LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇. *AQEEDAH AT-TAWHEED (Episode 13)

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AS AS SALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU. LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                                *AQEEDAH AT-TAWHEED (Episode 13)*                                                               



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▪️ *Seeking means of access to Allah (Tawassul) through a human*
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*▫️. Tawassul, seeking means of access to Allah through a human.*
Tawassul, a means of becoming near to Allah. Allah says: *"And seek waseelah to Him (Allah)."* (5:35) That is to seek means of gaining the pleasure of Allah, the Exalted, by obeying His commands.
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Tawassul is of two categories:
*🔸. The first category of Tawassul: Legitimate which consists of six kinds:*
*⚪️.* Tawassul by seeking nearness to Allah by appealing to Him by His names and attributes as He commands. *”And to Allah alone belong all perfect names. So call on Him by them. And leave those who deviate from the right way with respect to His attributes. They shall be requited for what they do.”* (7:180).
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*⚪️* Tawassul by seeking nearness to Allah through Iman and good deeds which the seeker accomplished, as Allah describes the faithful saying: *”Our Rubb, we have heard a caller inviting us to faith, saying: 'Believe in your Rubb,' and we have believed. Our Rubb, forgive therefore, our errors and remove from us our evils, and in death make us with the righteous.”* (3:193)
And according to the Hadith describing the three men who were trapped in a cave by a rock which blocked its entrance.
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They could not exit until they beseeched Allah through their good deeds and Allah relieved them when the rock moved away, and they exited the cave.
*⚪️.* Tawassul by seeking nearness to Allah through declaring the Oneness of Allah, as Prophet Yunus, may Allah render him safe from evil, said: *”And he cried out in depths of darkness, saying, 'There is no true god except You, far removed are You from every imperfection.”* (21:87).
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*⚪️.* Tawassul by seeking nearness to Allah through expressing feebleness and dire need to Allah, as done by Ayub, may Allah render him safe from evil, did: He called out his Rubb, saying: *”Affliction has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of all who show mercy.”* (21:83).
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*⚪️.* Tawassul by seeking nearness to Allah through the supplication by a living pious slave of Allah. Just as the Companions used to do when they suffered drought, they requested the Prophet to supplicate Allah for them for rain. When he died, they turned to his uncle, AI Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, to supplicate for them. [Bukhari]
*⚪️.* Tawassul by seeking nearness to Allah by admitting one's own sins. Allah says: *”He said, My Rubh: 'I have wronged myself!' so forgive me.”* (28:16).
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*🔸The second Category The illegitimate Tawassul*
Which is seeking nearness to Allah by requesting the dead to supplicate and to intercede on behalf of the seeker. Of this too is the Tawassul by the rank of the Prophet that is to say, (O Allah 1 ask you by the honor of our Prophet) or by the persons of creatures or their rights as detailed below.
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*⚪️. Requesting the supplication from the dead is not permissible:* Because the dead cannot supplicate as he used to when he was alive. Neither requesting the dead to intercede is permissible, because *Umar bin al Khattab and Mu'awiah bin Sufyan and the rest of the Companions, and Tab'ieeii* when they suffered drought, they requested a Companion who was alive to supplicate Allah for rain.

They never requested the Prophet after his death to supplicate for them, nor did they supplicate Allah by his grave, nor by a grave of anyone else. Rather, they went to a substitute i.e., AI Abbas, and Yazid b. al Aswad.
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Umar supplicated once, saying: _"O Allah! We used to seek nearness to You through our Prophet, and You used to give us rain, and now we seek nearness to You by the supplication of the uncle of our Prophet. So give us rain._
They set Al-Abbas as a substitute for the Prophet . When it became difficult for them to seek nearness to Allah through a legitimate manner as they used to do before (i.e. during the lifetime of the Prophet, it was possible for them to go to the grave of the Prophet seeking nearness to Allah by him; that is, if it were legitimate to do so.
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Refraining from doing so is in itself a proof that it is not permissible to seek Tawassul by dead people, nor their supplication, nor their intercession. Were it to be legitimate to seek nearness to Allah by the Prophet during his life and after his death they would not have turned to a substitute, or someone else below him after his death.

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End of Today's Education. Subhanakallahuma wabihamdik ash-Hadu an llaaila Ilan Anta wastagfiruka wa atuuubu ilayhi.*We shall continue on this topic tomorrow in sha Allah*. May Allah Azza wajjala strengthen and make us steadfast in faith. May HE accept our ibaadat and grant us the Good in this World and the Hereafter. May Allah Azza wa jalla forgive and grant us Jannah...Aa MIN