The Intercession of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for One Who Dies Having Abandoned Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: If a person who does not pray dies, will he receive the intercession of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), or the intercession of any of his children who died as young children?
Answer:
One who dies having deliberately abandoned prayer is not a Muslim, and intercession does not reach him; the intercession of the intercessors will not benefit them. Read His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Muddaththir 74:40-43]. To His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Muddaththir 74:48]. So the one who deliberately does not pray and dies in this state, the intercession of the intercessors will not benefit him, and it is not permissible to seek forgiveness for him, nor to make du'a' for him.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: If a person who does not pray dies, will he receive the intercession of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), or the intercession of any of his children who died as young children?
Answer:
One who dies having deliberately abandoned prayer is not a Muslim, and intercession does not reach him; the intercession of the intercessors will not benefit them. Read His saying, the Exalted:
questioning each other (41) About the criminals, (42) [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?" (43) They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
يَتَسَاءَلُونَ عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَSo there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 30/21 شرح العقيدة السفارينية / صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (17:00)
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