The Private Apartments
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[49:4]
Verily, [O Prophet,] as for those who call thee from without thy private apartments – most of them do not use their reason:

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* v.4 : While this relates in the first instance to the Prophet, it may also be taken to apply to any supreme leader of the community (amīr al-mu’minīn) who acts as the Prophet’s successor (khalīfah) and rules in his name, i.e., under the aegis of Islamic Law. (As regards the Prophet himself, the above exhortation to reverent behaviour implies, in the view of many outstanding Islamic thinkers, a prohibition to “call out to him” when visiting his tomb.)