# Shirk: Endorsed By The Scholars of Islam

## Shirk: Endorsed By The Scholars of Islam

- [Introduction](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/introduction.md)
- [The Hadith of The Uncurable Illness](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-hadith-of-the-uncurable-illness.md)
- [The Hadith of the Blind Man](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-hadith-of-the-blind-man.md)
- [The Hadith of The Drought](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-hadith-of-the-drought.md)
- [The Salafi Dilemma](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-salafi-dilemma.md)
- [Implore God Alone](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/implore-god-alone.md)
- [The Sunni Schism](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-sunni-schism.md)
- [THE 4 IMAMS](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-4-imams.md): The four Sunni madhabs (schools of Islamic law) are the primary schools of jurisprudence (fiqh) within Sunni Islam.
- [Ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-4-imams/ibn-idris-al-shafi-i.md)
- [Abū Ḥanīfah](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-4-imams/abu-anifah.md)
- [Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-4-imams/a-mad-b.-anbal.md)
- [Mālik b. Anas](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-4-imams/malik-b.-anas.md): Imam Malik ibn Anas (711-795 AD) was born in Medina and was a prominent Islamic scholar and the founder of the Maliki school of jurisprudence, one of the four major Sunni schools of law.
- [Scholars Worth Mentioning](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/scholars-worth-mentioning.md)
- [al-Māwardī (d. 450)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-mawardi-d.-450.md): al-Māwardī (d. 450), "visiting the grave of the Messenger ﷺ is recommended, then mentions the narration of al-ʿUtbī in which a man sought intercession from the Messenger"
- [al-Rūyānī (d. 502)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-ruyani-d.-502.md): al-Rūyānī (d. 502), mentions the narration of al-ʿUtbī in which a man sought intercession from the Messenger, and calls it a “beautiful incident”
- [al-Ghazālī (d. 505)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-ghazali-d.-505.md): al-Ghazālī (d. 505), that it is recommended to say in Ziyārah: “O Allāh! We have obeyed your command, and have intended to seek intercession through your Messenger to You, so grant him permission.."
- [al-ʿImrānī (d. 558)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-imrani-d.-558.md): Shaykh of the Shāfiʿiyyah in Yemen, in his “al-Bayān” (another very important reference book in the Madhhab) mentions the narration of al-ʿUtbī and the man who did Tashaffuʿ, approving of it
- [al-Nawawī (d. 676)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-nawawi-d.-676.md): the ultimate authority in the Shāfiʿī Madhhab, says in “al-Īḍāḥ” that our Aṣḥāb cited the story of al-ʿUtbī, approving of it, and that it is the best thing to say in Ziyārah, and that it is desirable
- [Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī (d. 974)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-ajar-al-haytami-d.-974.md): of the late Shāfiʿiyyah, says in his footnotes of the above that there is no difference in permissibility between Tashaffuʿ, Tawassul or Istighāthah through any of the Messengers or Awliyāʾ
- [Ibn al-Ramlī (d. 1004)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-ramli-d.-1004.md): of the late Shāfiʿiyyah beside al-Haytamī, says the exact same thing- there is no difference in permissibility between Tashaffuʿ, Tawassul or Istighāthah through any of the Messengers or Awliyāʾ
- [al-Khaṭīb al-Shirbīnī (d. 977)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-kha-ib-al-shirbini-d.-977.md): great Shāfiʿī Muḥaqqiq, says in his Sharḥ of “al-Minhāj” that it is recommended to do Tawassul and Tashaffuʿ through the Messenger ﷺ during Ziyārah, and cites the narration of al-Ḥākim
- [al-Ramlī al-Kabīr (d. 957)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-ramli-al-kabir-d.-957.md): quotes al-Nawawī's statement in “al-Majmūʿ”and states that it is recommended to do Tawassul and Tashaffuʿ through the Messenger ﷺ during Ziyārah
- [Zakariyyā al-Anṣārī (d. 926)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/zakariyya-al-an-ari-d.-926.md): it is recommended to do Tawassul and Tashaffuʿ through the Messenger ﷺ during Ziyārah
- [Ibn al-Rifʿah (d. 710)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-rif-ah-d.-710.md): says in his Sharḥ of “al-Tanbīh” that it is desirable to perform Tashaffuʿ through the Prophet ﷺ in Ziyārah, and that our Aṣḥāb cited the narration of al-ʿUtbī, approving of it.
- [al-Maḥallī (d. 864)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-ma-alli-d.-864.md): stating that it is recommended to perform Tawassul and Tashaffuʿ through the Messenger ﷺ during Ziyārah
- [Ibn al-Muqriʾ (d. 381)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-muqri-d.-381.md): aid he was once hungry in a shortage of food, due to which he sought help from the Messenger ﷺ at his grave, saying “O Messenger of Allāh! Hunger!!” After a while, someone brought him plenty of food.
- [al-Taqī al-Subkī (d. 756)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-taqi-al-subki-d.-756.md): dedicates an entire chapter to Tawassul, Tashaffuʿ and Istighāthah in “Shifāʾ al-Siqām” He says “Know that Tawassul, Tashaffuʿ and Istighāthah are allowed and good, and its goodness is known
- [al-Ṣāliḥī (d. 942)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-ali-i-d.-942.md): includes not just one chapter but a collection of chapters defending Tawassul and Istighāthah.
- [Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ (d. 643)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-ala-d.-643.md): said in his famous Muqaddimah in the science of Ḥadīth: “And to Him I submit and supplicate, seeking closeness to Him through every intermediary and seeking intercession to Him through every interces-
- [al-Mawṣilī (d. 683)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-maw-ili-d.-683.md): Ḥanafī judge, says in “al-Ikhtiyār” that one should say the following during Ziyārah: “So intercede for us with your Lord...” then he mentions a very long statement, then: “Intercession! Intercession
- [al-Shurunbulālī (d. 1069)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-shurunbulali-d.-1069.md): important Ḥanafī Muḥaqqiq, in his explanation of Nūr al-Īḍāḥ which is the most memorized and most studied beginner Ḥanafī text, says the same thing as al-Mawṣilī
- [al-Ṭaḥṭāwī (d. 1231)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-a-awi-d.-1231.md)
- [RaḥmahAllāh al-Sindī (d. 993)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ra-mahallah-al-sindi-d.-993.md)
- [Ibn al-Humām (d. 861)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-humam-d.-861.md)
- [Ibn ʿĀbidīn (d. 1252)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-abidin-d.-1252.md)
- [Najm al-Dīn al-Ghazzī (d. 1061)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/najm-al-din-al-ghazzi-d.-1061.md)
- [Ibn ʿAsākir (d. 571)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-asakir-d.-571.md)
- [al-Munāwī (d. 1031)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-munawi-d.-1031.md)
- [al-Suyūṭī (d. 910)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-suyu-i-d.-910.md): al-Suyūṭī, the great Shaykh al-Islām, mentions the story of al-ʿUtbī under his explanation for the verse regarding the days after Ḥajj (Qurān 2:203)
- [Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (d. 852)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-ajar-al-asqalani-d.-852.md)
- [Ibn ʿAsākir -Abū al-Yaman- (d. 686)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-asakir-abu-al-yaman-d.-686.md)
- [al-Buhūtī (d. 1051)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-buhuti-d.-1051.md)
- [al-Ḥajjāwī (d. 968)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-ajjawi-d.-968.md)
- [al-Mardāwī (d. 885)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-mardawi-d.-885.md)
- [Ibn Mufliḥ (d. 883)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-mufli-d.-883.md)
- [Ibn ʿAqīl (d. 513)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-aqil-d.-513.md)
- [ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (d. 561)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/abd-al-qadir-al-jilani-d.-561.md)
- [al-Taqī al-Ḥiṣnī (d. 829)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-taqi-al-i-ni-d.-829.md)
- [Ibn ʿAllān (d. 1057)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-allan-d.-1057.md)
- [al-Samhūdī (d. 922)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-samhudi-d.-922.md)
- [al-Dimyāṭī (d. 1300)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-dimya-i-d.-1300.md)
- [Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī (d. 855)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/badr-al-din-al-ayni-d.-855.md)
- [al-Zabīdī (d. 893)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-zabidi-d.-893.md)
- [Khalīl b. Isḥāq (d. 776)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/khalil-b.-is-aq-d.-776.md)
- [al-Zarqānī (d. 1122)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-zarqani-d.-1122.md)
- [al-Qasṭallānī (d. 923)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-qas-allani-d.-923.md)
- [al-Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ (d. 544)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-qa-i-iya-d.-544.md)
- [Yūsuf al-Nabhānī (d. 1350)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/yusuf-al-nabhani-d.-1350.md)
- [Ibn Farḥūn (d. 799)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-far-un-d.-799.md)
- [al-Qurṭubī (d. 671)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-qur-ubi-d.-671.md)
- [Ibn Qudāmah (d. 620)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-qudamah-d.-620.md)
- [Mullā ʿAlī (d. 1014)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/mulla-ali-d.-1014.md)
- [al-Qalqashandī (d. 821)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-qalqashandi-d.-821.md)
- [al-Surramarrī (d. 776)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-surramarri-d.-776.md)
- [Ibn al-Nuʿmān (d. 683)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-nu-man-d.-683.md)
- [al-Ṭūfī (d. 716)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-ufi-d.-716.md)
- [al-Yūnīnī (d. 726)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-yunini-d.-726.md): al-Yūnīnī (d. 726), a Ḥanbalī historian, praises the book about Istighāthah “Miṣbāḥ al-Dhalām”.
- [Ibn al-Ḥajjāj (d. 391)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-ajjaj-d.-391.md)
- [Mūsā al-Ḥājib (d. 756)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/musa-al-ajib-d.-756.md)
- [Ibn al-Ḥājj (d. 737)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-ajj-d.-737.md)
- [al-Badr b. Jamāʿah (d. 733)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-badr-b.-jama-ah-d.-733.md): said that Ibn Taymiyyah disallowing Istighāthah through the Prophet is a lack of manners, and strongly rejects what he said.
- [al-Jazarī, Shams al-Dīn (d. 711)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-jazari-shams-al-din-d.-711.md)
- [Ibn al-Jazarī, Shaykh al-Qurrāʾ(d. 833)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-jazari-shaykh-al-qurra-d.-833.md)
- [al-Fākihānī (d. 734)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-fakihani-d.-734.md): l-Fākihānī (d. 734) includes a chapter on Istighāthah in his work “al-Fajr al-Munīr”.
- [Ibn al-Subkī (d. 771)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-subki-d.-771.md): 64) Ibn al-Subkī (d. 771) says that his father's work in which he refuted Ibn Taymiyyah, “Shifā al-Siqām”, should be read to laymen to teach them the permissibility of Istighāthah.
- [Aḥmad Zaynī Daḥlān (d. 1304)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/a-mad-zayni-da-lan-d.-1304.md): Aḥmad Zaynī Daḥlān (d. 1304) allows Tawassul and Istighāthah in his book “Fitnah al-Wahhābiyyah”.
- [al-Sirāj al-Bulqīnī (d. 805)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-siraj-al-bulqini-d.-805.md)
- [al-Fayyūmī (d. 870)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-fayyumi-d.-870.md): al-Fayyūmī (d. 870) quotes al-Nawawī on the permissibility of Tashaffuʿ, and agrees.
- [al-Marāghī (d. 816)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-maraghi-d.-816.md): al-Marāghī (d. 816) allows Tawassul, Tashaffuʿ and Istighāthah.
- [al-ʿIrāqī, Zayn al-Dīn (d. 806)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-iraqi-zayn-al-din-d.-806.md): al-ʿIrāqī, Zayn al-Dīn (d. 806) says that “Shifāʾ al-Siqām” by al-Subkī purified the hearts of the believers.
- [al-Damīrī (d. 808)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-damiri-d.-808.md)
- [al-Būṣīrī (d. 696)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-bu-iri-d.-696.md): al-Būṣīrī (d. 696) mentions Tashaffuʿ and Istighāthah in his famous poem “al-Burdah”.
- [al-ʿUqbānī (d. 811)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-uqbani-d.-811.md): al-ʿUqbānī (d. 811) accepts the "verses of Tawassul" in the Burdah, and explains them in his commentary.
- [al-Ghazzī, Badr al-Dīn (d. 984)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-ghazzi-badr-al-din-d.-984.md): al-Ghazzī, Badr al-Dīn (d. 984) shows no opposition to the Tawassul in the Burdah, and explains it in his commentary.
- [Ibn al-Ṣabbāgh (d. 477)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-abbagh-d.-477.md): Ibn al-Ṣabbāgh (d. 477), an important Shāfiʿī Faqīh, mentions the narration of al-ʿUtbī at the end of the chapter of Ḥajj in his book “al-Shāmil”
- [Ibn Kathīr (d. 774)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-kathir-d.-774.md): Ibn Kathīr (d. 774) mentions the narration of al-ʿUtbī in his explanation of the verse 4:64.
- [al-Ṭabarī, Muḥibb al-Dīn (d. 694)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-abari-mu-ibb-al-din-d.-694.md): al-Ṭabarī, Muḥibb al-Dīn (d. 694), mentions the Tashaffuʿ of Muḥammad b. Kaʿb al-Hilālī in the chapter of visiting the Prophet
- [al-Sakhāwī, ʿAlam al-Dīn (d. 642)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-sakhawi-alam-al-din-d.-642.md): al-Sakhāwī, ʿAlam al-Dīn (d. 642) mentions the Tashaffuʿ of al-ʿUtbī under his explanation of 4:64, in his Tafsīr.
- [al-Sakhāwī, Shams al-Dīn (d. 902)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-sakhawi-shams-al-din-d.-902.md): al-Sakhāwī, Shams al-Dīn (d. 902) mentions the Tashaffuʿ of al-ʿUtbī in his masterpiece “al-Qawl al-Badīʿ”.
- [al-Qarāfī (d. 684)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-qarafi-d.-684.md): al-Qarāfī (d. 684) also mentions the Tashaffuʿ of al-ʿUtbī in the chapter of Ziyārah.
- [Ibn Mufliḥ, Shams al-Dīn (d. 763](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-mufli-shams-al-din-d.-763.md): Ibn Mufliḥ, Shams al-Dīn (d. 763), says: “And Tawassul (seeking intermediary) with a righteous individual is allowed...”
- [al-Saffārīnī (d. 1188)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-saffarini-d.-1188.md): al-Saffārīnī (d. 1188), a late Ḥanbalī scholar, allows Tawassul.
- [Ibn al-Munjā (d. 695)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-munja-d.-695.md): Ibn al-Munjā (d. 695) mentions the narration of al-ʿUtbī in the chapter of Ziyārah.
- [al-Jamal (d. 1204)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-jamal-d.-1204.md): al-Jamal (d. 1204) quotes al-Nawawī on the permissibility of Tashaffuʿ.
- [Baḥraq al-Yamanī (d. 930)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ba-raq-al-yamani-d.-930.md): Baḥraq al-Yamanī (d. 930) quotes al-Nawawī on the permissibility of Tashaffuʿ.
- [al-Bayhaqī (d. 458)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-bayhaqi-d.-458.md): al-Bayhaqī (d. 458) narrates the story of Tashaffuʿ, but no mention of Shirk.
- [al-Taftāzānī (d. 793)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-taftazani-d.-793.md): al-Taftāzānī (d. 793) allows Istighāthah and calls it beneficial.
- [al-Fayrūzābādī (d. 817)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-fayruzabadi-d.-817.md): al-Fayrūzābādī (d. 817) teaches us what to say while visiting the Messenger : “...I have come to you, admitting my sins, seeking you as an intermediary to my Lord.....And I ask you, O Messenger, to i
- [al-Ashkhar (d. 991)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-ashkhar-d.-991.md): al-Ashkhar (d. 991) agrees with al-Subkī on the permissibility and desirability of Tawassul, Tashaffuʿ and Istighāthah.
- [al-Shādhilī (d. 656)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-shadhili-d.-656.md): al-Shādhilī (d. 656), founder of the famous Shādhilī order, says “Whoever has a need from Allāh ﷻ, then let him perform Tawassul through al-Imām Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī.”
- [al-Khalwatī (d. 1088)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-khalwati-d.-1088.md)
- [Ibn al-Najjār (d. 972)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-najjar-d.-972.md): Ibn al-Najjār (d. 972), says in “Muntahā al-Irādāt” which is one of the most important books in the Ḥanbalī Madhhab, “Tawassul with righteous individuals is permitted.”
- [al-Sāmirī (d. 616)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-samiri-d.-616.md)
- [al-Ṣarṣarī (d. 656)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-ar-ari-d.-656.md): al-Ṣarṣarī (d. 656), a Ḥanbalī scholar, does Istighāthah in his poetry multiple times.
- [Ibn Badrān (d. 1346)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-badran-d.-1346.md): Ibn Badrān (d. 1346), a Ḥanbalī scholar, says that the one who seeks aid with the Prophet ﷺ shall have an apparent victory.
- [Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 571)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-al-jawzi-d.-571.md): Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 571) says “With the (lofty) status you have in the sight of Allāh, be an intercessor for me.”
- [al-Laqqānī (d. 1041)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/al-laqqani-d.-1041.md)
- [ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Mawāhibī (d. 1071)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/abd-al-baqi-al-mawahibi-d.-1071.md)
- [Ḥammād b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid (d. 1240)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ammad-b.-abd-al-wa-id-d.-1240.md): Ḥammād b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid (d. 1240) said in his poetry: “Help us, O best of Allāh's creation, in times of distress... For indeed, O Messenger of Allāh, we are in a state of hardship.”
- [Ibn Bint al-Aʿazz (d. 695)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/ibn-bint-al-a-azz-d.-695.md): Ibn Bint al-Aʿazz (d. 695) performed Istighāthah through the Prophet after his pilgrimage, as many historians recorded.
- [Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Takrītī (d. 723)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/abu-abd-allah-al-takriti-d.-723.md): Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Takrītī (d. 723) performed Tashaffuʿ and Istighāthah after his Ḥajj.
- [Abū al-Fatḥ b. al-Burhān (d. 870)](https://hadiths-organization.gitbook.io/shirk-endorsed-by-the-scholars-of-islam/the-major-scholars/abu-al-fat-b.-al-burhan-d.-870.md): Abū al-Fatḥ b. al-Burhān (d. 870) does Istighāthah in his poetry.