What is the meaning of Qadi Iyadh's statement: "The methodology of the people of the Sunnah is that intercession is permissible by reason and obligatory by revelation"?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of Qadi Iyadh's statement (may Allah have mercy on him): "The methodology of the people of the Sunnah is that intercession is permissible by reason and obligatory by revelation"?
The Shaykh:
What does reason have to do with matters of creed? Yes.
The questioner:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success and benefit you.
The Shaykh:
It was established by evidence; had there been no evidence for it, we would not have believed in it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of Qadi Iyadh's statement (may Allah have mercy on him): "The methodology of the people of the Sunnah is that intercession is permissible by reason and obligatory by revelation"?
The Shaykh:
What does reason have to do with matters of creed? Yes.
The questioner:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success and benefit you.
The Shaykh:
It was established by evidence; had there been no evidence for it, we would not have believed in it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [587 -1024] ما معنى قول القاضي عياض : مذهب أهل السنة جواز الشفاعة عقلاً ووجوبها سمعا؟ — youtube.com
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