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Tawassul is an answer to God’s command! God has granted permission for tawassul, and no one has the right to object. استاد, would you please provide the evidence for this claim?
Several verses of the Noble Qur’an point to the legitimacy of tawassul and the need to seek a means of drawing nearer to God. These include al-A‘raf 180, which says, “Call upon God by His Most Beautiful Names, and leave those who distort His Names”; al-Ma’idah 35, which commands believers to seek a means of drawing near to God; and al-Nisa’ 64, which says that obedience to the Messenger is by God’s permission. No verse contradicts this teaching.
Al-Aʿrāf 7:180
و لله الأسماء الحسنى فادعوه بها و ذروا الذین یلحدون فی أسمائه سیجزون ما کانوا یعملون
To God belong the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them. And leave those who distort His names; they will be repaid for what they have done.
Al-Māʾidah 5:35
یا أیها الذین آمنوا اتقوا الله و ابتغوا إلیه الوسیله و جاهدوا فی سبیله لعلکم تفلحون
You who believe, be mindful of God, seek a means of drawing near to Him, and strive in His cause, so that you may prosper.
Al-Nisāʾ 4:64
و ما أرسلنا من رسول إلا لیطاع بإذن الله و لو أنهم إذ ظلموا أنفسهم جاؤک فاستغفروا الله و استغفر لهم الرسول لوجدوا الله توابا رحیما
We sent no messenger except to be obeyed, by God’s permission. If, when they had wronged themselves, these people had come to you, asked God’s forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found God ever-forgiving and merciful.
Yūsuf 12:97
قالوا یا أبانا استغفر لنا ذنوبنا إنا کنا خاطئین
They said, “Father, ask God to forgive us for our sins. We have indeed been in the wrong.”
Yūsuf 12:98
قال سوف أستغفر لکم ربی إنه هو الغفور الرحیم
He said, “I will ask my Lord to forgive you. He is indeed the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”