Book Name:Shan e Usman e Ghani
Quran to seek help from patience and Salah! Because patience and Salah are not god but are other than Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ; similarly, it is stated in Surah An-Nisa:
وَ لَوۡ اَ نَّہُمۡ اِ ذۡ ظَّلَمُوۡۤ ا اَ نۡفُسَہُمۡ جَآءُ وۡکَ فَا سۡتَغۡفَرُ وا
اللّٰہَ وَ اسۡتَغۡفَرَ لَہُمُ ا لرَّ سُوۡلُ لَوَ جَدُ وا اللّٰہَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِیۡمًا ﴿۶۴﴾
Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And if they, when they have wronged their own souls, come humbly to you (O dear Prophet Muhammad) and seek forgiveness from Allah, and the Noble Messenger intercedes for them, they will certainly find Allah as the Most Accepting of Repentance, the Most Merciful. (Part 5, Surah An-Nisa, verse 64)
Commenting on the abovementioned blessed verse, Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Imam Ahmad Raza Khan عَـلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الـرَّحْمٰن has stated: Could Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ Himself not be sufficient to forgive the sins of the Ummah of His Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم? Why did He عَزَّوَجَلَّ say: O the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! When they humbly approach you and you seek forgiveness from Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ for them, they will certainly find Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ as Most Accepting of repentance, the Most Merciful. And making the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم their intercessor is seeking help from other than Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and it is our purpose what the Glorious Quran evidently describes. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 21, pp. 305)
It is stated on page 92 of the 274-page book ‘Sahabah-e-Kiram ka ‘Ishq-e-Rasool’ a publication of Maktaba-tul-Madinah (the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami): Sayyiduna Rabi’ah Bin Ka’b Aslami رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said, I used to reside with the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, I used to bring water for his Wudu (ablution) and carry out some other activities.
One day, the Greatest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said to me: ‘سَلۡ رَبِيۡعَةُ!’ Ask (anything you like). I said: ‘اَسۡئَلُكَ مُرَافَقَتَكَ فِي الۡجَنَّة’ I ask your company in Jannah. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘اَوۡ غَيۡرَ ذٰلِكَ؟’ Or anything else