Beseeching For Help (istighathah)

References

[1]. Shakespeare,Hamlet .

[2]. Eliot, The Burial of the Dead.

[3]. Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmu‘ fatawa (1:140).

[4]. Raghib Asfahani, Mufradat alfaz al-Qur’an (p.617).

[5]. Qur’an (al-Anfal, Spoils of war) 8:9.

[6]. Qur’an (al-Qasas, the Narratives) 28:15.

[7]. Raghib Asfahani, Mufradat alfaz al-Qur’an (p.598).

[8]. Qur’an (al-Fatihah, the Opening) 1:4.

[9]. Qur’an (al-A‘raf, the Heights) 7:160.

[10]. Qur’an (Yusuf, Joseph) 12:93.

[11]. Qur’an (Yusuf, Joseph) 12:96.

[12]. Qur’an (al-Baqarah, the Cow) 2:171.

[13]. Raghib Asfahani,Mufradat alfaz al-Qur’an (p.315).

[14]. Qur’an (an-Nur, the Light) 24:63.

[15]. Qur’an (al-Baqarah, the Cow) 2:68.

[16]. Qur’an (Yusuf, Joseph) 12:33.

[17]. Qur’an (Yunus, Jonah) 10:25.

[18]. Qur’an (Fussilat, Clearly spelled out) 41:31.

[19]. Qur’an (Yunus, Jonah) 10:10.

[20]. Tirmidhi related this sahih (sound) hadith in his al-Jami‘-us-sahih, b. of tafsir-ul-Qur’an (exegesis of the Qur’an) ch.3, 42 (5:211, 374-5#2969, 3274), and b. of da‘awat (supplications) ch.1 (5:456#3372); Ibn Majah, Sunan, b. of du‘a’ (supplication) ch.1 (2:1258#3828); Abu Dawud, Sunan, b. of salat (prayer) 2:76-7 (#1479); Nasa’i, Tafsir (2:253#484); Bukhari, al-Adab-ul-mufrad (p.249#714); Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (4:267,271,276); Abu Dawud Tayalisi, Musnad (p.108#801); Hakim, al-Mustadrak (1:490-1#1802); Abu Nu‘aym, Hilyat-ul-awliya’ wa tabaqat-ul-asfiya’ (8:120); Baghawi, Sharh-us-sunnah (5:184#1384); Mundhiri, at-Targhib wat-tarhib (2:477); Mizzi, Tuhfat-ul-ashraf bi-ma‘rifat-il-atraf (9:30#11643); Khatib Tabrizi, Mishkat-ul-masabih, b. of da‘awat (supplications) 2:4 (#2230); and ‘Ali al-Hindi in Kanz-ul-‘ummal (2:62#3113).

[21]. Qur’an (Al ‘Imran, the Family of ‘Imran) 3:153.

[22]. Tirmidhi related it in al-Jami‘-us-sahih, b. of da‘awat (supplications) ch.1 (5:456#3371); Tabarani, al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (4:132#3220); Mundhiri, at-Targhib wat-tarhib (2:482); Khatib Tabrizi, Mishkat-ul-masabih, b. of da‘awat (2:5#2231); ‘Asqalani, Fath-ul-bari (11:94); and ‘Ali al-Hindi in Kanz-ul-‘ummal (2:62#3114).

[23]. Tirmidhi related this sahih (sound) hadith in his al-Jami‘-us-sahih, b. of tafsir-ul-Qur’an (exegesis of the Qur’an) ch.3, 42 (5:211, 374-5#2969, 3274), and b. of da‘awat (supplications) ch.1 (5:456#3372); Ibn Majah, Sunan, b. of du‘a’ (supplication) ch.1 (2:1258#3828); Abu Dawud, Sunan, b. of salat (prayer) 2:76-7 (#1479); Nasa’i, Tafsir (2:253#484); Bukhari, al-Adab-ul-mufrad (p.249#714); Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (4:267,271,276); Abu Dawud Tayalisi, Musnad (p.108#801); Hakim, al-Mustadrak (1:490-1#1802); Abu Nu‘aym, Hilyat-ul-awliya’ wa tabaqat-ul-asfiya’ (8:120); Baghawi, Sharh-us-sunnah (5:184#1384); Mundhiri, at-Targhib wat-tarhib (2:477); Mizzi, Tuhfat-ul-ashraf bi-ma‘rifat-il-atraf (9:30#11643); Khatib Tabrizi, Mishkat-ul-masabih, b. of da‘awat (supplications) 2:4 (#2230); and ‘Ali al-Hindi in Kanz-ul-‘ummal (2:62#3113).

[24]. Qur’an (Ghafir, the Forgiving) 40:41.

[25]. Qur’an (Nuh, Noah) 71:5-6.

[26]. Qur’an (Yunus, Jonah) 10:25.

[27]. Qur’an (al-Ahzab, the Confederates) 33:5.

[28]. Qur’an (al-‘Alaq, the Hanging mass) 96:17-8.

[29]. Qur’an (al-Kahf, the Cave) 18:52.

[30]. Qur’an (al-Isra’, the Night journey) 17:71.

[31]. Qur’an (al-Kahf, the Cave) 18:57.

[32]. Qur’an (al-Fatihah, the Opening) 1:4.

[33]. Qur’an (al-Fatihah, the Opening) 1:1-4.