Types of Intercession
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Question:
The questioner asks, Shaykh, about intercession, its categories, and what is explicitly stated regarding this intercession?
Answer:
Intercession with Allah is of two types: intercession with a right and by permission, and intercession without a right, which is forbidden. The intercession by permission is that in which two conditions are met: that Allah the Exalted grants permission to the intercessor to intercede, and that the one for whom intercession is sought is from the people of Islam and the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
The saying of the Exalted, “And they do not intercede except for whom He approves”[Al-Baqarah 2:255]. How many angels are in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing, except after Allah grants permission to whom He wills and is pleased with. “To whom He wills” is the first condition: permission. “And is pleased with” is the second condition: that the one for whom intercession is sought is among the Muslims, but he has sins, so intercession is made for him. On the Day of Resurrection, some Muslims may enter the Fire because of their sins, and intercession is made for them to be brought out of the Fire. This is the true intercession. As for the false intercession, it is the intercession sought from the dead, or from shrines, or from trees and stones, as He, Exalted and Majestic is He, said: [Yunus 10:18] May Allah reward you.
The questioner asks, Shaykh, about intercession, its categories, and what is explicitly stated regarding this intercession?
Answer:
Intercession with Allah is of two types: intercession with a right and by permission, and intercession without a right, which is forbidden. The intercession by permission is that in which two conditions are met: that Allah the Exalted grants permission to the intercessor to intercede, and that the one for whom intercession is sought is from the people of Islam and the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
The saying of the Exalted, “And they do not intercede except for whom He approves”
Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission?
مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِAnd 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»، 1572 - أنواع الشفاعة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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