that the people who migrated to Madina-tul-Munawwarah from Makka-tul-Mukarramah are called Muhajir (immigrant companions) and the believers who supported them are known as Ansaar (helping companions). Every sane person knows that the literal meaning of Ansaar is ‘helpers.’
It is possible for Satan to make someone think that it is permissible to ask for help from someone alive but not when he is passed away. If you carefully study the following verse and the proceeding topic, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ this evil thought will be uprooted. It is stated:
وَ لَا تَقُوۡ لُوۡا لِمَنۡ یُّـقۡتَلُ فِیۡ سَبِیۡلِ
اللّٰہِ اَمۡوَاتٌ ؕ بَلۡ اَحۡیَآءٌ وَّ لٰکِنۡ لَّا تَشۡعُـرُوۡنَ ﴿۱۵۴﴾
And do not say about them who are slain in the path of Allah as dead. Rather they are alive, yes, you are unaware.
[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 2, Al-Baqarah, verse 154)
If this is the attribute of the martyrs, then how can one cast a doubt about the fact that the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام, who are much higher in status than the martyrs, are also alive! Sayyiduna Imam Bayhaqi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has written a booklet about the