Help through the Prophet

Argument 10:

When the Holy Prophet, by the command of God, used to purify people (2:151), this means that he used to obliterate their sins. If that is the case, then can we not say in other words that he used to help them spiritually and used to help and support the mu’mins by conveying to them the peace of heart by his blessed prayer? Because the state of the hearts of mu’mins which God calls peace, is peace in an absolute sense and in which is included every kind of help, namely, mental, external, ethical and spiritual.

If we accept that the bounty of true religion is everlasting and therefore has to continue intact after the Holy Prophet, then this attribute has to be in his successor too, so that he may continue to be the proof of the following verse:

“Take sadaqah from their wealth, whereby purify and cleanse them (from their sins), and pray for them. Verily your prayer is the means of peace (of heart) for them” (9:103).