However, it is clear that equating those who seek tawassul to the Prophet (S.

However, it is clear that equating those who seek tawassul to the Prophet (S.A.W.A.) with the polytheists and infidels is an erroneous idea, since tawassul -seekers, unlike the idolators, address the Almighty Creator and seek their needs from Him by making the Prophet (S.A.W.A.) a wasilah for acceptance of prayer.

On the other hand, the idols have no connection with God and are nothing more than inanimate objects made by man, while (S.A.W.A.) is the manifest sign of ALLAH (SWT), the Messenger of ALLAH (SWT) and Mercy to the creation. ALLAH (SWT) has also given him power, both in this world and in the next, to supplicate and intercede for his true followers.

The Wahhabi contention of the period of Barzakh of the Prophet (S.A.W.A.) lacks any rational explanation and is against the view of the 'ulama' of all other sects of the Ahl al-Sunnah. 7.Those who wish to make the Prophet (S.A.W.A.) the intercessor without being obedient to the Holy Qur'an and the (A.S.), have been likened by Shi’a 'ulama' such as 'Allamah Tabataba`i, to a wishful person who wants to become the sage of the age without learning or studying anything. Previous…