That is Ibn Qudama's opinion, not the stance of Hanabilah, the position of Hanabilah is that the type of Tawassul described above by Sheikh Mohammed ibn Abdul Wahhab Nullifies the religion.
So you are saying that Ibn Qudamah according to Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahabb was promoting Polytheism and Shirk?
Omg, there is no need to further this discussion.
Let me show the rest of the opinion of the Hanbali scholars, btw you have not shown me a single scholar from the Hanbali (ibn Taymiyyah doesnโt count, although he doesnโt consider it shirk akbar) that has said that tawassul through the Prophet (saw) is haram.
[Imam Ibn 'Aqil [al-Hanbali] (d. 513 AH) recommends seeking intercession with the Prophet ๏ทบ
He said in his
al-Tadhkira (
p. 117) that one should say the following in the context of the visitation:
ุงูููู
ุฅูู ููุช ูู ูุชุงุจู ููุจูู ุตูู ุงููู ุนููู ูุณูู
: {
ูููููู ุฃููููููู
ู ุฅูุฐู ุธูููู
ููุง ุฃูููููุณูููู
ู ุฌูุงุกูููู ููุงุณูุชูุบูููุฑููุง ุงูููููู ููุงุณูุชูุบูููุฑู ููููู
ู ุงูุฑููุณูููู ููููุฌูุฏููุง ุงูููููู ุชููููุงุจูุง ุฑูุญููู
ูุง} [ุณูุฑุฉ ุงููุณุงุก] ูุฅูู ูุฏ ุฃุชูุช ูุจูู ุชุงุฆุจูุง ู
ุณุชุบูุฑูุง ูุฃุณุฃูู ุฃู ุชูุฌุจ ูู ุงูู
ุบูุฑุฉ ูู
ุง ุฃูุฌุจุชูุง ูู
ู ุฃุชุงู ูู ุญูุงุชูุ
ุงูููู
ุฅูู ุฃุชูุฌู ุฅููู ุจูุจูู ุตูู ุงููู ุนููู ูุณูู
ูุจู ุงูุฑุญู
ุฉุ ูุง ุฑุณูู ุงููู ุฅูู ุฃุชูุฌู ุจู ุฅูู ุฑุจู ููุบูุฑ ูู ุฐููุจูุ ุงูููู
ุฅูู ุฃุณุฃูู ุจุญูู ุฃู ุชุบูุฑ ูู ุฐููุจู
"O Allah, You have indeed stated in Your book to Your Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam: {
If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come unto thee and asked Allahโs forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful } [4:64] and I've come to your Prophet repenting [from my sins] and seeking forgiveness, so I ask you [my Lord] that you grant me forgiveness just like you granted it to the one who came to him (i.e. the Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) during his life.
O Allah I approach you through your Prophet - sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam -, the Prophet of Mercy. O Messenger of Allah I approach my Lord through you that He forgives my sins. O Allah, I'm asking you that you forgive my sins for his sake."
As highlighted in red.
Imam 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani [al-Hanbali] (d. 561 AH) recommends seeking intercession with the Prophet ๏ทบ
He's said in
al-Ghunya li Talibi Tariq al-Haqq 1/35 - 36 the following (translation taken from here: "
Visiting the Prophet's Grave"):
If Allah blesses the pilgrim with prosperity and he is able to come to Madina, then what is desirable for him is that he come to the mosque of the Prophet and say upon entering it:
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, and stem for me the gates of your mercy, and close for me the gates of your punishment, all praise belongs to Allah.
Then let him come to the grave of the Prophet and stand in its proximity so that he will be between the grave and the Qibla, and let him stand so that the facade of the Qibla will be behind him and the grave in front of him exactly facing his face, and the minbar to his left... Let him then say:
O Allah! I am turning to You with Your Prophet, upon him Your peace, the Prophet of mercy. O Messenger of Allah! I am turning with you to my Lord so that He will forgive me my sins. O Allah, I am asking You for his sake (bi haqqihi) that You forgive me and grant me mercy.
As highlighted by the red.
And here is what the Salaf done:
Imam Ibn Abi Dunya (d. 281 AH): The Salaf acted upon the Hadith of the blind man and performed Tawassul!
He said in his book
Mujabu al-Da'wa - which is a
compilation of various supplications used by the Salaf al-salih - the following (translation taken from
HERE):
ุญูุฏููุซูููุง ุฃูุจูู ููุดูุงู
ูุ ุณูู
ูุนูุชู ุนููู ููุซููุฑู ุจููู ู
ูุญูู
ููุฏู ุจููู ููุซููุฑู ุจููู ุฑูููุงุนูุฉู ููุงูู: " ยงุฌูุงุกู ุฑูุฌููู ุฅูููู ุนูุจูุฏู ุงููู
ููููู ุจููู ุญููููุงูู ุจููู ุณูุนููุฏู ุจููู ุงููุญูุณููู ุจููู ุฃูุจูุฌูุฑูุ ููุฌูุณูู ุจูุทูููููุ ููููุงูู: ุจููู ุฏูุงุกู ููุง ููุจูุฑูุฃูุ ููุงูู: ู
ูุง ููููุ ููุงูู: ูููู ุงูุฏููุจูููููุฉูุ ููุชูุญูููููู ุงูุฑููุฌูููุ ููููุงูู:
ุงููููููุ ุงููููููุ ุฑูุจููู ููุง ุฃูุดูุฑููู ุจููู ุฃูุญูุฏูุงุ ุงููููููู
ูู ุฅููููู ุฃูุชูููุฌูููู ุฅููููููู ุจูููุจูููููู ู
ูุญูู
ููุฏู ุตููููู ุงูููู ุนููููููู ููุณููููู
ูุ ููุจูููู ุงูุฑููุญูู
ูุฉูุ ููุง ู
ูุญูู
ููุฏูุ ุฅููููู ุฃูุชูููุฌูููู ุจููู ุฅูููู ุฑูุจูููู ููุฑูุจููู ุฃููู ููุฑูุญูู
ูููู ู
ูู
ููุง ุจูู ุฑูุญูู
ูุฉู ููุบููููููู ุจูููุง ุนููู ุฑูุญูู
ูุฉู ู
ููู ุณูููุงูู - ุซูููุงุซู ู
ูุฑููุงุชู ุซูู
ูู ุฏูุนูุง ุฅูููู ุงุจููู ุฃูุจูุฌูุฑูุ ููุฌูุณูู ุจูุทูููููุ ููููุงูู: ุจูุฑูุฃูุชูุ ู
ูุง ุจููู ุนููููุฉู
... a person came over to see โAbd-ul-Malik bin Saโฤซd bin Abjar (who is from the Tabiโ Tabieen). โAbd-ul-Malik pressed his belly and told him that he was suffering from an incurable disease. The man asked him: โwhat is it?โ โAbd-ul-Malik replied that it was a kind of ulcer that grows inside the belly and ultimately kills the man. It is said that the patient turned round and then he said:
Allฤh! Allฤh! Allฤh is my Lord. I regard no one as His rival or partner. O Allฤh! I beseech You and submit myself to You through the mediation of Your Prophet Muhammad (ุตูู ุงููู ุนููู ูุขูู ูุณูู
), the merciful Prophet. O Muhammad! Through your means I submit myself to your and my Lord that He should take mercy on me in my state of illness... It is said that โAbd-ul-Malik pressed his belly again and said: โyou are cured, you are no longer suffering from any disease.โ
Red is highlighted again. Can you likewise confirm that the Salaf were committing shirk
@Hamzza according to your beliefs and MIAW.
It's considered Makrooh in Imam Abu Hanifa's Madhab and most of the Maliki's similarly said it is disliked, so I don't know why you are repeating, "it's recommended in all Madhabs" bullshit.
The Caliph al-Mansoor asked Imam Malik ben Anas: "O Abu Abdullah shall I face the Qiblah and make supplication or face the messenger of Allah Sallallahu (alayhi wa salam)?
Imam Malik said: "why would not face him and he is your wasilah (path) and wasilat your great father Adam to Allah,
rather face him and ask for his intercession, Allah will make him intercede."
I have provided the points of view of the Hanbali madhab which you lied upon and the Salaf and you have yet to even provide me a single person before Ibn Taymiyyah to say that it is haram, let alone Shirk as MIAW said. Rather, you have abandoned the recommendations of the Salaf and accused the great Hanbali scholar of teaching polytheism, such is the way of the khariji takfiri. Please stop calling yourself a Salafi when you are accusing them of shirk.