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The true faith regarding visiting
the Prophet's tomb and asking
for his intercession

First

, on visiting the Prophet's tomb, the
following evidence is presented:

Prophet Muhammad said: «Whoever visits me after
my death is as if he had visited me in my
lifetime.»27

Prophet Muhammad said: «Whoever visits me at
al-Medina I shall be his witness and intercede on
his behalf on Judgment Day.»28

Prophet Muhammad said: «Whoever visits me at
al-Medina shall be at my side on Judgment Day.»29

The Prophet also said: «Whoever visits my tomb
will entitled to my intercession.»30

Imam Malik said: If a man wants to visit the
Prophet's tomb let him turn his back to the Qibla
(i.e. the Kaba in Mecca), face the Prophet and
call a blessing on him and supplicate.31

Followers of Imam al-Shafi advised visitors of
the Prophet's tomb to stand facing the tomb with
their backs to the Qibla. This was also Ahmed ibn
Hanbal's instruction.32

In his book entitled Al-Ilal wa al-Su'alat,
Abdullah ibn Ahmed ibn Hanbal (son of Imam Ahmed
ibn Hanbal) wrote: «I asked my father if it is
permissible for a person to touch the Prophet's minber,
i.e. pulpit, and to seek blessings by touching
and kissing it and do the same at the Prophet's
tomb, and he answered me: It is allowed.»33

Al-Tabari said: «It is permissible to kiss and
touch the [Prophet's] tomb and that was the
tradition of religious and pious persons.»34

Imam Jafar al-Sadiq reported that Fatima, the
Prophet's daughter, used to visit her uncle's,
Hamza, tomb every Friday.35

Second

, on asking for the Prophet's
intercession, we present the following testimonies:

The Prophet said in his supplication: «O Allah,
by the right of supplicants...»36

Al-Sawi al-Hanbali wrote in his book Al-Mustawib
on the subject of visiting the Prophet's tomb:
'The visitor should approach the tomb's wall,
facing it with his back to the Qibla and the
pulpit to his left.' He also described the
procedure for supplication at the tomb as
follows: «O Allah, you have addressed the
Prophet in Your Book: 'And if when they do
themselves injustice by committing sins they can
come to you to beg Allah's forgiveness and the
Prophet beseeches Allah to forgive them.' So I
have come to your Prophet to ask for forgiveness
and I beseech You to grant me forgiveness as You
have granted it to those who visited him in his
lifetime. O Allah I ask You in the name of Your
Prophet..'

In the supplication of Imam Ali ibn al-Hussain he
said: «O Lord, deliver me from sadness by the
right of Muhammad and his Household.»37

The Hanbali shaikh Abu Ali al-Khala said:
«Whenever something worries me I would visit the
tomb of [Imam] Musa ibn Jafar and ask for his
intercession, and Allah always granted me what I
asked for.»38

Imam al-Shafi said: «I seek blessings through
Abi Hanifa by visiting his tomb daily. If I need
anything I would perform a short prayer, visit
his tomb and implore Allah to grant me my wish.
My supplications were always answered.»39

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Mo'amal said: «We
accompanied Imam Abi Bakr ibn Khuzaima, Abi Ali
al-Thaqafi and a group of religious scholars on a
visit to the tomb of [Imam] Ali ibn Musa al- Rida
in Toos (Persia). I was astonished by the high
respect shown by Ibn Khuzaima towards the tomb
and his supplications at it.»40

Ibn Taimai said: Ahmed ibn Hanbal, as reported in
Minsak al-Mirwithi, allowed asking for the
Prophet's intercession and supplicating at his
tomb. Other sources such as Ibn Abi al-Dunia,
al-Baihaqi, al-Tabarani have also confirmed this,
according to Ibn Taimia.41