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 أَ...