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is made to flow and his soul begins to melt. This is what lstighfar is, that is, he overpowers the poisonous matter and does so by receiving the power from God. In short, it means that you should constantly worship God. First you should obey the Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam. Second, you should always ask for help from God. Of course, first and foremost you should ask for help from God and when you have got it, then you should: Tooboo ilaihi Then you should turn to Him. (Malfoozat Vol. II, p. 68) SYMPATHY THROUGH PRAYER You should remember that sympathy is of three kinds. One, physical two, financial and three, in the form of prayer. The third kind does not need money or strength to be used, but its beneficence is very extensive. So far as physical sym- pathy is concerned it can be shown only when one is strong enough to do so, for example, a weak wounded person cannot be helped by someone who is not physically strong. Likewise, unless a man has got money with him, he cannot help a helpless, penniless hungry person. How can such a person show sympathy. But so far as sympathy with prayer is concerned, it neither requires money nor physical strength. As long as a man is a man (i. e. he knows that he is human being) he can pray for the other and prove to be. beneficial to him. The sphere of good that can accrue from this kind of sympathy is very wide and if a person does not make use of this sym- pathy, he is certainly very unfortunate. 61