A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is my answer to a Quora question: “ What is tabarruk in Islam? ”   “ Tabarruk ” is derived from the same root as “ barakah ”, “blessing”.   Tabarruk is to seek Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) Blessing by virtue of something associated with those close to Allah ( s.w.t. ).  This is also known as “ tawaswswul ”, “intercession”.  It is part of ‘ibadah , worship, and is found in orthodox Islam, both Sunni and Shi’ah.  Only the Wahhabi sect, and those associated with these heretics claim it is shirk , polytheism, but to paraphrase Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), that is because they mistake the means from the Giver.   The following are examples of tawaswswul , intercession, by the Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) and others, from the Qur’an and ahadits , to clearly show that tabarruk is a valid doctrine and practised by the pious. As such, there is no basis within the Ahl as-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah to ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following are some narrations on blessing through the hair of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ).   It was recorded, in Swahih al-Bukhari , that Imam Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Sirin al-Baswri ( q.s. ) narrated, “I said to ‘Abidah, ‘I have some of the hair of the Prophet, which I got from Anas or from his family.’   ‘Abidah replied, ‘No doubt, if I had a single hair of that, it would have been dearer to me than the whole world and whatever is in it.’”   It was recorded, in Swahih Muslim ., that Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik ( r.a. ) reported, “I saw when the Messenger of Allah ( s.a.w. ) got his hair cut by the barber, his companions came around him, and they eagerly wanted that no hair should fall but in the hand of a person.”   In another tradition attributed to Sayyidina Anas ( r.a. ), he said, “I saw that a barber was shaving the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) head, and the companions stood around him in the shape of a circle.  They wished...