On that day...

On that day, Allāh will make him ascend the glorious station and all the people present there will sing his praises. [3] The tradition has, thus, furnished a justification not only of the word istighāthah but also of its popular usage.

The noteworthy point is that when it is valid to beseech the prophets and the saints for help in the Hereafter and also to seek the help of the living in this phenomenal world, it is simply meaningless and absurd to deny its relevance during the purgatorial existence.

A number of traditions attest to the fact that the beseeched the holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him and His Household) for help and assistance and sought the solution of their problems through his mediation by stressing their penury, disease, suffering, need, debt and humility. This act was based on their underlying conviction that the holy…