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Beseeching for Help (Istighathah)

Beseeching for Help (Istighathah) Author: Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Publisher: Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications
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Foreward
Chapter 1: Preliminaries
Lexical research into the word istighathah
Kinds of istighathah
1. Appeal by word
2. Appeal by deed
Use of the word du‘a’ in the holy Qur’an
1. an-Nida’ (calling)
2. at-Tasmiyyah (naming)
3. al-Istighathah (beseeching for help)
4. al-Hath ‘ala al-qasd (persuasion)
5. at-Talab (desiring)
6. ad-Du‘a’ (supplication)
7. al-‘Ibadah (worship)
8. al-Khitab (address)
Self-fabricated division of du‘a’
1. Du‘a’ as worship
2. Du‘a’ as begging
Distinction as the purpose of division is absent
Du‘a’ is not merely an act of worship
Surah al-Fatihah and the concepts of isti‘anat and istighathah
References
Chapter 2: The Meaning of Appeal to the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him and His Household) for Help
Istighāthah - In the light of traditions and the practice of the Companions
Abū Hurayrah’s appeal for help
Qatādah bin an-Nu‘mān’s appeal for help
Abscess–stricken Companion’s appeal for help
A blind Companion’s appeal for help
Companions’ appeal for rain
Amīr Hamzah - the remover of troubles
Yā Muhammadāh - Battle-cry of the Companions
First objection
Reply
Second objection
Reply
Third objection
Reply
Fourth objection
Reply
Ibn Taymiyyah’s endorsement
Proof of ritualistic assignment
Mutual relation between appeal for help, intermediation and intercession
Seek his help today
References
Chapter 3: Justification of Istighathah After Death
Proof of purgatorial life
The life and capacity of the soul
The dead as a source of benefit for the living
Love of the friends of Allāh is an integral part of faith
References
Chapter 4: Smoothing out the Wrinkles
First objection: Appeal for help is in itself an act of worship
Each appeal for help is not an act of worship
Second objection: Appeal for help is a form of disbelief in supernatural matters
Intellectual settlement of the objection
Division between real and derivative is inevitable
Justification of help from derivative source in supernatural matters
Allegation of disbelief against Jibrīl (Peace Be Upon Him)?
Allegation of disbelief against ‘Īsā (Peace Be Upon Him)?
Allegation of disbelief against Allāh?
Third objection: Beseeching someone other than God for help smacks of his invisible power
Rebuttal of the self-concocted belief
Can creatures have remote knowledge?
‘Umar Fārūq’s inspiration
Difference between spiritual inspiration and knowledge of the unseen
The Prophet’s question is an argument for the power of the questioned
Fourth objection: There is no helper except Allāh
Fallacious reasoning
Fifth objection: Begging and beseeching help from Allāh alone is valid
Begging for help is Allāh’s command
Ask for some more
Beseeching help from others is Islamic command
Sixth objection: Negation of beseeching the holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him and His Household) for help
Correct meaning of the tradition
References
Chapter 5: Religious Leaders and Istighathah
1. Imām Zayn-ul-‘Ābidīn
2. Imām Mālik
3. Imām Qurtubī
4. Qādī ‘Iyād
5. Imām Subkī
6. Imām Ibn Kathīr
7. Hāfiz ‘Asqalānī
8. Imām Qastallānī
9. Imām Ibn Hajar Haythamī
10. Imām Nabhānī
11. Imām Ālūsī
12. Shāh ‘Abd-ul-Haqq Muhaddith Dihlawī
13. Shāh Walī Allāh Muhaddith Dihlawī
14. Mawlānā Ashraf ‘Alī Thānwī
15. Imām Ahmad bin Zaynī Dahlān
16. Imām Muhammad bin ‘Alawī al-Mālikī
17. Shaykh Muhammad Hishām Kabbānī
A brief summary
References
Chapter 6: Purging Disblelief in Muhammad
Figurative relation between belief and disbelief
The last word
References
Glossary
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Beseeching for Help (Istighathah)

Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri