Imam Shawkani on tawassul

[Sohail]

Imam Shawkani Rehmatullahi ’Alaih says in al-Durr al-nadid fi ikhlas kalimat al-tawhid:

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...

[Muhammad Mustafa]

MashAllah, a very good post to shut up some salafies.

JazakAllah for sharing

[sajjad dar ashrafi]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

SUBHANALLAH

[Javed]

Imam Shawkani Rehmatullahi ’Alaih says in al-Durr al-nadid fi ikhlas kalimat al-tawhid:

What exactly does Imam Shawkani say regarding taqlid?


Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

[musaafir]

Assalaam Alaikum

Just proves how desparate these wahabis are to get fatwas from all and sundry,as long as they go in their favour(although this thread suggests otherwise).
Shawkani was not even wahaabi,but a Zaidi(according to the research of one great sunni aalim).

[sajjad dar ashrafi]

Assalam O Laykum

What is a Zaidi, I have never heard of one of them before

[musaafir]

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sajjad said:

Assalam O Laykum

What is a Zaidi, I have never heard of one of them before

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Zaidi's are shias that are not as religiously corrupt and distorted as the majority rafidhi's(imamia or 12'er) etc.

[sajjad dar ashrafi]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Brother a shia is a shia, they are all the same

[musaafir]

sajjad said:

Brother a shia is a shia, they are all the same

Assalaam Alaikum

Not neccassarily,Ala Hadrat Radi Allahu anha in his fatwa Razwiyya has outlined 3 categories of shia.

A)"Gali" type,who deny a fundemental(s) of deen,these are kaafirs.

b)Those that insult or say bad of sahaaba, but do not deny a fundemental of deen,these according to majority are dogs of hell.

c) There is a third category who are far from the above 2,they do not talk bad of sahaaba ut rasther believe in them, but they only go against the jamhoor or majority beliefs e.g. elavating Hadrat Ali alayhis 'salam above Abu, Umar Radi Allahu anhum Ajmaeen etc

These are Tafzili's and cannot be labelled along with the above 2

[Musalman]

sajjad said:

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Brother a shia is a shia, they are all the same

I used to think that as well.

Its bit like wahabis and deos, they still consider themselves as part of Ahl al Sunnah, so in the eyes of the ignorant shia all non shia must be sunni.

[sajjad dar ashrafi]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Thanks for that brothers Musaafir and Musalman, something to learn about and study