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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Tawassul Conclusion Therefore, in conclusion we can state with authority the following points, since tawassul is an accepted principle in the life of a sincere and God-fearing Muslim, and whatever disputes that have been fanned are due to bigotry and lack of proper understanding of Islam: 1.Controversy over the issue of tawassul is not a matter of discord between Shi’a and Sunni Muslims, but it is a difference of opinion between the Salafiyyah sect and the rest of Muslims.

2.Most of the differences of the Salafiyyah Wahhabis are with the extremist Sufis who believe in reincarnation, and with the Sunni masses who often make emotional tawassul at graves and seek their needs from the departed such as Abu Hanifah (and 'Abd al-Qadir Gilani) in Baghdad, Shafi'i, Rifa'i, Dasuqi and others in Egypt, Idris in Morocco and Abu Ayyub Ansari in Turkey - as well as Khawajah Mu'in al-Din Chishti and numerous others in India, and Data Ganj Bakhsh and Sufi saints in Pakistan.

3.In fact, the Salafiyyah and the Wahhabis have the least differences with Shi’a Muslims since Shi’a recite the supplications of the (A.S.) which contain the purest form of monotheism. However, because of their non-familiarity with the Shi’a they accuse them of polytheism and in their ignorance brand them infidels.

4.In all the supplications of the (A.S.) the addressee is Almighty ALLAH (SWT) alone, even in the famous Du'a' Tawassul , which the Sunnis say with unanimity was taught by (S.A.W.A.) to a blind person who subsequently regained his eyesight.

5.Du'a' tawassul , where devotion is expressed to the Prophet (S.A.W.A.) and his Infallible (A.S.), is not exclusively meant for the Shi’a but was widely popular among the Sunnis until Ibn Taymiyyah and later Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab came on the scene with their weird interpretation.

For instance, the poetical composition of tawassul to the 14 Infallibles found in the works of prominent poets of the Ahl al-Sunnah such as the Persian poet Shaikh Sa'di and the Sufi Khalid Naqhsbandi -- as well as the famous Spanish Muslim Gnostic and philosopher Shaikh Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-'Arabi.

6.As part of their misinformation campaign against tawassul , the Salafiyyah attempt to exploit certain Ayah s of the Holy Qur'an which refer to the polytheists who worship idols instead of the One and Only God and who seek their wants from these lifeless man-made objects.