Foreward

Chapter 1: Preliminaries

References

Chapter 2: The Meaning of Appeal to the Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him and His Household) for Help

Chapter 3: Justification of Istighathah After Death

Chapter 4: Smoothing out the Wrinkles

Chapter 5: Religious Leaders and Istighathah

Chapter 6: Purging Disblelief in Muhammad

Glossary

Bibliography

Beseeching For Help (istighathah)

References
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[1]. Qur’ān (*an-Nisā’,* Women) 4:64.

[2]. Qastallānī,*al-Māwāhib-ul-laduniyyah* (2:726); Zurqānī,*Commentary*
(7:487).

[3]. Ibn Hajar Haythamī,*al-Fatāwā al-hadīthiyyah* (pp.255-6).

[4]. Ibn Hajar Haythamī,*al-Fatāwā al-hadīthiyyah* (p.256).

[5]. Ālūsī,*Rūh-ul-ma‘ānī* (30:27-8).

[6]. Ālūsī,*Rūh-ul-ma‘ānī* (30:28).

[7]. For details of the tradition see our book*Islamic Concept of
Intermediation* .


