What is meant by the hadith, “I am the first intercessor and the first to intercede”?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. A woman asks: Does the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 4308Sahih (Darussalam) indicate that asking for supplication from him while he is alive is not called intercession? And what is the intended meaning?
Answer:
Asking for supplication is intercession. Supplicating for your brother is intercession for him before Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. One asks the people of righteousness and the people of piety for supplication if they are alive and present. However, asking for supplication from the dead or from the absent is not permissible.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. A woman asks: Does the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
I will be the first to intercede and the first whose intercession will be accepted
أنا أول شافع وأول مشفعAnswer:
Asking for supplication is intercession. Supplicating for your brother is intercession for him before Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. One asks the people of righteousness and the people of piety for supplication if they are alive and present. However, asking for supplication from the dead or from the absent is not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [74 /84] ما المقصود في الحديث " أنا أول شافعٍ وأول مشفع "؟ | الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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