The ruling on publishing articles on intercession in newspapers
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The questioner:
He says: Is there any truth to the mockery you publish, or to the articles from accounts that claim intercession and spread it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, one must be careful of this. Look, if by intercession they mean the intercession of the dead and the people of the graves, this is denied and it must be rejected, including its writing in newspapers. But if the intended meaning is the intercession prescribed by the Shari'ah, which came in the Book and the Sunnah, then rejecting it is shirk (associating partners with Allah) in the religion of Allah, and it is not permissible to reject it. One must refute those who deny it. There is a distinction here, because in the custom of people now, or for most people, the term has come to mean the intercession of the dead and the shrines, and so on, like the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance who[Al-Furqan 25:55] and say, "These are a cure for you." This is a denied intercession. So whoever writes it and affirms it must be refuted, and it must be rejected.
The questioner:
He asks: Is there a specific amount?
The Shaykh:
So whoever denies the sixth intercession must be refuted and rejected. Yes.
He says: Is there any truth to the mockery you publish, or to the articles from accounts that claim intercession and spread it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, one must be careful of this. Look, if by intercession they mean the intercession of the dead and the people of the graves, this is denied and it must be rejected, including its writing in newspapers. But if the intended meaning is the intercession prescribed by the Shari'ah, which came in the Book and the Sunnah, then rejecting it is shirk (associating partners with Allah) in the religion of Allah, and it is not permissible to reject it. One must refute those who deny it. There is a distinction here, because in the custom of people now, or for most people, the term has come to mean the intercession of the dead and the shrines, and so on, like the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance who
But they worship rather than Allah that which does not benefit them or harm them
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْThe questioner:
He asks: Is there a specific amount?
The Shaykh:
So whoever denies the sixth intercession must be refuted and rejected. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14/5 شرح العقيدة الطحاوية/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:08:03)
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