“he transmits fabricated ḥadiths.”1
I say: Therefore it is impermissible to use him as corroborative evidence, as Shaykh al-Kawtharī and Shaykh al-Ghumārī did in Miṣbāḥ al-Zujājah–56, together with other innovators.
Furthermore, although both of these ḥadiths are weak, they give no support whatsoever to seeking intercession through created beings. Rather, they return to one of the lawful kinds of tawassul discussed earlier—appealing to Allah by means of one of His attributes—for they contain the plea “by the right of those who beseech You” and “by the right of the believers’ walking to prayer.”
What, then, is the right of those who ask of Allah? Without doubt it is that He answer their supplication, and Allah’s answering the prayers of His servants is one of His attributes. Likewise, the right earned by a Muslim’s walk to the mosque is that Allah forgive him and admit him to Paradise; and Allah’s forgiveness, mercy, and His admitting some of His obedient servants into Paradise are all attributes of His.
Accordingly, you can see that the very ḥadith on which the innovators rely turns back against them,