The Relationship Between the Chapter of Intercession and the Chapter of “You Cannot Guide Whom You Love”
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, we seek your permission. In fact, there are inquiries and questions regarding this great chapter that we have read, which is the chapter of the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Al-Qasas 28:56] Is there, O Shaykh Salih, a connection between this chapter and the chapter before it, the chapter of intercession?
Answer:
Yes. As we explained when we read the chapter of intercession, the polytheists cling to intercession[Yunus 10:18] This shirk (associating partners with Allah) is removed by the word of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) if a person utters it while believing in it; the shirk is removed from him and he enters into faith. Yes.
Shaykh Salih, we seek your permission. In fact, there are inquiries and questions regarding this great chapter that we have read, which is the chapter of the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:
Indeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like
إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَAnswer:
Yes. As we explained when we read the chapter of intercession, the polytheists cling to intercession
And they worship other than Allah that which neither harms them nor benefits them, and they say, "These are our intercessors with Allah
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ شُفَعَاؤُنَا عِندَ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 36 من 91|شرح كتاب التوحيد (حلقات إذاعية)|الأعمال بالخواتيم|صالح الفوزان|العقيدة|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (4:32)
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