نشریه سراج منیر
سال دوازدهم شماره 47 (پاییز 1401)

One of customary vows among Muslims is vowing to God, but sending its rewards and benefits to the dead. From jurisprudential perspective, there is no doubt on the legitimacy of this act. But Ibn Taymiyyah did not consider it permissible, having his own reasons. He believes that this kind of vowing and sending the reward to the dead is a kind of polytheism in worshipping. His main reason is some Narration in this field. The writer of this essay with a descriptive analytic method has examined the reasons of Ibn Taymiyyah in detail. According to the findings of this research: the Ibn Taymiyyah's narrations in this filed is problematic in both authenticity of document and denotation. This kind of vow is legible according to the fatwas of Muslim Jurisprudents and the ancient behavior of Muslims through history.

The issue of "blessing" is accepted by all Muslims. All Muslims agree on the permissibility of seeking bless from the reminders of the Holy prophet such as the parts separated from the Prophet's body, like hair, nails, sweat, saliva, ablution water, clothes, etc. Although Wahhabis also agree with other Muslims in this matter; They do not consider it permissible to seek bless from the places of the Holy Prophet (PBH) such as his holy chamber and grave, providing their own evidences. Wahhabis also do not consider it permissible to seek bless from the righteous and the saints and their reminders. The Wahhabists consider seeking bless from a person and his properties as one of the exclusive characteristics of the Holy Prophet (PBH) , Considering seeking bless from the graves of the righteous people as polytheism. The findings of this study show that seeking bless from the saints and the reminders of the Holy prophet is permissible and the arguments presented by Wahhabism are invalid.

The dividing point between Muslims and Wahhabis in the issue of Supplication is that the Wahhabi believe that Supplication is "appealing to persons". In this essay and with a descriptive - analytic method, the issue of Supplication will be explained in four domains: Supplication in the tradition of the Holy prophet (PBH), Supplication in the life of the Ahlulbayt, Supplication in the life of companions of the Holy prophet, Supplication from viewpoint of Islamic scholars. At the end, some answers is given to the doubts of Wahhabism on this regard.

The Wahhabis maintain that travelling for visiting the graves is forbidden. They call it Haram and heresy. In this essay, the arguments of Wahhabis for not taking pilgrimage tour is studied and the famous Hadith, "No (religious) journey is to be undertaken except to (pray in) the three mosques" will be considered as the main evidence of Wahhabis. There is a misconception for the meaning of this Hadith. The findings of this research shows that we have many evidences from the words of great Sunni scholars, the life of prophet's disciples and the Hadiths that indicate taking pilgrimage tour is recommended and the Wahhabis' claim is invalid.

Wahhabis have considered those who call other than God Almighty to be polytheists, whether they intend to worshiping or not. While the fact is that there is a difference between praying, worshiping and requesting. Since every praying and requesting is not considered worshiping. Rather, worshiping requires having belief in the Lordship and divinity and the intention of worshipping. The purpose of writing this essay is to define lexically and technically the meaning of calling someone other than Allah, and then determine its conditions. The doubts of Wahhabis in this case will be answered, the supplication to other than Allah doesn't mean worshipping it.  Also in this essay the true meaning of worshipping is explained and the findings is stated.