Explanation of the author's statement: And Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: (Who is the most happy of people with your intercession?)
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The Shaykh : He said: "And Abu Hurayrah said: Sahih al-Bukhari 99" And this question that Abu Hurayrah directed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him when he directed it to him: And in this is evidence that one of the means of acquiring knowledge is asking. Yes. And on this basis, the polytheists have no share in intercession because they do not say La ilaha illa Allah [As-Saffat 37:35-36] and they say: I seek refuge in Allah, what a strange thing. And the reality is that their action is the strange thing. Yes. [As-Saffat 37:12] [Ar-Ra'd 13:5] A'IZHA KUNNA TURABAN WA ABAA'UNA A'INNA LAMUKHRAJUN
And his statement: This excludes the one who says it out of hypocrisy, for the one who says it out of hypocrisy has no share in intercession, and intercession does not benefit him. The hypocrite says La ilaha illa Allah, he says I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, but Allah, Mighty and Majestic, responded to their testimony with His testimony, saying: [Al-Munafiqun 63:1] Lying in that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and not in their testimony?
The student: Their testimonies
The Shaykh : They are liars in their testimony. Their saying La ilaha illa Allah, the hypocrites are also liars. No, they are not liars in their saying La ilaha illa Allah, meaning that we bear witness that there is no god but Allah. They are liars because if they had truly witnessed that, they would not have been hypocrites. They concealed disbelief. He said: "That intercession is for the people of sincerity, by the permission of Allah, and it is not for whoever associates partners with Allah" because whoever associates partners with Allah, Allah said about them:[Al-Muddaththir 74:48] And its reality is that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is the One who bestows favor upon the people of sincerity by forgiving them through the one whom He has permitted to intercede, through their supplication, the one whom He has permitted to intercede, to honor him and for him to attain the Praiseworthy Station. Meaning, the reality of intercession: if someone asks, "What is the benefit of it?" We say: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, intended to forgive the one for whom intercession is made; He intended to forgive him. But the intended means is from the intercessor. Why did He make this means? He explained the wisdom behind it, saying: "To honor him and for him to attain the Praiseworthy Station" And if Allah the Exalted had willed, He would have forgiven these people without intercession. But He, Glorified and Exalted is He, intended to clarify or to manifest the virtue of this intercessor and to honor him before the people. And it is known that whoever Allah accepts the intercession of is in a high station with Allah. So in this, there is honor for the intercessor from two aspects:
First: The manifestation of his virtue over the one for whom intercession is made.
And second: The manifestation of his status with Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and that Allah honored him and accepted his intercession. And his statement: "And he attains the Praiseworthy Station
The student: ...
The Shaykh : " Yes, the one for whom intercession is made.
The student: The intercessor.
The Shaykh : His virtue over the one for whom intercession is made, and he honors the intercessor because his intercession was accepted. And his statement: "And he attains the Praiseworthy Station" means by that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), for Allah promised him that He would raise him to the Praiseworthy Station. And of the Praiseworthy Station is that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, accepts his intercession after the prophets of resolve withdraw from it. "So the intercession that the Qur'an denied" Whose statement is this? Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. "That in which there is shirk (associating partners with Allah)" Is "ma" a negative particle or a relative pronoun? It is a relative pronoun, meaning "that in which there is shirk." "And He affirmed intercession by His permission in various places" meaning from the Qur'an, such as His statement in the Verse of the Throne:[Al-Baqarah 2:255] And His statement in the verse that preceded: [Saba 34:23] [An-Najm 53:26] He affirmed it by His permission in various places. But the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified these places, and indeed the Qur'an also clarified that it is not for anyone except the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and sincerity. As for the people of shirk, it is not for them, because the intercession by which they seek to reach [Allah] is false idols and equals, and this does not benefit them. This is the end of his statement regarding intercession. And the reason for including it in the Book of Tawhid is very clear, because shirk-based intercession contradicts tawhid, and disavowing it is the reality of tawhid and its conformity to tawhid. And I think the whole book is now recited. Questions. Good.
The student: Questions
The Shaykh : Questions...
The student: The questions are present
The Shaykh : The questions are simple, we read them. In it, the first question is: Tafsir (exegesis) of the verses. How many verses?
The student: Five verses
The Shaykh : Five. One, two, three, four, five. Good, and their tafsir has been explained previously.
The second: The description of the denied intercession.
The student: The last two verses
The Shaykh : The last two verses, but they are considered one verse because they are one piece of evidence.
He said, the second: The description of the denied intercession. What is it? That in which there is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Every intercession in which there is shirk is denied. Good.
The third: The description of the affirmed intercession, and it is the intercession of the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) with a second condition: the permission of Allah. This is the end of the statement on intercession. And the reason for including it in the Book of Tawhid is very clear, because shirk-based intercession contradicts tawhid, and disavowing it is the reality of tawhid and its conformity to tawhid. And I think the whole book is now recited. Questions. Good.
Narrated Abu Huraira: I said: "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Who will be the luckiest person, who will gain your intercession on the Day of Resurrection?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: O Abu Huraira! "I have thought that none will ask me about it before you as I know your longing for the (learning of) Hadiths. The luckiest person who will have my intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who said sincerely from the bottom of his heart "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah."
من أسعد الناس بشفاعتك ؟ قال : من قال لا إله إلا الله خالصاً من قلبهI thought, or I used to think, that no one other than you would ask me about it, because of what I see of your eagerness for knowledge.
لقد ظننت أو كنت أظن أن لا يسألني أحد غيرك عنه لما أرى من حرصك على العلمWho is the most happy of people with your intercession, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Whoever says La ilaha illa Allah sincerely from his heart.
من أسعد الناس بشفاعتك يا رسول الله ؟ قال : من قال لا إله إلا الله خالصاً من قلبه(35) Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allah," were arrogant (36) And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ وَيَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَتَارِكُو آلِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَجْنُونٍHas He made the gods one God? Indeed, this is something astonishing.
أَجَعَلَ الآلِهَةَ إِلَهاً وَاحِداً إِنَّ هَذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌBut you wonder, while they mock,
بل عجبت ويسخرونAnd if you are astonished, [O Muhammad] - then astonishing is their saying, "When we are dust
وَإِنْ تَعْجَبْ فَعَجَبٌ قَوْلُهُمْ أَإِذَا كُنَّا تُرَاباًAnd his statement:
Sincerely from his heart
خالصاً من قلبهAnd Allah knows that you are His Messenger, and Allah testifies that the hypocrites are liars.
وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُ وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَكَاذِبُونَThe student: Their testimonies
The Shaykh : They are liars in their testimony. Their saying La ilaha illa Allah, the hypocrites are also liars. No, they are not liars in their saying La ilaha illa Allah, meaning that we bear witness that there is no god but Allah. They are liars because if they had truly witnessed that, they would not have been hypocrites. They concealed disbelief. He said: "That intercession is for the people of sincerity, by the permission of Allah, and it is not for whoever associates partners with Allah" because whoever associates partners with Allah, Allah said about them:
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعينFirst: The manifestation of his virtue over the one for whom intercession is made.
And second: The manifestation of his status with Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and that Allah honored him and accepted his intercession. And his statement: "And he attains the Praiseworthy Station
The student: ...
The Shaykh : " Yes, the one for whom intercession is made.
The student: The intercessor.
The Shaykh : His virtue over the one for whom intercession is made, and he honors the intercessor because his intercession was accepted. And his statement: "And he attains the Praiseworthy Station" means by that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), for Allah promised him that He would raise him to the Praiseworthy Station. And of the Praiseworthy Station is that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, accepts his intercession after the prophets of resolve withdraw from it. "So the intercession that the Qur'an denied" Whose statement is this? Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. "That in which there is shirk (associating partners with Allah)" Is "ma" a negative particle or a relative pronoun? It is a relative pronoun, meaning "that in which there is shirk." "And He affirmed intercession by His permission in various places" meaning from the Qur'an, such as His statement in the Verse of the Throne:
Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission?
من ذا الذي يشفع عنده إلا بإذنهAnd intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits.
وَلا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِنْدَهُ إِلاَّ لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُAnd how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allah has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.
وَكَمْ مِنْ مَلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئاً إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىThe student: Questions
The Shaykh : Questions...
The student: The questions are present
The Shaykh : The questions are simple, we read them. In it, the first question is: Tafsir (exegesis) of the verses. How many verses?
The student: Five verses
The Shaykh : Five. One, two, three, four, five. Good, and their tafsir has been explained previously.
The second: The description of the denied intercession.
The student: The last two verses
The Shaykh : The last two verses, but they are considered one verse because they are one piece of evidence.
He said, the second: The description of the denied intercession. What is it? That in which there is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Every intercession in which there is shirk is denied. Good.
The third: The description of the affirmed intercession, and it is the intercession of the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) with a second condition: the permission of Allah. This is the end of the statement on intercession. And the reason for including it in the Book of Tawhid is very clear, because shirk-based intercession contradicts tawhid, and disavowing it is the reality of tawhid and its conformity to tawhid. And I think the whole book is now recited. Questions. Good.