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Seeking Blessings (Tabarruk) In Islam - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Seeking Blessings (Tabarruk) In Islam 2024-01-09 1042 Views Seeking blessings , Tabarruk in Islam The Arabic term ‘Tabarruk’ is the religious practice of seeking blessing and favor from God, Almighty and sacred beings or things.

In other words, In the terminology of religious texts, Tabarruk means seeking divine blessing and grace from a person or thing God has given privilege; whether a worldly blessing such as the increase of income or a blessing for the Hereafter such as the spiritual promotion.

From this, it is obvious that the object of Tabarruk might be God Himself, the angels and some chosen servants of God [Awliyah] such as Prophets (PBUHH) and Imams (PBUH) or sacred things such as the Qur’an or sacred places such as Ka’aba.

Contents Evidence for the Permissibility of Tabarruk 1) The Holy Qur’an 2) The Conduct of the Prophet (PBUHH) 3) The Conduct of the Ahl-al-Bayt (PBUHH) 4) The Conduct of the and the Followers (Tāb’iūn) It is pertinent to mention that there are some similarities in the concepts and features of Tabarruk and Tawassul, particularly in those cases when through Tabarruk people seek to achieve a spiritual blessing.

However, these two concepts have differences in that, the term ‘Tawassul’ is to seek the chosen servants of God to intercede on one’s behalf in order to beseech God for something but the term ‘Tabarruk’ is asking for a worldly or spiritual blessing which God has trusted some people or things with [1] .

Evidence for the Permissibility of Tabarruk To establish the permissibility of Tabarruk, the proofs could be sought from the glorious Qur’an, the conduct or silent approval of the Prophet; the conduct of the pure Prophet household [], and the conduct of the companions. 1) The Holy Qur’an In the glorious Qur’an, several verses have referred to Tabarruk and we shall refer to a few of them here.

For instance, verse 93 of Qur’an 12 [Surah Yusuf] discusses how Prophet Ya’qub sought Tabarruk from Yusuf’s shirt, it says: “Take this shirt of mine, and cast it upon my father’s face; he will regain his sight, and bring me all your folks.’” Based on the Qur’anic report, when Prophet Ya’qub placed the shirt on his face, he regained his sight: “When the bearer of good news arrived, he cast it on his face, and he regained his sight.” (Qur’an 12: 96).