God responds mercifully not only to our own prayers of forgiveness, but also to those of the Prophet on our behalf therefore seeking the Prophets help is not an infringement of the principle of seeking help from God alone, but is rather an aspect or specific application of this very principle. Does this part of the verse imply that the seeking of help from the Prophets, the Imams and the saints is a form of shirk, an association of other beings with the divinity, from whom, alone, all help is to be sought Not at all.Īgain, there is an exoteric and an esoteric way of responding to this question.Įxoterically, one need only refer to the words of the verse 4:64 to see that God not only permits but encourages the believers to seek the Prophets prayers of forgiveness for them.
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