Is Appealing to the Imams in Conflict with Divine Oneness?
«Appealing to the Imams is not in conflict with divine oneness. The key to resolving this puzzle is understanding the reality of the Most Beautiful Names and their relationship to the Divine Essence. Invoking the Most Beautiful Names is different from invoking the Divine Essence, and the Names must not be treated as partners with the Divine Essence.»
⁉️Question: Is tawassul through the Imams incompatible with divine oneness?
Discovering the key to the relationship between names and what they name reveals the role of the Infallibles in tawassul.
Understanding the true nature of the Most Beautiful Names and their relationship to the Essence of the One God is the key to solving the puzzle of tawassul and the role of the Ahl al-Bayt علیهم السلام in this regard.
Without specifying any referent or making any interpretation or application, it is beyond doubt that invoking the Most Beautiful Names is different from invoking the Essence of the One God by means of the Most Beautiful Names.
In an act of worship through supplication, if we make the Most Beautiful Names the object of our prayer, there is no doubt that we have associated the Most Beautiful Names as partners with the Essence of the One God.