Title: 1.What is Tawassul? 2.Is it permissible to say Ya Rasoolallah?

Question: 1.What is Tawassul? 2.Is it permissible to say Ya Rasoolallah?

Answer ID: 10254Posted on: May 15, 2023

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 200/178=H/1430)

Tawassul is to seek the intermediation of one?s good deed or any pious man humbly with the intention to make prayer (dua) more acceptable to Allah.

(2) Saying ya Rasoolullah has different rulings; if anyone considers the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) omnipresent like Allah then it is unlawful, rather it amounts to ascribing partner to Allah (shirk). Also, it is tantamount to blaspheme to the Prophet, the chosen and the head of all those passed and those shall come. And, if anyone does not hold the above belief, but calls ya Rasoolullah out of immense love, as a father addresses his son living in far off country while writing a letter to him or as poet addresses someone who is absent like one who is present and so on, then in all these conditions it is allowable. For details see: Fatawa Rahimiah volume 2.