Supplication is Intercession, and the Difference Between Intercession and Supplication
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The questioner:
The questioner says: Some scholars say that if you ask someone to make a supplication for you while you are absent, and he does so, this is considered intercession with Allah in this world.
The Shaykh:
Yes, supplication is intercession. When you make a supplication for your brother, you have interceded for him with Allah. Supplication is intercession with Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
The questioner:
Is there a relationship of generality and specificity between intercession and supplication?
The Shaykh:
If the supplication is for the supplicant himself, that is different from supplication for another. Supplication for another is intercession, while supplication for the supplicant himself is a need you ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to fulfill, without an intermediary and without an intercessor. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: Some scholars say that if you ask someone to make a supplication for you while you are absent, and he does so, this is considered intercession with Allah in this world.
The Shaykh:
Yes, supplication is intercession. When you make a supplication for your brother, you have interceded for him with Allah. Supplication is intercession with Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
The questioner:
Is there a relationship of generality and specificity between intercession and supplication?
The Shaykh:
If the supplication is for the supplicant himself, that is different from supplication for another. Supplication for another is intercession, while supplication for the supplicant himself is a need you ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to fulfill, without an intermediary and without an intercessor. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب ما جاء أن سبب كفر بني آدم وتركهم دينهم هو الغلو في الصالحين — islamhouse.com (1:05:37)
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