In His saying, the Exalted: “On that Day, intercession will not benefit anyone except for whom the Most Merciful has given permission and of whom He has approved the speech.” Is this permission a legal permission?
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The questioner:
He says: Allah the Exalted said in His saying, the Exalted:[Taha 20:109] Is this permission a legal permission or a cosmic one? And their homes are better for them.
The Shaykh:
This permission is a legal permission for the one to whom He has given permission. First.[Taha 20:109].
The questioner:
Does He not prevent it?
The Shaykh:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) gives permission to the intercessor to intercede and is pleased with the one for whom intercession is sought, so that the one for whom intercession is sought is from the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and not from the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah) or the disbelievers, because the intercession of the intercessors does not benefit the disbelievers. Intercession has two conditions: the first condition is Allah’s permission for the intercessor to intercede, and the second condition is Allah’s pleasure with the one for whom intercession is sought. The abaya. That he be from the people of faith and the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
He says: Allah the Exalted said in His saying, the Exalted:
That Day, no intercession will benefit except [that of] one to whom the Most Merciful has given permission and has accepted his word.
يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا تَنفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَرَضِيَ لَهُ قَوْلًاThe Shaykh:
This permission is a legal permission for the one to whom He has given permission. First.
the Most Merciful has given permission and has accepted his word.
الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَرَضِيَ لَهُ قَوْلًاThe questioner:
Does He not prevent it?
The Shaykh:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) gives permission to the intercessor to intercede and is pleased with the one for whom intercession is sought, so that the one for whom intercession is sought is from the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and not from the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah) or the disbelievers, because the intercession of the intercessors does not benefit the disbelievers. Intercession has two conditions: the first condition is Allah’s permission for the intercessor to intercede, and the second condition is Allah’s pleasure with the one for whom intercession is sought. The abaya. That he be from the people of faith and the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، في قوله تعالى ﴿يومئذ لا تنفع الشفاعة إلا من أذن له الرحمن ورضي له قولا﴾هل هذا الإذن شرعي ؟ — youtube.com
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