Download From: Dua Tawassul is a supplication recited by the Followers of the Family of the Prophet of Islam (Ahlulbayt), in which they ask Allah, the Exalted, for the intercession of those pure people whom He has spoken of in the Quran, when Allah says: -[None shall have the power of intercession, but such a one as has received permission (or promise) from (Allah) Most Gracious] (19:87) -[Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth?] (2:255) -[no intercession avail except for those for whom permission has been granted by (God)] (20:109) -[And those whom they call upon besides Him have no authority for intercession, BUT he who bears witness of the truth and they know (him)] (43:86) -[And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He pleases and chooses] (53:26) Is Intercession a form of Shirk? Does Allah (swt) allow us to use others as a Wasila (means of approach) to him? Yes, Allah (swt) tells us in the Qur’an, that the sole reason for creating Man and Jinn is so that they worship Him. We are here to worship Allah (swt), who also says in the Qur'an "Fear Allah and find a wasila to him (5:35)".  The definition of wasila is 'a means of approach', so worship is not direct - it is attained via a means of approach, a guide. Remember Allah (swt) is not telling you to create a wasila, he is telling you to find it. So it exists, it is down to you to find it. For mankind that wasila can only be through a fellow human being, we have no contact with jinns' and therefore they cannot act as a wasila. Angels likewise cannot act as a wasila to Allah (swt) as they have no contact with us until the time of death. The wasila will have to be a human being, because the earth is inhabited by humans and as Allah (swt) says when explaining the appointment of ...