Is it permissible to say: “May Allah intercede for me,” or to say: “Allah is an intercessor”?
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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh is asked: Is it permissible to say “May Allah intercede for me,” or to say “Allah is an intercessor”?
Answer:
It is not permissible. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) condemned this. When a man said to him, “We seek intercession with You through Allah,” he said, “Woe to you! Do you know what Allah is? Allah is not one through whom intercession is sought for anyone among His creation. The status of Allah is greater. Allah has not taken an intercessor, nor is He interceded to by anyone among His creation, because the one for whom intercession is sought is greater than the intercessor. So if you make Allah an intercessor, you have made the one for whom intercession is sought greater than Allah. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh is asked: Is it permissible to say “May Allah intercede for me,” or to say “Allah is an intercessor”?
Answer:
It is not permissible. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) condemned this. When a man said to him, “We seek intercession with You through Allah,” he said, “Woe to you! Do you know what Allah is? Allah is not one through whom intercession is sought for anyone among His creation. The status of Allah is greater. Allah has not taken an intercessor, nor is He interceded to by anyone among His creation, because the one for whom intercession is sought is greater than the intercessor. So if you make Allah an intercessor, you have made the one for whom intercession is sought greater than Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [110 -521] هل يجوز أن يُقال: شفع الله لي، أو يُقال: إن الله شافع؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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