Examining "Denial of Divine Saints as a Means" in the Commentary of "Mustafa Hosseini Tabatabai"

With the slogan of returning to the Qur’an and claiming to eliminate superstitions in Shia and proposing the theological views of Salafism, the Wahhabi trend of "Qur'anians" has wronged some of the Shia's ideological foundations, which have solid theological and Qur’anic foundations. Mostafa Hosseini Tabatabai, the author of the commentary "Expression of Meanings in the Divine Word", among the elements of this movement, in his commentary, by rejecting mediation and looking for means in approaching God, he rejected any appeal to divine saints and by negating the attribution of means to divine saints. In the Qur'anic verses and limiting it to righteous deeds, by simulating the appeal of Shiites to the worship of idolaters, he has accused Shiites of grave worship. In this article, based on the verses of the Qur'an and traditions, it was proved that the saints of God are among the examples of the means in the verse " یا ایها الذین آمنوا اتقوا الله وابتغوا إلیه الوسیله" (O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and seek means of nearness to Him and strive hard in His way that you may be successful) His attention to the correct hadiths in this field is one of the reasons for this prejudice.