life (Hayat-ul-Anbiya) of the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام and has written in Dalaail-un-Nubuwwah that Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام are alive like the martyrs and are with Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. (Al-Haawi lil-Fatawa lis-Suyuti, vol. 2, pp. 263; Dalaail-un-Nubuwwah, vol. 2, pp. 388)
Shah Waliyyullah Muhaddis Dihlvi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has stated about the high status of Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه in chapter 11 of Ham’aat: That he is Sayyiduna Muhyuddin ‘Abdul Qaadir Jeelani قُـدِّسَ سِـرُّہُ الـرَّبَّـانِی and he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has the authority in his blessed grave like the living (i.e. he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه is authoritative just like the living). (Ham’aat, pp. 61)
Anyhow, the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام and the saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی are alive and we do not ask for help from the dead but from the ones who are alive and we believe them to be helpers by the grace of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Without the bestowal of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, the Prophet or saint can neither give anything nor can they provide any sort of help.
The Imam of millions of followers of the Hanafi School of thought, Sayyiduna Imam-e-A’zam Abu Hanifah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه