Permission for Intercession and the Evidence for It
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The questioner:
And if Allah wills, and if Allah wills, indeed, Allah is the Greatest. Action and clarity, and based on this in Islam, the people sometimes do or
The Shaykh:
Where is the permission? Where is the permission for them? What is the evidence that Allah gave them permission? Give us the evidence that Allah gave so-and-so permission to intercede. Give us the evidence that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the master of creation, on the Day of Resurrection, when the creatures come forward to him to seek intercession to settle the judgment between them, does not intercede initially. Rather, he prostrates and seeks refuge in his Lord, and he does not raise his head until it is said to him: "Raise your head and speak, and you will be heard, and ask, and you will be given, and intercede, and you will be granted." This is the master of creation (peace and blessings be upon him), and the best of intercessors, who has not been given permission to intercede until now, except on the Day of Resurrection when he stands before his Lord (Mighty and Majestic). So how is permission given to anyone other than him until now? Who is this speaker? I ask you by Allah, who is he? And whoever claims to give intercession to so-and-so or to a group, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah, and saying about Allah without knowledge. That means he gives permission to this person and does not give permission to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
And if Allah wills, and if Allah wills, indeed, Allah is the Greatest. Action and clarity, and based on this in Islam, the people sometimes do or
The Shaykh:
Where is the permission? Where is the permission for them? What is the evidence that Allah gave them permission? Give us the evidence that Allah gave so-and-so permission to intercede. Give us the evidence that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the master of creation, on the Day of Resurrection, when the creatures come forward to him to seek intercession to settle the judgment between them, does not intercede initially. Rather, he prostrates and seeks refuge in his Lord, and he does not raise his head until it is said to him: "Raise your head and speak, and you will be heard, and ask, and you will be given, and intercede, and you will be granted." This is the master of creation (peace and blessings be upon him), and the best of intercessors, who has not been given permission to intercede until now, except on the Day of Resurrection when he stands before his Lord (Mighty and Majestic). So how is permission given to anyone other than him until now? Who is this speaker? I ask you by Allah, who is he? And whoever claims to give intercession to so-and-so or to a group, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah, and saying about Allah without knowledge. That means he gives permission to this person and does not give permission to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من قوله : ما وصف به نفسه في سورة الإخلاص — islamhouse.com (1:04:09)
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