Tawaswswul is Mustahsanu Shar’an, Legally Commendable
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following legal opinion on tawaswswul was given by Shaykh Swalih an-Na’man ( r.a. ), the Secretary of the Section of Ifta’ and Religious Education, at the Ministry of Religious Endowments, Wizarat al-Awqaf , of the Syrian Arab Republic in the city of Hama’ on the 22 nd March, 1980. It is reproduced, in full, in the 1992 Waqf Ikhlasw reprint of Imam Ahmad ibn Zayni ad-Dahlan’s ( q.s. ) section of his history of Islam, al-Futuhat al-Islamiyyah , on the Wahhabi sect entitled Fitnat al-Wahhabiyyah . In response to a Sayyid ‘Ashiq ar-Rahman who asked about at-tawaswswul ila Allah Ta’ala bi al-anbiya’ wa al-mursalin , seeking a means to Allah ( s.w.t. ), through the prophets and the Messenger, and about hukmu man tawaswswal , the law’s position with regard to the person who makes tawaswswul , he gave the following answer below. Praise Belongs to Allah ( s.w.t. )! Regarding at-tawaswswul , seeking or using means, to...