Invocation or asking for help from holy spirits

This book is one of the Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani’s works and writings. Whatever stated in this treatise is the questions’ answers that have been stated by a group who intended to contaminate the minds. These five questions are as follows:
1- How is the supplication, asking for help and wanting from beside God?
2- If requesting of intercession from prophets and innocent Imams is allowable or not?
3- In the time of requesting something of God, How is the#### use of the Saints as an intercessor?
4- In the time of requesting something of God, how is the swearing God, for the sake of the saints?
5- How is the take the oath to the beside God such as: to the Quran, prophet and Imam, from the view point of religious law?

Biography of Ayatollah Ja’far Sobhäni Tabrizi
Ayatollah Ja’far Sobhäni Tabrizi was born in a scientific, piety and virtuous family in Tabriz in 1929.apl. 9 A.D.(1308.1.20S.H./1347.10.28A.H). Ayatollah Sheikh Ja’far Sobhani after graduation from primary education, in the schoolhouse of “Late Mirza Mahmood Fäzel, learned the literature, Gulistän(the Rose Gurden), Bostän, Mojam history, Nassäb Al-sebyän, Abväb Al-Jenän , etc. At the age of fourteen, he left for Tälebiye “theological school” of Tabriz.
His Masters:
Ayatollah Rooholläh Khomeini, Haj Sheikh Hassan Nahvi, Mirza Mohammad Ali Modarres Khiyäbäni, the author of “Reyhänat Al-Adab”, AllämeTabätabäi, etc.
He is considered one of the Islamic “Där Al-tabligh” masters of Qom that researches in the field of “Nations history” and “Islamic theology”. He also is the founder of “Islamic theology research center” (The Imam Sädegh(p.b.u.h)Education and research institute) in Qom in 1980A.D.(1359) and is one of the outstanding masters of Qom’s theological school that is excel of seminary. After death of Ayatollah Sheikh Javäd Tabrizi and with trusting to the request of some group of Azerbaijan people, entered (accept) the authority (marja’iyyat). Another one of his scientific and cultural activities:
-establishing and writing the Islamic theology encyclopedia.
-establishing Journal(magazine) and specialized center of Islamic theology.
-writing the university and seminaries textbooks and membership in Islamic encyclopedia “board of trustees”, etc.

Works:
-Al-Kotob Al-Kalamiye and Mojem Al-Motekallemin
-Mosooe’hTabaghät Al-Foghahä
-Mojam Al-Taräs and Al-Mosooe’h Al-Rejäliye
- Foroogh Abadiyat
-“Figurs” (biography) of sages (simäye farzänegän)
-Wahäbism religion
-etc.

The book structure:
1- The first part: Asking for helping from saints: relation with sprits is in existence. The center of human perfection is the spirit, etc.
2- The second part: asking for intercession from the Saints: The reasons of allowable aspect of asking intercession from the saints- If the asking intercession is polytheism? - The polytheism of polytheists is due to the asking intercession from idols and …..
3- The third part: the invocation to the prophets and righteous people: the “criteria” (zaväbet) of worshiping is on behalf of the God – daydreaming instead of realism- the reasons of invocation permission- The disserved invocation of the askers (from the God) - The Adam invokes to the prophet (p.b.u.h.) - The prophet’s invocation to the former prophets- studying the traditions of “Estesghä” [Estesghä means, the tradition which studying the prophet prayer event for the rain].
4- The fourth part: swear the God to the saints position or Status
5- The fifth part: to take an oath to beside God: our reasons for oath permission to beside God- the Wahhäbis’ reasons for boycotting the swear to beside God – Shi’as leaders’ view about the subject of ……


Sources :

  1. Invocation or asking for help from holy spirits by Jafar Sobhani

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