Proof of Tawassul/Istighātha
It is narrated that after Rasūlullāh ﷺ left this world, Madīnah faced severe drought and famine. The people of the city came to Sayyidah ʿĀʾisha seeking help and advice, so she instructed them to make an opening above the grave of the noble Prophet ﷺ so there would be no barrier between him and the sky. As soon as they did this, it immediately began to rain until all the plants grew, the animals became extremely healthy, and the city rejoiced. [Al-Dārimī]
The Ottomans later placed a specific tile on the Dome to commemorate this event, as you can see in the picture.
Shaykh Muḥammad bin ʿAlawī al-Mālikī says, “This tradition has a good chain of transmission; rather, in my opinion, it is sound. The scholars have also acknowledged its soundness and have established its genuineness on the basis of almost equally credible evidence.”
Imām ibn al-Jawzī made a whole chapter title to seek the means and the rain through the grave of the blessed Prophet ﷺ and also bringing this along with many different reports on proof of Tawassul/Istighātha proves beyond doubt that he considered it authentic.
Remember Ibn al-Jawzī was very strict in al-Jarḥ wa Taʿdīl so had there been a hint of Shirk/Bidʿah in these reports then he would have refuted them right over there, rather he brought them as proof in his most authentic book of Sīrah.
Sources:
– Ibn Abī Shayba, al-Muṣannaf.
– ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Ṣanʿānī, al-Muṣannaf.
– Bayhaqī, Dalāʿil al-Nubuwwa.
– Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, al-Istiʿāb.
– Ibn Abī Khaythama, al-Isāba.
– Ibn Kathīr, Al-Bidāya wa'l Nihāya.
– Ibn Ḥajar, Fath al-Bārī.
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