Dealing with a caller who teaches people to seek intercession from the Messenger after his death
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: There is a caller in our country who teaches people to say, “Intercede for us, O Messenger of Allah.” What is your guidance regarding our dealing with this caller who has become well-known in that country?
The Shaykh:
Advise him and say: The Messenger does not ask for anything after his death, neither intercession nor anything else. Nothing is asked of the Messenger, and nothing is asked of the dead in general; nothing is asked of them because they are dead.[Fatir 35:14] So nothing is asked of the dead, neither the Messenger nor anyone else. Advise them with this. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And they asked him: What is the evidence that the Messenger is asked for intercession after death? What is the evidence? The Messenger said: When a person dies, his deeds are cut off. This is general for the Messengers and for others. It is general: when a person dies, his deeds are cut off. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: There is a caller in our country who teaches people to say, “Intercede for us, O Messenger of Allah.” What is your guidance regarding our dealing with this caller who has become well-known in that country?
The Shaykh:
Advise him and say: The Messenger does not ask for anything after his death, neither intercession nor anything else. Nothing is asked of the Messenger, and nothing is asked of the dead in general; nothing is asked of them because they are dead.
If you invoke them, they do not hear your supplication; and if they heard, they would not respond to you
إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْThe questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And they asked him: What is the evidence that the Messenger is asked for intercession after death? What is the evidence? The Messenger said: When a person dies, his deeds are cut off. This is general for the Messengers and for others. It is general: when a person dies, his deeds are cut off. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب : فضل التوحيد وما يكفر من الذنوب - 4 — islamhouse.com (57:39)
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