The Bedouin’s Tawaswswul through the Prophet (s.a.w.)

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Qurthubi (r.a.) wrote, on tawaswswul through the Prophet (s.a.w.), that Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abu Thalib (k.w.) said, “Three days after burying the Prophet (s.a.w.), an Arab came and threw himself on the grave of the Prophet (s.a.w.).  He took the earth and threw it on his head.  He said, ‘Ya Rasulullah!  You did speak, and we did hear; you learned from Allah (s.w.t.), and we did learn from you.  Between those things which Allah (s.w.t.) did Send you, is following: I am the one, which is a sinner, and now I did come to you, so that you may ask for me.’ 

After that, a call came from the grave, ‘There is no doubt, you are Forgiven!’”  This is found in Tafsir al-Qurthubi, al-Jami’ li Ahkam al-Quran, under the following verse: 

سُوۡرَةُ النِّسَاء

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِ‌ۚ وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ إِذ ظَّلَمُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ جَآءُوكَ فَٱسۡتَغۡفَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسۡتَغۡفَرَ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُواْ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابً۬ا رَّحِيمً۬ا (٦٤) 

We Sent no Messenger save that he should be obeyed by Allah’s Leave.  And if, when they had wronged themselves, they had, but come unto you, and asked Forgiveness of Allah, and asked forgiveness of the Messenger, they would have found Allah Forgiving, Merciful. (Surah an-Nisa’:64) 

The incident of the Bedouin has also been recorded by Imam Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn al-Bayhaqi (r.a.), in Shu’ab al-Iman; by Imam Muwaffaq ad-Din Abu Muhammad ‘Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi (r.a.), in al-Mughni; and by Imam Tsiqat ad-Din Abu al-Qasim ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn ‘Asakir (r.a.), in Tahdzib Tarikh Dimashq al-Kabir, popularly known as Tarikh ibn ‘Asakir; as quoted by Imam Taqi’ ad-Din Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd al-Kafi’ as-Subki (r.a.), in Shifa’ as-Siqam fi Ziyarat Khayr al-Anam.  It is also recorded, in Tafsir al-Bahr al-Muhith, by Imam Atsir ad-Din Abu Hayyan Muhammad ibn Yusuf an-Nahwi al-Ghanathi (r.a.).



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  1. Salam Terence, what do you think of this article in this link, would like to hear your thoughts.

    http://ahlusunnahwaljamaah.com/2010/11/25/does-surah-nisa-verse-64-the-narration-of-utbi-justify-tawassul-through-the-prophet-mohammed/

    -Fazidah

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    2. Wa as-Salaam sister,

      The writer is a Wahhabi and that is a Wahhabi site, Anything they say is discounted as inadequate. It is the consensus of the Ahl as-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah that tawaswswul is valid. And there is overwhelming evidence of it in our literature,

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