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did not descend from his minbar (pulpit) until I saw rain dripping
from his beard...” 327
Tawassul by means of a Supplication made by a Righteous Person
is also reported from the practice of the Sahabah . Anas Ibn
Malik narrates from Umar Ibn Khattab that when the people
suffered from drought he used to ask al-Abbas Ibn Mutallib to
pray for rain for them. He used to say: “O Allah we used to
request our Prophet to supplicate to You for rain, and You
would bless us with rain. Now, we ask the uncle of our Prophet
to supplicate to You, so grant us rain.” 328
Also the noble Tabi’e, Sulaym Ibn Aamir al-Khabairee, reported:
“The sky withheld any rain, so Muawiyah Ibn Abee Sufyan and
the people of Damascus went out to pray for rain. When
Muawiyah sat upon the minbar he said: “O Allah! We are today
asking the best and most noble amongst us to supplicate to You
for us, O Allah, today we put Yazeed Ibn al-Aswad al-Jurashee
forward to supplicate to You for us.” Then Yazeed raised his
hands and so did the people, and it rained until people could
hardly reach their houses. 329
Apart from these three correct manners of Tawassul, there is no
authentic proof for any other form of Tawassul in the Qur’aan or
the Sunnah.
Tawassul According to the Deobandis
In the words of Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, the Deobandi concept
of Tawassul is, “to supplicate directly to Allah Ta’ala, asking Him
to accept one’s Du’aa by virtue of the barkat (auspiciousness) of a
pious created being (a Prophet or a Wali)” 330
327 Saheeh al-Bukharee.
328 Saheeh al-Bukharee.
329 Reported by al-Hafidh Ibn Asaakir in his Tareekh (18/151/1).
330 Quoted from Kitabul Janaiz (Hanafee), p.21 - 24 published by
Majlisul Ulema.
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