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Philosophy of Pilgrimage of … H-S Nateghi and S.S. Shah Naqavi (101
of the pilgrim's intellect and themselves about their
instinct based on this natural affair and said: Erect
state that is hidden from him . an edifice over them-
It places the manifestations their Lord best knows
of divine mercy as intercessors them. Those who prevailed
and means in the court of God . in their affair said: We
The pilgrim's real request will certainly raise a
is from the Almighty. masjid over them” .
Therefore, there is no rational (Quran, 18: 21)
or narrative prohibition on
placing the Shafi'i close to It turns out that after the
God and the saints; but death of the Companions of
according to the Quranic verse, the Cave, people came to
the believers are instructed to visit those graves and
refrain from opposing God, O therefore built a building and
you who believe, and seek a a mosque. And God has not
means of approaching Him forbidden such an act after
and Ijtihad in His way. May this story. He even endorsed
you be saved ? them with the phrase.
“And thus did We make (Tabatabai, 2009)
(men) to get knowledge Also, these verses of the
of them that they might Quran indicate the legitimacy
know that Allah's promise of the construction of mosques
is true and that as for and holy places on the graves
the hour there is no of the elders, otherwise, the
doubt about it. When verses would have referred to
they disputed among the source of the Shari'a's
suffering .
