muhammad Abdul Ghani ibn Abdul
Wahid ibn Ali al Maqdasi (541-600 H) saying , Something had appeared on my upper arm that
resembled an abscess .And I would drink (medicine) but it remained that way (for long time) .
So I travelled to Asbahan and returned to Baghdad ,and it was still in that condition ,so I went to
the Grave of Imam Ahmed (ibn) Muhammad bin Hanbal ,( may allah be pleased with him) and I
rubbed the grave with it and it went away and never came back.
[ Hikayat al Manthura ( page :109 of Majami al Umariyya,Manuscript) ]
Hafidh Muhammad Zahid al Kawthri also mentioned this in Maqalat al Kawthri ,Page : 381
And he said he himself saw this report in the manuscript of Hikayat al Manthura .

Manuscript Scan courtesy : Shaykh Dr Abul Hasan

Biography of Imam Abdul Ghani Maqdasi

http://scholars-biographies.com/2013/09/27/biography-of-abdul-ghani-al-maqdisirahimahullaah-d-600h/

Imam Nawawi ( 676 H ) :

While discussing the way of Ziyarah of Rawdha e Aqdas ,he writes :

The one visiting should stand by facing towards the face of Prophet (Peace be
upon him) and should seek tawassul from him for his own self and seek his
intercession (shafa'at) towards the Lord.
[ Al Majmu , 8/274 ]

Imam Ibn al-Haaj (737 H) states:

It is recommended to visit graves of Saliheen in order to obtain Barakah from them,
because the benefit which is obtained by them during their lives is also obtained after
their deaths. It has been a norm of Ulama and Muhaqiqoon to make dua near the
graves of righteous people and also to ask through their intercession...Anyone who has
some need, he should go to the (graves of righteous) and make them Waseela. This
reasoning should not be given that Prophet ( )told not to travel except for three
mosques i.e. Masjid ul Harram, his mosque and Masjid ul Aqsa. The great Imam Abu
Hamid al-Ghazzali (rah) has mentioned in the chapter of Adaab As-Safr of his Ihya that
traveling should be done for Ibadah like for Hajj or Jihad, after this he said: It includes
traveling to visit graves of Prophets, Sahaba, Tabiyeen including all Ulama and Awliya.
Every person whose ziyarah to obtain blessing is permissible in his life is also permissible
after his death.
Then he is to perform tawassul through the people of those graves, I mean: through the
righteous from among them in fulfilling his needs and forgiving his sins. Then he should
supplicate for himself, his parents, his teachers, his relatives, and the inhabitants of
those graves, and the dead from among the Muslims and their living and their offspring
until the Day of Judgment and those who are not present from his brothers. He should
turn to Allh the Exalted in supplicating at their place (of burial) and frequently make
tawassul through them unto Allh the Exalted, because He, the Glorified and Exalted
choose them, honored them, and ennobled them. So, just as He caused them to be a
source of benefit in this world, so it will be in the hereafter, nay, even more. So,
whoever has a need to be fulfilled, then let him go to
them and make tawassul through them, for they are the intermediaries between Allh
the Exalted and His creation. It has been established in the Sacred Law, and Allh the
Exalted knows what He has vouchsafed to them of (Divine) care. That is abundant and
well known. The people have not ceased,among the scholars and elders, from elder to
elder, both East and West, deriving blessings by way of visitation of their graves, and
they find the blessings of that both in the sensory, and spiritual (issan wa manan). The
Shaykh, the Imm, Ab Abdallh Ibn Numn
(may Allh have mercy upon him) mentioned in his book titled: safnat al-naj li ahl
al-iltij , regarding the miracles of the Shaykh, Abl Naj.
Speaking about this, he said: It has been realized by those who possess insight and
consideration , that visiting the graves of the righteous is beloved for the sake of
obtaining blessings along with reflection. The blessings of the righteous flow after their
death, just as it did during their life. Supplicating at the graves of the righteous and
seeking intercession through them has been acted upon by our verifying scholars from
the Imms of the religion.

In the section on the manners of visiting the Prophet Ibn al , Ibn al aj said:
As for what has been mentioned regarding visiting the grave of the Master of the first
and last , then all that has been mentioned should be increased by many folds, meaning,
in humility, brokenness, and tranquility, because he is the one who will intercede and
have his intercession accepted, the one whose intercession will not be rejected. The one
who intends him (in their journey of visitation) will not be let down, nor will the one
who disembarks upon his place, nor the one who seeks his aid or refuge (wa l man
istana aw istaghtha bihi ), for he, is the pole of perfection and the crown jewel of the
kingdom. Allh the Exalted said in His mighty
Book: He has certainly seen He has certainly seen the greater signs from His Lord. the
greater signs from His Lord. the greater signs from His Lord. Our scholars (may Allh
the Exalted have mercy upon them) have stated: He saw his image, for he is the crown
jewel of the kingdom.So, whoever makes tawassul through him, seeks aid through him
(istaghtha bihi), or seeks his needs through him, then he will not be refused or
disappointed.
Our scholars (may Allh the Exalted have mercy uponthem) said: The visitor should
cause himself to feel as if he is standing in front of him just as he would be in his life, for
there is no difference between his death and life, meaning, in his witnessing of his
Ummah, and his knowing of their situations, intentions, resolves, and inner thoughts.
That is (all) clear to him without there being any concealment whatsoever. If someone
said (in objection to this):These attributes are particular to the Master (Allh) , the
response is: All of those who have relocated to the
hereafter from among the believers know the situation of the living predominately. That
has occurred to no end (found) in accounts that have been (reported) to have occurred.
It is possible that their knowledge of that is when the actions of the living are presented
to them, and there are other possibilities to it (as well). These matters are hidden from
us. The truthful one informed about the presentation of deeds to them (the dead) so it
must occur. The knowledge of how it occurs is not known and Allh knows best about it,
and it is sufficient as a clarification, the statement of the Prophet : The believer sees
with the light of Allh.
The light of Allh is not veiled by anything. This is regarding the living among the
believers, so what about those among them in the other worldly abode? The Imm, Ab
Abdallh al-Qurub said in his al-Tadhkirah: (Ithas been narrated that) Ibn alMubrak
narrated with his chain to al-Minhl ibn Amrwho narrated that he heard Sad ibn alMusayyib say: There is not a day, except that on it, the actions of the Ummah are
presented to the Prophet , both in the morning and the evening. So, he knows them by
their deeds and appearances, and itis due to that he will bear witness against them.
Allh the Exalted said:
So how will it be when We bring every nation with a witness and bring you as a witness
over these It has proceeded, that the deeds are presented to Allh the Blessed and
Exalted on Thursday and Monday and (the deeds are presented) to the Prophets and

fathers and mothers on Friday and there is no contradiction, for it is possible that it is
specific to the Prophet that the deeds are presented to him every day and on Friday
with the other Prophets. (end quote from al-Qurub)
Further on, Ibn al Haaj said :
So when he visits him , if he is able to (remain standing) and not sit, then this is better. If
he was unable, then he can sit with proper decorum, respect, and honor. When the
visitor is seeking the fulfillment of his needs and forgiveness of his sins, he might not
need to mention that with his tongue. Nay, he may bring that to presence in his heart
while he is standing in front of him , because he , knows his needs and benefits more
than him, and is more merciful to him than himself, and more caring towards him than
his own relatives.He said : The likeness of me and all of you is like moths that are
rushing into the fire while I am standing to prevent you from it., or as he said. This
applies to the Prophet at all times- meaning in tawassul through him and seeking the
fulfillment of ones needs by way of his rank with his Lord. Whoever is unable to
undertake a visit to him with his body, then let him intend it at all times with his heart,
and let him bring present to his heart that he is there in front of him seeking
intercession through him unto the One who bestowed (His) bounty (Allh) through him,
as was said by the Imm, Ab Muammad ibn al-Sayyid al-Baalays (may Allh have
mercy upon him) in his line (of poetry) that he sent to him:
Unto you I flee from my slips and sins,
and when I meet Allh you are the one sufficient for me
Visiting your grave that is visited by foot
is my longing and desire if my Lord wills
So if visitation of him is prevented by my body,
then I am not prevented from visiting him with my heart
To you oh Messenger of Allh I send, from myself,
a salutation of a believer and lover.

[ Al-Madkhal, 1/255-259 , 264 ]

Imam Ghazali :

Imam Zarkashi ( 745 H )

In the Muqaddimah of his work At-Tanqeeh , he says Allah helped in its completion
through ( by wasila of ) Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wasallam ) and his Aal .

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Imam Ibn Hajar al Asqalani :

In the Sharh of Hadith ,in which Umar(r.a) seeked Tawassul Of Abbas(r.a) , Ibn Hajar writes :

A point of benefit from this incident of Abbas(r.a) is that , it is recommended (mustahab)
to seek Istishfa`a from people of good ,and righteousness and from Ahlul Bayth (of
Prophet) .
[ Fath ul Bari , 2/497 ]
Ibn Hajar writes in his Diwan :
By the gate of your generosity stands a sinner, who is mad with love,
O best of mankind in radiance of face and countenance!
Through you he seeks a means [tawassala], hoping for Allahs forgiveness of slips; from
fear of Him, his eyelid is wet with pouring tears.

Although his genealogy attributes him to a stone [hajar], how often tears have flowed,
sweet, pure and fresh! Praise of you does not do you justice, but perhaps, In eternity, its
verses will be transformed into mansions.
My praise of you shall continue for as long as I live, For I see nothing that could ever deflect me
from your praise.

Reference: Diwan Ibn Hajar Asqalani r.a, Page 16.English Translation taken from Selections from the Fath ul Bari By Abdal Hakim Murad
Also see how he addresses Prophet( )by saying Yaa Sayyidi ! Yaa Rasoolullah .

Imam Muhammad bin Muhamamd al Jazri al Shafaii ( d.833 H )

In the etiquettes of Making dua he writes :
Make dua using the means (tawassul) of Ambiya alaihi salam
Make dua using the means of means (tawassul) of Pious slaves of Allah .
And at the end of Book he makes a Duaa with Tawassul of Prophet()

Imam Ibn Hummam al Hanafi ( 861 H ) :

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Ask intercession from Prophet( )saying Yaa Rasoolullah I ask intercession from you,
Yaa Rasoolullah I ask intercession from you , and I (make you) seek your Tawassul
towards Allah
[ Fath ul Qadeer , 3/169 ]

Imam Badruddin Ayni ( d.855 H )

In the commentary of Hadith of Sahih Bukhari ,regarding the poetry of Abu Talib(r.a)
in which he said about Tawassul from Prophets Face , Imam Ayni writes :

The meaning of Abu Talibs saying is that ,in this actually the Tawassul towards Allah is
(seeked) with Prophet( ). Abu Talib was present with Abul Mutalib when he
performed Istisqa and Prophet( )was with him . At that time people prayed for rain
through the blessings of Noble Face of Prophet ( ).
[ Umdat ul Qari , 7/30 ]

Imam Shamsuddin Sakhawi ( 902 H ) in Tuhfat ul Lateefah fi Tarikh

Madinah al Sharifah seeks tawassul :

Imam Qastalani ( b. 851 H )

Discussion on Tawassul :
The one who does ziyaarah should make dua and seek help using the Tawassul of RasoolAllah
sal Allahu alaihi wasalam extensively. The once who seeks the Tawassul of RasoolAllah sal
ALlahu alaihi wasalam is eligible for the acceptance of his intercession in front of Allah.
Know that Istigaasa means seeking help. The one who seeks help is called Mustagees and the
one from whom help is sought is called Mustagaas bihi. It does not make any difference if the
word istigaasa is used or tawassul is used or even tashfeeh or Tawajjuh because both are
derived from jaah and wajaahat and they mean raising the rank.

Sometimes a person is made a means of Tawassul due to his high rank. Then all this i.e seeking
the help, Tawassul and Shafaaat of RasoolAllah sal Allahu alaihi wasalam is permissible in every
condition : before his advent, after his birth and also after his veiling i.e after the revival of his
life in Barzakh and on the day of judgement as has been written in Tehqeeq An-Nusrah and
Misbah Az-Zilam.

Tawassul before his advent :

As far as Tawassul before his unveiling is concerned, that incident should suffice you which we
have mentioned in the first section wherein Hazrat Aadam sought Tawassul through RasoolAllah
sal Allahu alaihi wasalam after he was asked to leave Jannah and Allah told Hazrat Aadam :
O Aadam ! If you had sought the Tawassul of RasoolAllah sal Allahu alaihi wasalam in our Court
for all the creation of the heavens and earth, We would have accepted your supplication.
(Narrated by Ibn Asakir)
The hadith of Hazrat Umar bin Al-Khataab radi Allahu anhu has been recorded by Imaam
Bayhaqi and Imaam Haakim among others :
If you had asked me through the Tawassul (of RasooAllah sal Allahu alaihi wasalam), I would
have forgiven you.
Ibn Jaabir (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
Allah accepted the dua of Aadam through the Tawassul of RasoolAllah sal Allahu alaihi wasalam
And Nuh was saved from the belly of the fish when he made duaa
Khalil (Hazrat Ibraheem) was not harmed by fire due to the Noor of RasoolAllah sal Allahu alaihi
wasalam

And it was due to him that a ransom was sacrificed instead of Zabihullah (Hazrat Ismaeel).
It has come in Sahih hadith that Hazrat Aadam alihis salaam said, Ya Allah ! I ask you through
the waseela of Muhammad( ) to forgive me.
And Allah asked, How did you know Muhammad( ) since I have not yet unveiled
him?
Sayyidina Adam replied, When You created me with Your Hands and blew Your Soul into me, I
lifted my head and saw Laa Illaha IllAllahu Muhammad'ur RasoolAllah written on the pillars of
the Arsh. Therefore, I realized that You will inscribe with Your name, the name of someone who
is
Most Beloved to You among all Your creations.
Allah replied, O Adam ! You said the truth. Indeed he is the most Beloved to Me amongst all My
creation. And since you have asked for forgiveness with his waseela, I forgive you. Had it not
been for Muhammad( ) , then I would not have created you.
And this has been narrated by Imaam Tabaraani. There is an addition of these words in it : He is
the last Nabi among your descendants.
Tawassul after his unveiling :
The example of Tawassul through him after his unveiling and during his blessed life is that rains
were sought through his Tawassul in times of drought. Its mention is found in the section on
miracles and worship and also the affected people would make dua using his Tawassul.
And that narration is sufficient for you which has been recorded by Imaam Nasaai and Imaam
Tirmidhi from Hazrat Usman bin Hunayf radi Allahu anhu that a blind person came to the Court
of RasoolAllah sal Allahu alaihi wasalam and asked that his sight be restored. RasoolAllah sal
Allahu alaihi wasalam asked him to make ablution and then make this dua :
O Allah ! I ask you by the means of your Nabi Muhammad, the Nabi of mercy and I turn to you.
O Muhammad sal Allahu alaihi wasalam ! I turn through you towards my Lord for my need that
it be fulfilled. O Allah ! Accept his intercession on my behalf.
Imaam Bayhaqi has classified this narration to be Sahih and has added that when that blind
person got up, his sight was restored.
Tawassul after his veiling :
The incidents of Tawassul through RasoolAllah sal Allahu alaihi wasalam in barzakh are
numerous.
Shaykh Abdullah bin Numan rahimahullah (d. 683 A.H) has recorded some of these incidents in
his book Misbaah Az-Zilaam fil Mustagiseena bi Khayril Anaam.

I (writer) fell so ill that the doctors lost hope and this disease affected me for many years. On
28th Jamaadi-ul-Awwal 893 A.H , Allah helped me by the Tawassul of RasoolAllahin the city of
Makka, may Allah raise the rank of this city and and make me visit it again in tranquility and
without hardships. I was sleeping and I saw a person carrying a paper in his hand which had
these words : This medicine has come for Ahmad bin Qastallani by the will of RasoolAllah sal
Allahu alaihi wasalam from the august court. When I woke up, there was no sign of the disease.
By the barakah of RasoolAllah sal Allahu alaihi wasalam, I was cured.
Similarly in 885 A.H I was going towards Cairo after returning from Makka when our attendant
Gazaal Al-Habashiyah got a headache which continued for many days. Then I made duaa for her
health using the tawassul of RasoolAllah sal Allahu alaihi wasalam. Then in my dream I saw a
person along with a Jinn who had possessed the woman. He said, This Jinn has been sent by
RasoolAllah sal Allahu alaihu wasalam. I took an oath from the Jinn that he would not pester
the woman again. When I woke up, I found that the woman was perfectly fine. It was as if
someone had let her loose from ropes. She was fine when I departed from her in Makka in 894
A.H.

His intercession on the day of judgement :

Seeking the Tawassul of RasoolAllah sal Allahu alaihi wasalam on the day of Judgement is among
the matters on which there is an ijma (consensus) and the ahadith for Shafaaat are Mutawaatir
(mass-transmitted).

Shaykh Ibn Taymiyya :

Imam Ibn Abi Duniya narrates :

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A person came over to see Abdul Malik bin Saeed bin Abjar . Abd-ul -Malik pressed his
belly and told him that he was suffering from an incurable discase. The man asked him: what is
it ? Abd-ul -Malik replied that it was a kind of ulcer that grows inside the belly and ultimately
kills the man. It is said that the patient turned round and then he said:

Allah! Allah! Allah is my Lord. I regard no one as His rival or partner. O Allah! I beseech
You and submit myself to You through the mediation of Your Prophet Muhammad .,the
merciful Prophet. O Muhammad ! Through your means I submit myself to your and my Lord
that He should take mercy on me in my state of illness.

[ Ibn Abi Duniya , Mujabi -ad-Dawah , 1/85 # 127 ]

Shaykh Ibn Taymiyya also narrated this in his Qaidah Jaleelah fi Tawassul wal Wasilah ,1/199
And after narrating it said :

:
I say : This Duaa and such supplications have been taken over(transmitted) from
our Salaf

In Majmu al Fatawa , Ibn Taymiyya said :

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We say , When the one, asking from Allah says I ask you by the right of So & so
from the Angels , Prophets or Pious person or By the means of dignity or sanctity of
so and so . It requires that they have eminence( dignity) infront of Allah and This is
correct ( Sahih )
[ Majum al Fatawa Ibn Taymiyya, 1/211 ]

Ibn Taymiyyahs grave

Abu al Abbas Ahmad ibn Hijji al-Saidi al-Husbani al-Dimashqi (d.816H) relates in his
academic curriculum from as-Siraj Ali bin Abd al-Karim al-Bataihi al-Mizzi:
He told me a strange story, for he said: When I was a boy, a sister of mine was stricken
with an eye-disease (ramad). As we strongly believed in Ibn Taymiyah- he was colleague
of my father and often used to visit him-, it entered my mind to take some earth from Ibn
Taymiyahs grave in order to make an eye powder(kuhl) for my sister. Yet her eyedisease remained unaltered and the eye powder had no effect on her. Thus I went again to
the grave, and there I found someone from Baghdad who had collected bags full of earth.
I asked him What are you going to do with this ?, and he replied, I am taking it to use it
for eye-disease, for I make of it an eye powder for some of my children. I rejoiced, But
do you find it effective? Yes, and he added that he has experienced its effect. Hearing

this, I felt reassured about my intention and took some earth from the tomb. I put the
powder on my sisters eyes while she was sleeping, and soon she was cured(from the
disease).
[ Ibn Nasiruddin al Dimashqi ,Al - Radd al-wafir, 1/75 ]

Qadhi Shawkani writes :

There is no harm in tawassul through any one of the Prophets or Friends of Allah or
scholars of knowledge... One who comes to the grave as a visitor (za'iran) and invokes Allah
alone, using as his means the dead person in the grave, is as one who says: "O Allah, I am
asking that you cure me from such-and-such, and I use as a means to You whatever this
righteous servant of Yours possesses for worshipping You and striving for Your sake and
learning and teaching purely and sincerely for You." Such as this, there is no hesitation in
declaring that it is permitted...
[ Ad-Durr al Nadheed , Page : 132 ]

After narrating the Hadith from Uthman bin Hunaif ,regarding the blind man and dua of
tawassul , Qadhi Shawkani writes :

In this Hadith there is daleel (proof/evidence) for the permissibility of Tawassul (taking a
means) through the Messenger of Allah ( )to Allah azza wa-jal with the firm belief (Itiqad)
that the one who does (Faail) is Allah subhanahu wataaala only, for verily He alone is the
giver and the preventer, what He wishes, is, and what He does not wish never can be.
[ Tuhfatu Zakireen ,Page : 138 ]

Inshallah more will be added with time .

- Mohiuddin al Hanafi -