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There are a number of ways prescribed in the Shari'ah to perform tawassul. These are as follows:

1)This is one of the most powerful means of tawassul, the Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him] heard a man say in his tashahhud: "O Allah I ask You by virtue of the fact that all praise belongs to You, none has the right to be worshipped but You, alone, having no partner. The Great Bestower of all blessings, O Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of Majesty and Honour, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer and Protector of all that exists. Indeed I ask You for Paradise and I seek Your refuge from the Fire". So the Prophet said to his Companions: 'Do you know what he has supplicated with?' They replied: 'Allah and His Messenger know best'. He said: "By Him in Whose Hand is my soul! He has supplicated to Allah by His Great Name, the one that, if He is called upon by it, He responds, and if He is asked by it, He gives". [Abu Dawud, al-Nasa'i and Ahmad]

Another example of this type of tawassul is found in the following Hadith. The Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him] prayed with the following dua: "O Allah! (I ask you) by Your knowledge of the unseen, and Your power to create, that You cause me to live as long as living is better for me, and that You cause me to die when You know that death is better for me." [al-Bukhari #5671.

Dua🔮

رَبَّنَا وَلاَ تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لاَ طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَ نْتَ مَوْلاَ نَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْ مِ الْكَافِرِيْنَ ﴿٢٨٦﴾

Rabbana wala tuhammilna ma la taqata lana bihi wa'fu anna waghfir lana wairhamna anta mawlana fansurna 'alal-qawmil kafireen

Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.
(Surah baqarah)

Small deed great rewards

سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ، وسُبْحَانَ اللهِ الْعَظِيمِ
Translation
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:

(There are) Two words, (which are) light on the tongue, heavy on the Scale and beloved to The Most Gracious,

“How far from imperfections Allah is and I praise Him. How far from imperfections Allah is, The Supreme.”

subḥaan-allaahi wa biḥamdihi wa subḥaan-allaahil-‛aẓeem

Sources: Bukhari No# 6406, 6682, 7563; Muslim No# 2694; At-Tirmidhi No# 3467; Ibn Majah No# 3806