The Ruling on Denying Intercession in Contemporary Writings

Question:
Regarding the articles that deny a book which forgets intercession and denies it.

Answer:
Yes, one must be cautious of this. Look at intercession: if their intention is the intercession of the dead and the people of the graves, this is denied, and it is obligatory to deny it and to deny its publication in the newspapers. But if what is meant is the intercession that is the legislated intercession which came in the Book and the Sunnah, then denying it is shirk (associating partners with Allah), shirk in the religion of Allah. It is not permissible to deny it, and it is obligatory to refute those who deny it. There is a distinction here, because intercession in the understanding of people now has become, for most people, the intercession of the dead and the shrines, and so on, like the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance who worship besides Allah that which does not benefit them and does not harm them, and they say, "These are our intercessors with you." This intercession is prohibited, so whoever writes it and affirms it must be refuted, and it must be denied. And whoever denies the established intercession must be refuted, even if... Yes.