Can it be said that the intermediary known in these days is a type of bribery?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Can it be said that the intermediary known in these days is a type of bribery?
Answer:
This is intercession; it is not an intermediary. If you ask someone to intercede for you to obtain a right that belongs to you, that is intercession. He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: Whoever intercedes with a good intercession will have a share of it.[An-Nisa 4:85]. Bad intercession is when you intercede to take the right of another.
You intercede to take the right of another for the one being interceded for; you intercede to prevent the implementation of a limit of Allah; you intercede for criminals so that the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) are not carried out against them. This is bad intercession, which involves injustice or the prevention of hudud, and may Allah protect us from it. Cursed is the one who intercedes, and cursed is the one for whom intercession is made in this matter. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Can it be said that the intermediary known in these days is a type of bribery?
Answer:
This is intercession; it is not an intermediary. If you ask someone to intercede for you to obtain a right that belongs to you, that is intercession. He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: Whoever intercedes with a good intercession will have a share of it.
Whoever intercedes for a good cause will have a reward therefrom; and whoever intercedes for an evil cause will have a burden therefrom
مَّن يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً حَسَنَةً يَكُن لَّهُ نَصِيبٌ مِّنْهَا وَمَن يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً سَيِّئَةً يَكُن لَّهُ كِفْلٌ مِّنْهَاYou intercede to take the right of another for the one being interceded for; you intercede to prevent the implementation of a limit of Allah; you intercede for criminals so that the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) are not carried out against them. This is bad intercession, which involves injustice or the prevention of hudud, and may Allah protect us from it. Cursed is the one who intercedes, and cursed is the one for whom intercession is made in this matter. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [757 -954] هل يمكن القول: إن الواسطة المعروفة في هذه الأيام هي نوع من الرشوة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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